>They're more than happy to take on the challenge. Although the Dane is also riding the Giro d'Italia this year, the Tour remains the main goal. "We truly believe he can be better in the Tour than in the Giro," says Head of Racing Griescha Niermann in an interview with In de Leiderstrui. "Our approach over the last five years has worked, as he's finished on the podium every year, but this is something different."

>"Winning both the Giro and the Tour in one year hasn't been easy in recent years. But Tadej showed two years ago that it's possible, and we're convinced Jonas can do it too," says Niermann. "There's no guarantee, of course, but the data from the years in which he combined the Tour and the Vuelta makes us believe it."

>"The mission, of course, remains the same: beat Pogacar. His interviews showed that we were well on our way to breaking him last year," says Niermann, referring to the somewhat mentally tired impression the Slovenian gave during last year's Tour.

Sometimes I wonder if they MKULTRA these dudes into becoming so unbelievably deluded