Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Video Simon Yates can hardly keep in mind the final time he sat within the barber’s chair, it has been so lengthy. Resulting from all of the racing, all of the travelling that goes with it and the altitude coaching camps in preparation, it hadn’t occurred but. The Barbershop of Alpecin and WielerFlits is useful.
For the chief of Jayco Alula it’s already his seventh Tour de France. Ten years in the past he was there for the primary time. He didn’t make it to Paris that 12 months. Final 12 months he did. Behind Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar and his brother Adam he achieved his finest consequence thus far with a fourth place.
“Similar to final 12 months, I am going for the final classification once more,” says a relaxed Yates, sitting within the Alpecin Barbershop. “However that can once more be a troublesome battle. There are a lot of sturdy opponents, however final 12 months I used to be good. I had an virtually equivalent preparation, so we’ll see. Similar to final 12 months, the Tour begins instantly with a number of troublesome phases.”
He hopes to comprehend one other huge want within the Tour. “The yellow jersey is the one jersey I’ve by no means had the chance to put on. I used to be capable of win the Vuelta a Espana (in 2018, ed.) and I used to be within the lead within the Giro d’Italia. After my profession I’d adore it if I might hold all three chief’s jerseys from a Grand Tour on the wall. I’m now comparatively outdated, however I really feel that I nonetheless have the legs to comprehend this.”
Day by day through the Tour de France, we publish a candid dialog from the barber’s chair in collaboration with Alpecin. On this sequence, (former) cyclists sit down within the cellular barbershop of Alpecin Gray Assault to speak about their lives on and off the bike, and naturally in regards to the Tour de France.
