> To the outside world, it seemed that De Lie was fighting the clock to get to the start of the Tour in the right shape. The former Belgian champion himself seems convinced. "The sensations are good. In the Tour of Switzerland, things went better and better, at the Belgian Championship I was good. Honestly: I am very happy with the shape I came here with. Three months ago, I would not have thought that I would be able to go to the Tour with this feeling."
> And so De Lie does not hide his ambitions. Last year, also after a difficult pre-season, he immediately achieved two third places in his Tour debut. "The challenge now is to use the experience from back then. Both the mistakes I made back then, and what I did right back then. Participating in the Tour was such a big dream that I sometimes had doubts last year. That I was too scared to start my sprint. Without that hesitation, there might have been more in it last year. I only missed a few details."
De lie bros, how are we feeling?