Three years after his fifth place obtained in the edition marked by the second of three victories of Primoz Roglicthe Belgian Remco Evenepoel will find the roads of Tower of Emilie. The Olympic champion – who will notably be opposed to the new world champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) – will be the leader of a team Soudal Quick-Step in which we will also find his compatriots Mauri Vansevenantrecently very successful on the Skoda Tour de Luxembourget Ilan Van Wilder. Two other Belgians, William Junior Lecerf et Pieter Serrywill also be at the start of the 107th edition of the Tour of Emiliajust like the Czech Jan Hirt and the Italian Fausto Masnada.
Video – Remco Evenepoel after his 5th place at the World Championships in Zurich!
Davide Bramati: “We are confident in our chances”
With Remco Evenepoel in leader, the Soudal Quick-Step will inevitably have big ambitions on Saturday, as indicated by its sporting director David Bramati. “Emilie’s Tour is one of the best races of the month of October, and we go there with the motivation and determination to do something nice. This is where we begin our block of Italian races, the highlight of which will be next weekend with the Tour of Lombardy, the last Monument of the season. We are confident in our chances, especially as we field a team capable of appearing in the final part of the race and fighting for a big result.”declares the Italian on the website of Wolfpack.
