Jasper Stuyven has played down suggestions he is the next Fabian Cancellara and a future team leader for the Trek-Segafredo team after his dominant display and victory in Sunday’s Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne.
The 23 year-old Belgian was unable to get across to the front group in Saturday’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and eventually crashed on a corner after making a futile chase. 24 hours later he did not make the same mistake and attacked alone with 30km to take an impressive victory in Kuurne.
After the race Cancellara tweeted: “Big ride and chapeu to @Jasperstuyven and the @TrekSegafredo team. The future is yours...”
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Stuyven is trying to keep his feet on the ground, even though he has quickly been tagged as the next great thing for the cobbled Classics.
"Will I be the next leader after Cancellara in the Tour of Flanders? Fabian has a much greater palmares than I have. In comparison, I’ve only won one semi-classic,” Stuyven told Belgian television show Van Gils & Guests.
"To be honest I've never really been a fan of being compared with Boonen and Cancellara. I'm just Jasper Stuyven, not the new Boonen or Cancellara. And I don’t really care if my results can be as impressive as Boonen’s. I just want to win great races."
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