It’s hard to imagine when talking to a beaming Victor Campenaerts in Saitama at the end of the 2024 season that this was a season of intense lows as well as intense highs.
The 33-year-old was ending the year as one of the key riders at the Tour de France showcase criterium in Japan. With a stage win at the French Grand Tour to look back on, his girlfriend and new son by his side as well as the security of a three-year contract with one of the world’s top teams – Visma-Lease a Bike – in hand, Campenaerts has a lot to be happy with. Just months before, however, the rider was far from the current picture of contentment. Then the Lotto-Dstny rider had faced the possibility that his career was crumbling right at the point where he’d put all his chips on the table.
“We were very happy that everything went smooth and she was pregnant,” said Campenaerts “But of course, if I had not have been able to re-sign a contract, I would have been very disappointed, because we would have made a crucial mistake – then we should have chosen her career.”
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