Originally Posted by
diphthong
^guess it all depends on the amount of pressure the sponsors put on lefevere for remco to ride the tour vs the worlds and la vuelta. will be interesting. lefevere hasn't traditionally greeted the few gc candidates on the squad with open arms and latitude. it's generally been more produce now with stage wins vs a overall gc win.
He brought Soudal on as a long-term sponsor with a multi-year vision of turning QuickStep into a GC team built around Remco. I don't think there's as much pressure now, the goal is to win the Tour in 1-3 years. But with Remco's Giro ending so abruptly, I suppose he could be tempted to just throw him into the ring for the heck of it, or if Remco decides that he really wants to go.