Good news for Victor Campenaerts (29). He and Fanny Lecluyse have bought a house in Gavere. Less good news: the world hour record holder still does not have a team for 2021. “Nothing. Really nothing, ”says Campenaerts. “Douglas Ryder, NTT’s team manager, was visiting the Giro. In a conversation with me he said that he still hopes to find a new sponsor, but it is already November. That answer will not be forthcoming. ”
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Campenaerts had a one-year plus two-year contract with NTT if the team continued, but since July he has been able to get out of that clause. So he is free. “I aim my arrows elsewhere. I have had interesting conversations with different teams, but it never materialized. It is not that I am too expensive, because the teams have not yet discussed the financial aspect. By the way, I am willing to make a very significant compromise on my salary. It will be necessary, as long as I can remain a professional with a good team. It is not the intention to pay off our house in one year. ”
Education First?
Campenaerts did not have a top year, but he was third at the European Championship, eighth at the World Cup and twice second in the youngest Giro. “It wasn’t my best season, but without Ganna I would have won a time trial in the Tirreno and the Giro. Then we spoke of a super year. ”
The American Education First may offer a way out for Campenaerts. Jonathan Vaughters’ squad still has room, she has a strong time trial culture and rides fast Cannondale time trial bikes.
Campenaerts is not the only Belgian World Tour rider who is starting to despair. Stijn Vandenbergh (36, AG2R), Sander Armée (34, Lotto-Soudal), Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (29, CCC), Julien Vermote (31, Cofidis) and Dimitri Claeys (33, Cofidis) also hope to find a final straw to remain a professional rider in 2021.
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