Dave Brailsford had made the choice, of the 2018, to take the young Briton under his wing. Now aged 22 years old and silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympic Games on the track, he begins to demonstrate the full extent of his potential, and above all its particularly keen versatility.
Indeed, he had already taken 3rd place in the Etoile de Bessèges time trial at the start of the season, before leaving the Coppi and Bartali Week with a stage victory and 4th place overall. He then tried his hand at the cobbled classics, taking a very good 11th place on À Travers la Flandre, before finishing 2nd in the Tour of the Algarve with, there too, a key step. Driving skills, sprinter, and even puncher, but his 7th place in the Tour of Andalusia also highlighted his quality in stage events, he who was then ahead of James Piccoli, Oscar Rodriguez, Jefferson Cepeda or Robert Stannard.
A real Swiss army knife from Great Britain, who appeared on the Tour of Norway after 3 months devoted entirely to his Olympic preparation. And there again, Ethan Hayter was not finesse, since he won the first two stages, one in the sprint, the other at the top of a bump of a few kilometers. He then controlled perfectly to pick up the victory in the general classification and achieve his 8th success among professionals.
Its constant progress opens up great prospects, but it is above all her versatility which could open the doors to the top world level for her, with a very rare profile which brings him closer to his compatriot Tom Pidcock or elite runners such as Julian Alaphilippe or Wout Van Aert. This is a runner that will need to be followed very closely., and who could well explode at the highest level very soon.
