Bauke Mollema, who suffered so much in the Tour de France’s long 54km time trial, has been reassured by future teammate Fabian Cancellara that “there are so many people with Trek who can help him.”

“I already discussed it with Bauke in the Eneco Tour,” Cancellara told ad.nl. “He also told me about his failed trial in the Tour and the problems with his trial bike.”

The four-time world champion knows that the “time trial is not something you can learn ... But I can give Bauke advice and so he will improve compared to his last time trial in the Tour. It is not so difficult. Bauke shakes a lot on the bike. He will have to work on that. There are so many people with Trek that can help him. Designers and plenty of other experts.”

Cancellara said that moving teams is a good step. "Mollema is at an age when he should develop and that fits with a new, international team."