Prior to the time trial stage of the UAE Tour earlier this year, Ineos's Josh Tarling admitted that, on the whole, he’d have quite liked it if Remco Evenepoel had been somewhere else for the day. He said it somewhat tongue in cheek, but still, I liked the honesty.
There are unwritten rules of bike racing. Among them is the idea that you, as an athlete, always want to measure yourself against the best. Every day of your racing career, you want that opportunity to stand with the biggest stars, race mano-a-mano, and see your place in the firmament.
