Sergeant urges patience in Boeckmans' comeback plan

Lotto Soudal boss Marc Sergeant admits that the road back for Kris Boeckmans will be difficult but insists the team are 100 per cent behind the rider who could have died as a result of injuries sustained in a crash at the Vuelta a Espana.

Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.