Evenepoel continues off-season world tour as he goes from LA to Tokyo - Red Bull leader swaps bike for running shoes
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Remco Evenepoel's professional cycling season may well be behind him following his Chrono des Nations victory on October 18th, but the Red Bull - BORA Hansgrohe rider has been on quite the world tour since wrapping up his duties in the peloton - travelling to Los Angeles and now Tokyo.
The 26-year-old has experienced a rollercoaster end to the season that resulted in him winning the French time trial showpiece as well as being crowned European Champion and winning the GP de Quebec.
However, the Belgian experienced disappointment in other key races such as the World Championships and Il Lombardia, providing him with plenty of motivation heading into the off-season. And it hasn't necessarily been a low-key period for Evenepoel.
After his dominating win in France, he jetted off to the United States, where he combined a series of duties such as sponsor commitments with a photo shoot, a recon of the time trial course for the 2028 Olympic Games and even had time for wind tunnel testing in his attempts to find further gains in the discipline.
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Evenepoel swaps bike for running in Tokyo
Now, he appears to be in Japan, logging two middle distance runs in the capital city, Tokyo. Clocking two activities on his Strava profile, he logged a 10.56km run followed by an 11.82km jog around the city on Sunday and Monday respectively.
It comes after the 2027 Tour de France route was presented last week, with 71 kilometres in time trials set to feature along the course, significantly more than in the 2026 race.
Although Tadej Pogacar is once again favourite to take the yellow jersey, the added kilometres against the clock make for an added advantage in the Red Bull rider's corner. The route also features seemingly less opportunities for riders adapt to the high mountains in a more classic-rooted route design.
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Writing in his column for Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws, former rider Jan Bakelants was particularly enthusiastic about the two individual time trials, beginning with a 38-kilometre test from Blois to Chambord on stage 7.
"Remco is genuinely the best time triallist in the world. I wouldn't rule out him taking two minutes out of Pogacar across those two time trials, provided he can reproduce the level he showed at the World Championships," Bakelants argued.
"That's crucial: he'll have to be just as brilliant as he was in Montreal, because Pogacar's track record in the Tour is also astonishingly strong."
Gavin QuinnCycling Journalist
Gavin Quinn is a cycling journalist and ultra-distance cyclist with a BA in Journalism from Dublin City University. Formerly the Press & Communications Officer for Cycling Ireland, Gavin has worked inside the national team at the World Championships and has reported for the Irish Mirror, Mirror UK, and The42.
His expertise is backed by elite-level access, having interviewed stars like Sam Bennett and Ben Healy, as well as immense personal endurance. In 2025, he completed a 12,000km solo cycle from Ireland to Vietnam, following a 4,600km tour across Europe. From the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix to the gradients of the Tourmalet, Gavin’s writing focuses on the "romance and brutality" of the sport. Having visited 50+ countries, he brings a global, cultural perspective to his coverage of the pro peloton for CyclingUpToDate.
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- It would likely be a very steep section of 4.1 km, not changing the average gradient considerably, with the climb remaining 10.1 km at 11.8%. It would reach 20% on the gravel. It would start 1.6 km in, and finish with 4.2 km left to climb (before the short final descent)
Rafionain-Glas02-11-2026 - Welcome to the off-season.
santiagobenites02-11-2026 - guillaume martin is wuite a surprise as a gc rider.Ketterechts02-11-2026
- Who cares what Bruyneel thinks. He and his best mate Lance, the biggest fraud in the history of sport, have no place commenting on anything but how to lie and cheat!whit2pet02-11-2026
- Eeesh!Lozza02-11-2026
- bravo! a rider likes jonas needs motivation and he needs to believe in being able to reach goals. he - like anybody else in the world - doesn't believe that he can win the tdf with pogi present. and what's it worth for when pogi is not there? second class victory only. he has checked all three grand tours, so what is left if not retire? the classics! go for it, jonas!Ketterechts02-11-2026
- i am sure that under the pretext of medical examination a lot worse has happened when they were under.abstractengineer02-11-2026
- dude, Lemond never even was in the same race as Armstrong. He throws all these aspersions on other American riders who might usurp his throne as the greatest ever American racer. He doesn't say a single thing about (foreign) dopers who he actually raced against. Biggest douchebag move ever. I used to revere that guy, now I despise him. His actions are so weird.fatsupermodel02-11-2026
- This is just stupid, You do what you are good at not what you are weak at. He has no results to speak of when he participated. Even Froome, Conatdor had very little. With Pogi there he wont win none of the classics. he is already 30+ with a few years left at the top. It takes years to get good at classics. Is that really worth the effort???abstractengineer02-11-2026
- Sure, little fella.awp02-11-2026
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