Vax? Not hopped up on steroids and EPO?
We’ll find out when the next report includes “suddenly and unepected”.
Catroviejo ended up coming 49th in GC, well into the top half of the field. His average speed was 25-1/4th mph. Not bad for someone feeling sickly.
Lafay abandoned on the 13th stage, which was a rolling 116 miles with two Cat 3 climbs and one Cat 2.
And to say his performance on Cofidis has been less than spectacular is being kind. They've put him on the team in three Grand Tours (including the 2022 TdF), he DNF'd two and came 81st out of 142 in the third. He did manage a stage win in the 2021 Giro (his only win as a pro) but bollocksed that by abandoning the race in a later stage.
I suspect he was just waging a disinformation campaign to try to keep from being fired.