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Belgian men's selection for Paris Olympic Games officially revealed! Remco Evenepoel and Wout van Aert in the lead
CyclingWednesday, 26 June 2024 at 12:41
The upcoming Tour de France might be the main topic of conversation in the cycling world at the moment, but straight after the biggest race on the calendar comes another huge target for many riders, the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
One of those nations with arguably the biggest chance of claiming the gold medal in the men's elite road race will be Belgium, with two stars of the sport were already known to be competing in Paris, Remco Evenepoel and Wout van Aert. Now though, Belgian national coach, Sven Vanthourenhout has revealed the other two riders in the four man selection.
Joining the two standout gold medal contenders will be Lidl-Trek's Jasper Stuyven and van Aert's Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Tiesj Benoot. Given the immense strength in depth in Belgian there are also some notable absentees from the lineup, recently crowned Belgian national champion Arnaud De Lie, Jasper Philipsen and Thibau Nys spring to mind as much as any others.
As far as Evenepoel and van Aert go, the duo have struggled for fitness in recent months. Both saw their springs abruptly ended by crashes at the Itzulia Basque Country and Dwars door Vlaanderen respectively have seen both star riders suffer broken bones. Ahead of the Paris Olympics however, both Evenepoel and van Aert will be present at the 2024 Tour de France, although with differing goals.
For Evenepoel, on his Tour de France debut no less, the Soudal - Quick-Step leader have dreams of contending for the Maillot Jaune against the likes of Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic and the man van Aert will be working in the service for, Jonas Vingegaard. Thanks in part to van Aert's help, the Dane has won the Tour de France for the last two years and time will tell if it can be made a hat trick this time around.
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- He was supposed to race Tour + Vuelta, but since Pogacar and Vingegaard are going there, he changed to Giro + Tour (just to try to win the yellow jersey at the 1st week and the ITT probably). Against Roglic he has a bit more chances in Italy. Press will consider him as the favourite anyways, as usual. Other contenders not to underestimate will be Ayuso and Jorgenson. Now he's just waiting to see how many kilometers the ITTs will have. to formalize his participation.Acapulco07-11-2024
- Oh look. CUD leans into another doper for commentary. Hey guys - there are other people to talk to... You know... people who didn't leave the sport in a cloud of shame...critguy07-11-2024
- Its results will mainly depend on him, though.Acapulco07-11-2024
- He needs a team fully commited where he is the lone capable of winning. In RBB there is several men who can, he would have been in competition.Acapulco07-11-2024
- agreed. and in spite of his doping, his TDF win was validated by the UCI with the mere addition of an asterisk.OCexile07-11-2024
- He was always a great tactician. But he pushed doping on his riders from back in the CSC days big time. I read Tyler's book, it was dark...awp07-11-2024
- wow, this is a shock. this guy is a major talent on the MTB, and he just won the WC. I'm surprised he doesn't want to spend a year enjoying the rainbow jersey.mij07-11-2024
- This is true. But also, for some reason the amount of Athletes who are getting asthma related to sports is on a steady climb. Not in just cycling but around the world in seemingly every single sport. I donโt have any explanation for this. Could it be the changes in weather conditions and such compared to 20yrs ago? Or is something going on in relation to doping? I have not read enough on this to have a solid understanding or opinionmd197507-11-2024
- "Armstrong won his 7 wins. Fair and square. Doping was rampant during his time. He did was just to level the playing field" comment from KHWong. He cheated, he enticed/forced teammates to cheat, he affected other's families and tainted other's reputations, he sued those who factually accused him of cheating in their attempt to prove breach of contract, he got paid to admit to his lies. Nice guy; right? Anyone who has not been prosecuted for cheating per THEIR OWN SPORT'S RULES THAT THEY AGREE TO ABIDE BY and continues to deny in public or to themselves, and rationalizes the reasons for doing so is weak of mind and body, has no integrity or ethics and ahould find another job or form their own cycling federation where anything goes. The fans will not care if you screw up your bodies for their entertainment. Just take look at boxing and American football. Even worse when fans of the sport themselves make those rationalizations for the cheaters. There has been cheating of all types throughout the history of many sports; nearly 150 years in cycling itself since competitions started, and the gambling and revenue that came along with them. Cheat if you want, but lack any personal integrity. If that is what you to be, or want to emulate fine; but no one should expect or receive pity for a premeditated decision to cheat in any manner. You are deceiving yourself if competing, and also deceiving the fans. Cycling will soon be like "professional wrestling": choreographed and with the winner being known in advance. Oh wait; that is what already has happened this year. It has been found that many of cycling's "greats" (i.e. Coppi, Merckx, et al.) were cheating and possibly caused (did cause) one or more premature deaths in cycling. Go ahead and enjoy a sport that you cannot trust; I will not.BraneDed07-11-2024
- Remco's public pronouncements are careful and deliberate. He is laying the groundwork for an exit a year from now if his 2025 results don't match his ambition.Renz07-11-2024