Why did you write this now? You should have held onto it for now so you can sell it to Eurosport when, during the super-boring third week of the Vuelta, ES has run out ideas to invent drama.I think this race means more to Patrick Lafevere. Quickstep has always excelled at having a team identity and sticking to it. Remco has thrown that for a curve. Are they classics team? Are they a team building around a young GC rider? They don't have the budget of an Ineos or Jumbo so they have to make choices. While Remco is teetering on the edge of being a GC guy, Quickstep is kind of losing the focus on what made them so great. Remco could make Patrick's life a lot easier if he shows once and for all that he is a GC guy. However if he fades Quickstep will probably stay in limbo because you can't write off the ambitions of someone Remco's ago. Anyway, between that and the teams chasing points, this Vuelta is as important to the teams as any in recent memory.