"He has now proven that he is ready to compete at the highest level" - Jose De Cauwer excited to see Tour de France future of Remco Evenepoel
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On his Tour de France debut, Remco Evenepoel silenced a lot of doubters. After starting strongly, the Belgian took a first stage win in the stage individual time-trial and never really suffered a massive drop-off thereafter, completing the podium behind Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard and winning the White Jersey for Best Young Rider.
In his post-2024 Tour de France analysis, Sporza expert Jose De Cauwer was asked "What stood out in the Remco Evenepoel story?" by colleague Renaat Schotte. "Being able to continue working for 3 weeks," De Cauwer answers thoughtfully about the Soudal - Quick-Step leader's first foray into Tour de France racing. "With that, he has secured his third place. The critics who still had legitimate doubts now know: Remco can come back."
In terms of the future and ending the long, long wait for a Belgian Tour de France winner, Jose De Cauwer is becoming more and more optimistic in regards to Evenepoel's Maillot Jaune hopes. "His preparation is getting better, his focus even stronger. He has now proven that he is ready to compete for the highest level," De Cauwer analyses.
In fact, the Belgian cycling expert now expects Evenepoel to concentrate fully on the Tour de France in coming years, avoiding return trips to the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana. "I'm betting on a preparation with Liège-Bastogne-Liège, a few races in the run-up to the Tour and then in the autumn Lombardy and other races, such as the World Championships," he predicts.
With the 2024 Tour de France now having concluded, De Cauwer was also asked to make his predictions for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. First of all, who will take gold at the individual time-trial? "Joshua Tarling," De Cauwer answers. And as for the men's road race? "Remco Evenepoel," the vastly experienced 74-year-old concludes.
Kieran WoodDeputy Editor-in-Chief
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
His reporting spans the full racing calendar, from one-day classics to stage races, with a focus on accurate, real-time coverage and clear contextual analysis. For statistics, results, and historical context, he regularly uses resources such as ProCyclingStats. To support reporting on rider activity and training context where relevant, he also references Strava.
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- exactly, he had an amazing season, but with these overstatements they don‘t do him good.Ketterechts08-11-2026
- More to the point, it isn't his remaining goal.Renz08-11-2026
- lol yeahmij08-11-2026
- I know, their headlines can be so misleading. Pidcock had a great season with 5 wins. and some solid 2nds. no reason to take away from that with a fake headline.mij08-11-2026
- You can clearly see the the posture change from slightly sitting to again out of the saddle while changing of gears in the video of the sprintabstractengineer08-11-2026
- He has already beaten Pogi twice in the TDF. the achievement is over. He cannot beat Pogi now and he only has a few years left at the top. Win Giro and compete in the TDF, maximise palmares.abstractengineer08-11-2026
- Just looked again at the photo. Yeah I stand by that. If MS had fallen over in Brands direction I don’t even think she would have hit her. You must be a UCI race commissioner. I’ll be sure to check my sock height should I ever see you on a ride. Looks like everyone else on here sees what I see.mij08-11-2026
- I said looking at the photo it doesn’t appear she deviated. Chill out, not stating my word is the final judgement. Just commenting that based on the photo I don’t see it. And BTW the Dutch coach even said she didn’t impede her.mij08-11-2026
- Blah Blah Blah !frieders308-11-2026
- MS said she was changing gears so that caused her slight deviation. Nothing was intentional.frieders308-11-2026
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