Anyway, about Gilbert. I know his "special friend" at first was Delage. Was with him at FDJ for four years and then transferred with him to Lotto. After two years they broke up and in 2011 Delage went back to FDJ. Then suddenly Klaas Lodewyck shows up at Lotto in 2011, despite being a Topsport Vlaanderen shitter who never did anything before that. The next year Gilbert takes Lodewyck with him to BMC and they stay together for four years, until he retires and becomes sports director. He follows Gilbert to QS in 2019, but I guess the love may have been over a bit then. In 2019 a certain Remco EVENEPOEL shows up at QS and the next year Gilbert leaves for Lotto. Klaas and Remco are now happily together ever since. This concludes my investigation.