‘I’m under no pressure’ – Arnaud De Lie plays it cool in countdown to Paris-Tours

Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Dstny) has insisted that despite his recent success in Binche-Chimay-Binche, there is no guarantee that he will produce a similar result next Sunday in Paris-Tours. Nor yet does he feel there is any pressure on him to do so.

De Lie, 22, told Belgian newspaper Dernière Heure on Thursday that he believes that Paris-Tours’ extremely technical, rugged finale – comprising 10km of vineyard dirt tracks and gravel pathways on the hills overlooking the River Loire – meant that when it came to producing top-level performances, luck was always a factor.