Olav Kooij

Matthew Riccitello, I think he feels like there's possibly more to come from him next season.

And they've also got that focus with Olav Kooij, too, the carp in the sprints.

But it does sort of, yeah, it's an interesting one from both sides.

Certainly makes it a very straightforward picture for Decathlon.

These were the sprinters in Renewi Tour.

Tim Merlier, Olav Kooij, Jonathan Milan, Jasper Philipsen, Arnaud De Lie, Dylan Groenewegen, Bittner, Van Scholl, Biniam, Corbin Strong, Kubisch.

Oh-

Wow

I don't know.

I mean, could happen the same with Olav Kooij in-

Well, that's an interesting one because, again, you know, the ru- the rumor mill is spinning at the moment, and people obviously are still speculating about Paul Seixas and his future.

Mm.

And one of, well, it's, it's a pretty, pretty well-substantiated rumor, is that Olav Kooij is, has not only been promised that he will always do the Tour de France, but it may even be written into his contract that he's gonna do the Tour de France.

So he's, there's a coexistence problem there as well with Paul Seixas if Paul Seixas wants to stay beyond 2027.

Mm.

But stage two was, uh, I think obviously going to be a sprint, and so it proved in Skegness.

And, well, it was a showdown, wasn't it, between Tim Merlier, Olav Kooij, and Sam Bennett and Matteo Moschetti up there for Pinarello Q36.5, who got third and fourth.

But Merlier for Soudal Quick-Step or Fixall Quick-Step as they rebranded themselves for the Tour of Britain, I think, again.

Yes.

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when I saw him take this stage, um, if only for the sake of repeating our, our carp nickname.

Um, for what's it? He's the cheetah of where?