> In another team bus, there was some grumbling afterwards about Novak's hard work. Soudal-Quick Step judged that Novak stepped on the gas pedal after Evenepoel's fall.

> I had already heard that from several riders. But actually we slowed down first, because we wanted to wait for Jhonatan Narvaez (who was the first to fall, ed.)."

> "Suddenly, riders from Visma-Lease a Bike and Israel-Premier Tech started to attack. As a result, we maintained a good pace to call those riders to order. But we didn't accelerate," Novak emphasizes again

Second time pissmoids gas it after a chute in a few weeks