Guillaume Marion, Media365, published on Saturday December 28, 2024 at 3:50 p.m.
After his fall in training, Remco Evenepoel had to review his program for 2025. This Saturday, the Belgian indicated that he was aiming to return to competition in mid-April during the Flèche Brabançonne.
After a very good year 2024, marked in particular by his two titles during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Remco Evenepoel had great ambitions for 2025, he who thought he would participate in the Giro in May. Unfortunately for him, an accident during training at the beginning of December changed the situation for the leader of the Soudal-Quick Step team. Currently at a standstill, the Belgian prodigy (24 years old) said more this Saturday about his program for the coming season, and has not yet given up on the first Grand Tour of the season. “ The initial plan was to resume at the Ardèche and the Drôme Classic (March 1 and 2). But that all fell through. If I can resume training (on the road) around February 4 or 5, I will only have three weeks in my legs before these two races,” Evenepoel initially explained, during an interview with the daily newspaper Belgian The Last Hour.
Evenepoel: “Never say never”
« Today, I only have one idea in mind: to be at the start of the Flèche Brabantonne (April 18) and continue with the three other Ardennes classics (the Amstel Gold Race on the 20th, the Flèche wallonne on the 23rd and Liège-Bastogne-Liège on the 27th) with the ambition of winning there. This is what I have to do if I want to find a competitive rhythm for the Tour de France. You should never say never, but the Giro does not seem realistic to me at the moment. It will be a special year anyway, but I have no choicesubsequently declared the Belgian, who could challenge Tadej Pogacar during the Ardennes triptych. (…) I will have another scan on January 9, we will know more then. Right now there's not much, if anything, I can do. If the rehabilitation goes as planned, I won't have ridden a bike for three months. It's a lot. But I have no choice: I must look to the future. »
