He may have just seen his rider, Marcel Kittel, take a second stage win in as many days at the Giro d’Italia – and the maglia rosa to boot – but there was cause for discontent for Etixx-QuickStep manager Patrick Lefevere, who criticised the other sprint teams for not working.
Kittel has described his leadout team at this Giro as ‘inexperienced’, though they have clearly been the most prominent force on the two flat opening road stages. Other sprinters have been left scrapping for his wheel, though to no avail, as the German has taken his brace of victories in utterly convincing fashion.
"What I don’t understand is the other teams," Lefevere told reporters outside the Etixx-QuickStep bus in Arnhem.
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"No one wants to work, playing poker, and they risked losing the stage today. For us it was enough to be second or third [for Kittel to take pink], but of course we wanted to win. There are a lot of sprinters but nobody works. You don’t get rewarded if you don’t work.
"You can have a flat tyre in the last kilometre, someone can make you crash," he added. "Even if you think you only have a 10 per cent chance, why don’t you go for it?"
When it was put to him that some sprinters here don’t enjoy as deep a pool of resources as Kittel, he simply said: "So what? Either you come with a team or you stay at home."
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