The Dutchman Jacco Verhaeren, director of the French swimming team, signed on Thursday to become the manager of Visma-Lease a bicycle. “I’m not an expert (cycle)but they are looking more for a leader, able to work with the staff, the coaches, talk about innovations… explained the Dutchman to The team. I don’t understand much about cycling and I’m not going to improvise the strategy to adopt in the Tour de France. But I believe that I have training experience, of athletes, a good culture of performance. »
He will become an effective manager after the Paris Olympic Games (July 26-August 11). “I’m not going to the Tour, not even for a day”he declared.
