Patrick Lefevere lors de la présentation de l'équipe Soudal Quick Step jeudi à Calpe en Espagne. Hommage !
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00:00So Patrick, welcome to the presentation. In a few moments we're going to come to the few
00:11weeks that have just come by for yourself, but first of all a review of 2024. Like any
00:17season it had its trials and tribulations but as you saw in the stats we had over 30 victories
00:22and third in the UCI ranking which must equal a successful season.
00:28Well I hope 2025 will be better, that in 33 places there will be 60 victories or more,
00:34then I think everybody will be happy. But it's not only about the number
00:38of victories, it's also about the quality.
00:43And we know about Remco's difficulties after his crash in Basque, but we also had the likes of
00:48Tim Ayer who was very consistent throughout the season which must be very pleasing.
00:52Yeah I'm happy because I think a lot of people forget that Tim
00:59finally became late professional. I think the best has yet to come and I believe in the
01:06people who are there on the right side that he will develop better and better than they did before.
01:14And the wins came across quite a wide range of races.
01:19If I was asked you to pick your personal highlight?
01:22I don't do this. No, it's too difficult. I can't say names but first of all the Olympics are
01:32beautiful but the Olympics are not with the team, they're not even there. So World Championships
01:38and Olympics, we cannot count it as a victory for the team.
01:43Of course, for me the global win, what we did in the third place in UCI is a
01:50nice recommendation for what the team performed.
01:56So thank you for your analysis. As I mentioned it's been a different few weeks and we'd like
02:01to pay our own tribute to your dedication and hard work that you've given the team over the
02:05past 20 plus years.
03:36Now before we react to that we also have a present for you
03:41which Niklas Kuzmin is going to bring on stage now.
03:45So alongside our partners from Specialized this special bike is embossed with some of
04:09the statistics from your 40 plus years in cycling including the 1578 victories
04:15which you have overseen, 195 grand tour stages, 92 national champions and 39 monuments.
04:24This is the first bike I received from the team and probably also the last
04:30but it's the most beautiful ever and I will take care of it as long as I live.
04:37Thank you everybody who worked here on this.
05:07What kind of form do you think he's in Robbie? I would say he's at about 90 percent.
05:27He's got such amazing form when he came through to the line at the very end
05:32he owned the day.
05:44It was a bike change in cyclocross style.
06:01Come on