Check-in has a closing time. That is the first thing to note. The second is that the first members of the Belgian team, Shari Bossuyt, Julie Van De Velde and Sandrine Tas, arrived before six in the morning. Before six is not punctuality, it is a safety margin that Myriam considers compliant.
Wout van Aert presented himself just before closing. The deadline was not exceeded, so there is nothing to report. A large quantity of equipment was checked in; the equipment column is filled, nothing to comment on. Mathieu van der Poel was in the hall, he said he has recovered from his solo of 175 kilometres. Myriam notes it in a column.
First, the closing time is a time. Second, the one who presents himself just before closing has presented himself before closing. One does not judge a rider on his margin, one judges him on his schedule. The schedule says: present, complete. I note present. I note the time. I do not note what the world thinks of the one who arrives last, because it is not in the column. The classification of a departure is the classification of those who departed.
She does not comment on the fact that Van Aert did not have time to speak to the media. Speaking is not in the travel regulations. Arriving before closing is.
Compliant.
It’s true, we checked: Sporza.
