1 Three weeks of gentle recovery
The first stage of Remco’s rehabilitation will be at the physiotherapist and on the rollers. “During the first two or three weeks, it will mainly be mobility work on his shoulder and a few easy sessions on the home trainer, indoors. Just to turn your legs”says Klaas Lodewyck, sports director of Remco. The objective will be as much to strengthen the shoulder as to reaccustom your body to cycling.
2 Two months to build a base
After this first step, Remco Evenepoel hopes to return outdoors.February 3 or 4″. To begin a preparation block of eight to nine weeks. “It takes two months of significant work to build a large base, essential to resist difficult racesestime Lodewyck. This will involve long rides and hours in the saddle, which will be shared between Belgium, where Remco will likely have to carry out follow-up examinations for his injuries, and Calpe, where he has a residence.”
3 Three weeks of intensity
After the return of this endurance base, Remco Evenepoel will really be able to work on short efforts again. “It will be important to add intensity to the training for two or three weeks. With the natural base that Remco has, this should be enough. He should be ready for the classics.”
With the date of April 18 (Flèche Brabançonne) in mind for its resumption of racing. “But we will adapt our program if necessary. We are not going to force things. Everything has to go well. If this is the case, I think he will be able to win the Ardennes classics. But if he only feels 85 or 90 percent, it won’t make sense to go there.”
4 Work at altitude and long climbs before the Tour
Without Giro, Remco Evenepoel confided that he would perhaps be at the start of the Tour de Romandie at the end of April. Then he will repeat his preparation from last year for the Tour de France. “With work at altitude and long climbsspecifies Lodewick, aware that these two parameters are essential to approach the level of Pogacar and Vingegaard. For the Ardennes, this type of training with intervals of 20 or 30 minutes will not yet be necessary. We will therefore carry out this work after the classics.”
gullHis complicated winter will ripen in him a hunger for performance.
And if everything goes well, Brabançon should be at its best level on the Tour. “I am convinced that he will be 100% at the start of the Tour and that he can even be stronger than last yearfinishes his sports director. These two mentally difficult months will ripen in him a hunger for performance which can allow him to come back stronger.” And within Soudal Quick-Step, no one doubts it.
A Remco-Merlier duo at the Tour, reinforcements for Evenepoel and new blood on the cobbles: the 2025 Soudal Quick-Step season will rhyme with change
