"He can win classics," Patrick Lefevere told Het Nieuwsblad. "T𓂃his is an extension of𒆙 what we have seen over the last two years from Stybar.”
“Stybar may be one of the boys, or he may be Tom꧑ Boonen,” Lefevere said, adding that the Czech rider is still at the beginning of his road career. “He is built lighter than Museeuw and Boonen, but he climbs better.”
Lefeverওe saw a future for Stybar in the smaller stage races, caꦰlling him “very professional, with an unyielding will. Tactically he does not have much more to gain, and he is quite explosive.”
He praised Stybar's transition to the road, saying “I knew already that Zdene♓k had a very big engine, but there is a difference between an hour riding in a field and the finale of a classic. Without bad luck, he would have been on the podium this year's Paris-Roubaix as a rookie.”
Stybar was in the leading trio near the end of the race when💫 he was clipped by a spectator and fell🦩 back. The team manger also hoped that the rider would now turn his full concentration to the road.
"After this Eneco Tour I think he has finally closed the cyclo-cr🦩oss chapter in his head, exc🐭ept for some competitions for fun around New Year."
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