my favorite aspect is his obsession with the demonic italians

>De Vlaeminck still has his own idiosyncratic view of cycling. "What is it with those riders? They earn a lot more money, but they shouldn't say it's too busy."

>"Mathieu van der Poel wins Milan-Sanremo, but was on the wheel for 250 kilometers, right? And Filippo Ganna was dropped 3 times and is returning because the others held back."

>"Now you have 1 Italian at level with Ganna and he is not superman. In my time you had ten Italians who were among the absolute top."