UBrent Van Moer wabheka ehlombe lakhe, wabona i- peloton ejikeni, wanikina ikhanda wacindezela.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-23 ubudala waseBelgium ubekade engekho ngaphambili emjahweni usuku lonke, eqhubeke nokuhlasela no-Pierre-Luc Périchon kaCofidis kusele amakhilomitha angu-137.5 ku-150 km. Ngemuva kokuvulwa okumatasa kakhulu okwaba khona izinsuku ezintathuwachitha amaphupho abagibeli abaningi kakhulu,molotho wayesebadedele.
Ekubhalweni kwefomula ezolandelwa umjaho wosuku, kunochungechunge lwezibalo ezincane ezibhalwe emaphethelweni. Usongo lwabagibeli ngesikhathi sekhefu. Izifiso zeqembu nomgibeli wosuku. Ukuthi umnyakazo uzobambelela yini.
I-Lotto SoudalTour de Franceamapulani aphuma ngefasitela esiteji sesi-3 lapho i-compact, ifomu elihlanganisiwe lomsubathi wenkanyeziUCaleb Ewan ushaye phansi itiyela, ephihliza ithambo lakhe. Iqembu lalingasenaye umuntu wokugijima, futhi lalingasenaye umuntu wezintaba.
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Yilokho-ke okwenziwa u-Brent Van Moer – ukusebenza ngokushintshana no-Périchon emigwaqweni eyimibimbi yase-Brittany kuze kube yilapho u-Périchon engasakwazi ukuhamba. Noma kunjalo, kusele amakhilomitha angu-19 ukuya entanjeni, u-Van Moer uqhubekile.
Abanye abagibeli banobuso obungcono be-poker kunabanye. NgoVan Moer, wawungakwazi ukufunda okuningi ebusweni bakhe kodwa wawukwazi ukufunda umzimba wakhe wonke, enyakaza futhi egiqika futhi ekhipha wonke ama-watt okugcina emilenzeni yakhe ekhathele.
Emuva komzuzu, ozakwabo badlulele phambili ku- peloton bezama ukuphazamisa ukujaha. Kodwa u-Tosh Van der Sande noJasper De Buyst babengabaseBelgium ababili ababezama ukubamba ulwandle, kwathi lapho u-Deceuninck-QuickStep ebazungezile igebe laqala ukuncipha.
Kusele amakhilomitha angu-8 ukuya, uVan Moer ube nomzuzu owodwa. Ku-1.5 km, i-Wolfpack yayisemnyango. Noma kunjalo, uVan Moer waqhubeka.
Esiteji soku-1 e-Critérium du Dauphiné, cishe inyanga edlule kuze kube yilolu suku, u-Van Moer wazuza impumelelo yakhe ezimweni ezifanayo. Ingabe wayecabanga ngalokho njengoba umugqa uvaliwe futhi peloton ivala ngokushesha? Ingabe sasikhona isikhala sokucabanga, noma ingabe wayeyi-automaton ekwazi ukunyathela kuphela, yehlisa igagasi elikhulayo le-lactic acid?
Ku-150 m ukuya emgqeni - ibanga elingalinganiswa ngemizuzwana embalwa kanye nengunaphakade, kuye ngokuthi unguBrent Van Moer noma cha - wagcina ebanjwe, washanelwa wadlula uJasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix), wabe U-Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep), bese kuba nabanye abagibeli abangu-46.
Izikhala zezemidlalo emaphephandabeni namuhla, ngokufanelekile, zizokhuluma ngazoUkuwina kuka-Cavendish – inhlanganisela ekhazimulayo yamandla aluhlaza nomuzwa ongahluziweibhalwe phakathi nesikhathi esibekelwe iminyaka eyi-14. Owangamashumi amane nesishiyagalolunye esiteji kwakungowaseBelgium osemncane - owayeneminyaka engu-10 nje ubudala ngesikhathi u-Cavendish ewina okokuqala ku-Tour - owayesondele kabuhlungu kumphumela wakhe wenganekwane futhi wasala kancane.
“Ngiphoxeke kakhulu kodwa futhi ngiyaziqhenya kancane,” kuphawula uVan Moer ngemuva kokuphothula, echaza indlela ukuphahlazeka kuka-Ewan okuphoqe ngayo ukuthi ashintshe amaqhinga, okumfake enkambweni yokuhlukana nokumgweba usuku eshaye umugqa omncane phakathi. ubuhlungu kanye nenjabulo. “Ngihamba ngegesi egcwele ngize ngifike entanjeni … kodwa umjaho ubungamamitha ayi-100 nje ubude kakhulu kimi,” wengeza, ngokucikeka, ngaphambi kokukhuphuka emsamo ukuyolanda umklomelo womgibeli oqhudelana naye wosuku.
Nokho, ngaphambi kwalokho, njengoba eginqika ukuze ame, yayincane indawo yokucabanga. Ediniwe, u-Van Moer wehlisa isihlalo, wazidonsela phezu kweshubhu yakhe ephezulu nezibambo, wase ecwilisa ikhanda lakhe ezandleni zakhe. Abalingani bakhe beqembu basheshe baba ngakuye - okuhlanganisa noThomas De Gendt, owathiwazi ngokwanele mayelana nefomula yokuhlukana, izibalo zayo ezincane emngceleni, ukuqonda ukuthi cishe yayizophela ngale ndlela njalo.
Kwesinye isikhathi umjaho uba mude kakhulu.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-07-2021
