00:03Juste et fou par C'est qui se m'a que tu ?
00:06Olav, tu as déjà gagné la Giro, mais c'est ton premier Tour de France.
00:15Tu as senti une pression différente avant que tu as commencé à Barcelone ?
00:24Non, à ce moment-là, le sentiment est toujours assez similaire à préparer pour d'autres bikeways.
00:32Je pense qu'aujourd'hui, je serai plus busy avec les présentations et tout.
00:38Donc, oui, à ce moment-là, c'est toujours assez relaxant, je dirais.
00:43Bonjour, Olav, Titouan de Vélofuté.
00:46L'année dernière, tu disais que ton objectif était de gagner la Giro, après tout ce qui s'est passé
00:52cette année.
00:54Est-ce que c'est toujours votre objectif ou est-ce que ton objectif changé ?
00:59Oui, ça changé.
01:00Comme tu disais, dans l'année dernière, nous avions aussi prévu d'aller à la Giro.
01:09Je pense que le Giro n'est pas vraiment un grand grand goal.
01:17Nous avons déjà multiple goals et je pense que nous円ons juste à trouver une partie win et pas au sujet
01:25du Giro.
01:27OK, merci. Tu ne vous pourras pas l'intermédiaire sprint ?
01:30oh okay um I can still continue you join a decation decathlon cma cgm for several
01:43reason but was racing the tour de France one of the factor key yeah of course it
01:50was after after the last years yeah this was for sure something
02:00so yeah it was one of the things I was looking forward to try and make a next step and
02:05yeah
02:07I'm happy with with with the new team and the approach and and everything the preparation
02:15we we could do leading up to this tour yeah okay okay just a four for a city smack too
02:23uh you uh beat uh philipson and melier at the ball was the belgium tour uh why you do not
02:32aim the green jersey what what are the factors yeah I think it's uh it's also because I think
02:42uh yeah we already also have multiple goals I would say with with gc with ball for
02:49uh like everyone knows and then and then with me in sprint stages and I think uh going for a
02:55green
02:55jersey uh yeah it takes quite a lot also in the intermediate sprints and and um yeah and all that
03:04so I think that's why we we just said okay let's focus on trying to get a stage win and
03:10uh with me
03:11and then the best gc possible with ball uh so not for this year uh we are not aiming for
03:18for green okay
03:23so hi I'm Arthur Heisenstra from anyway sport um I will do this in English Ola for this time for
03:29because the the other guys um so actually how long do you know that you will ride the tour de
03:37france
03:38uh what day is it today uh less than a week no yeah really less than a week yeah yeah
03:50no I think
03:51the decision yeah to to put me in the team was was made quite late or yeah I think last
03:57friday I
03:58I heard it like officially that I was in the part of the team so uh yeah I think I
04:05just like I did what
04:07I could uh after missing the spring to to get back to to to a good level and um yeah
04:13uh not so long ago
04:14there was still uh quite some question marks um but yeah once once I could start racing again I think
04:20uh yeah uh we were all quite happy with my level but still uh yeah we had to see how
04:25I improved and
04:27yeah I think still it has not been maybe the perfect preparation but I think I'm on uh on the
04:34level that's uh
04:35yeah that's good enough and so um this decision was not only about you but also about your um well
04:44sprint train um this means that also uh case ball is there and down hollow of course can you explain
04:51how important these guys are for you and for your sprint yeah I think like a big part of sprinting
05:00and
05:00and winning bunch sprints is of course uh uh positioning and uh yeah I think every team and
05:06every sprinter um yeah tries to look into it like how they can bring their sprinter in in the best
05:12possible way to to that final sprint um so yeah I think yeah just just increasing your chance of
05:18winning uh by having good support uh yeah makes these guys uh yeah super important thank you
05:28um did you have any doubt during your period without competition uh will you be worried to
05:35not participate to the tour de france or uh it was still your goal yeah like it was still my
05:42goal but
05:42yeah of course of course it was not like I said it was not sure for a long time so
05:46um yeah then then
05:48there were moments where I was doubting if if I would make it or not um but yeah I just
05:53tried to do
05:54everything I could uh uh yeah to be ready and yeah luckily it was uh still we still had enough
06:01time
06:02could you explain what was your injury really yeah I just said uh the virus uh yeah that like took
06:11me off
06:11quite long I think uh yeah I just just pretty tired and not able to train for for a long
06:18period um
06:19um yeah and as we know we all need also some time to to get to the level we need
06:25to race and uh yeah
06:27after I got better I also uh yeah needed like uh needed some time to get back to to good
06:33shape okay
06:37hola can I maybe join um I'm kick almost from Dutch newspaper now I'm at the airport at the moment
06:44so I'm
06:44sorry if you hear some background noise just arrived um can you explain what will be the um
06:51the role of you and Paul what will be there and how do you cooperate during this tour de france
06:58I mean
06:58if Dan is working for you he maybe he's not able to work for Paul as much so what has
07:03been decided to
07:04how to cooperate with the different roles you have
07:10um yeah I think yeah we of course we still need to do uh some in detail meetings but um
07:17yeah in general
07:18the meetings or like the the goals like I said will just be for me to try and win in
07:23the in the sprint
07:24stages and uh yeah and I think for all the other days and and also still on the sprint stages
07:29it's
07:30to support Paul as good as possible so uh um yeah if needed also in the sprint stages he will
07:36he will get
07:37the support that that's needed now and how do you look at this rise this season in the peloton I
07:45mean
07:46um you've watched it maybe a bit from the outside with the virus recovery but how do you look at
07:52him
07:52as a as a rider and and now already aiming for GC yeah I think super it's just super impressive
08:01honestly
08:01I think uh yeah how he's managed uh this year and how we stepped up uh after already showing showing
08:09great talent last year I think it's uh yeah pretty remarkable to see such a young guy uh on this
08:16level
08:16already and uh yeah I think everyone who follows cycling cycling is uh just yeah curious what he can do
08:23in uh in this years to the front so uh yeah so am I actually
08:32so sorry uh uh their camera from the dutch news agency amp uh does the all the attention for Paul
08:42make it easier or harder for you and your shared like leadership in team
08:49uh uh it doesn't really affect my uh my ways I think or my preparation or or or anything I
09:01think for
09:01the team it's yeah it's it's just nice that uh you have such a big uh yeah big talent someone
09:08who can
09:09really be up there with the best in ngc and yeah hopefully I can just add on that in the
09:16in the sprint
09:16stages and how close are you to your top level uh I think pretty close yeah yeah um yeah sometimes
09:28it's
09:28we all try to do the perfect preparation but yeah it's uh it's not all science but um yeah like
09:35I said I did
09:36what I could and I think for now it's uh I'm quite happy with where I'm at yeah and now
09:42how happy are
09:43you with your screen train uh with all the teammates that you go with yeah of course I have also
09:50really
09:50confidence in all the other guys that are here in the team uh we already start with the real team
09:56effort
09:56on saturday so uh also uh for the sprints I think yeah you know ideal scenario I would have raised
10:03uh already a bit more with with some of the other guys of course but uh yeah that was not
10:08possible
10:08so I think there will also still be some um yeah in a way we also still need to learn
10:15to raise a cat
10:16together a bit more but uh yeah I think with communication we can already manage it well and uh
10:24yeah yeah in the in this tour thank you um on the geo we see the chemistry with uh uh
10:36felix gall and
10:37tobias londresen work very well um is it the same thing for you and paul sexas on the tour
10:44what's about your uh and you know sharing uh responsibilities in the team yeah I think so
10:52uh it's also always the thing I was used to in in visma I was of course uh yeah quite
10:59a few years
11:00in visma where there were also always uh uh many good gc guys so I think I always raced with
11:06uh with
11:07with uh gc leader in uh in the zero but also in other stage races so I think it's uh
11:13yeah it's
11:14it's a nice dynamic for me personally yeah
11:19the three last question please okay thank you
11:26I have one another what is the biggest difference you noticed between
11:30uh visma and decathlon uh I don't know maybe with the bike or something else
11:40yeah for sure bike and and some of the equipment we use is yeah I think that's someone something you
11:46really notice immediately as a rider so uh yeah that's that's for sure difference and then um yeah
11:54then it's also just maybe some small things around the race uh when you're in a team for
12:00for quite a few years you know you know everyone and everything but I think one of the big things
12:05is also just getting to know uh so many new people okay and do you think decathlon has all the
12:14main
12:14keys to be a competitive against uaa or visma or red bull
12:23in performance or in uh in maybe uh development or research yeah yeah I think uh I think on certain
12:34areas for sure it's already in the in the top and certain areas maybe there's still room for improvement
12:39but uh yeah um from what I can see most of uh of the performance uh is already on the
12:48on the super high
12:49level and then it's cool to see just uh also a lot of people in different departments are working to
12:55to improve even further okay and the last question please
13:04uh maybe uh after the tour de france uh do you have other goals uh what will be
13:12uh the next uh yeah goals of your season if you have some
13:21uh I don't know actually uh no I think for for the mindset right now it's just
13:26yeah of course it's all about the tour and uh yeah what comes after we'll see I think that I
13:32was
13:32still already for for my type of riders so quite a few races uh with with sprints which will probably
13:38be
13:38the focus and I think also with with some of the guys in the sprint train just try to work
13:44uh work
13:44more on on racing together and getting the yeah the sprint trail uh sprint train and uh working in a
13:51good way
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