Quick-Step manager Patrick Lefevere hasn't got too many good words to say about Belgian selector José De Cauwer lately. "De Cauwer's on his own; we'll make the bill in Madrid, after the finish," Lefevere was quoted in Het Laatste Nieuws.
Tom Boonen will only have two teammates - Nick Nuyens and Wilfried Cretskens - on his side in the World Championships race, and Lefevere thinks that is not enough. It is feared by some in the Belgian camp that the three Davitamon-Lotto riders in the selection, who are teammates of Australian Robbie McEwen, will benefit more from seeing their sprinter win. McEwen had said after winning Paris-Brussels that it would be good to have his Belgian teammates with him in Madrid, as they are the best in leading out a sprint. "We'll see who works for who," Lefevere commented.
