Former professional runner Jérôme Pineau believes Patrick Lefevere did not criticize the excesses of Julian Alaphilippe by chance. Pineau, however, criticizes his former manager for “clumsiness” in terms of form, believing that Lefevers goes “a little too far” on his married life.
The wife of ex-Belgian runner Philippe Gilbert responded vehemently to Marion Rousse's publication: “It's called the other side of the coin, Marion’s only displays a third of the behavior of your man”