"I would like to add Paris-Nice to my list of honours" - Remco Evenepoel ready to challenge Primoz Roglic for glory at 'Race to the Sun'

In a year of firsts for the career of Remco Evenepoel, the Belgian gets his debut Paris-Nice campaign underway on Sunday 3rd of March as he takes another step on the road towards his first-ever Tour de France.

“A lot can happen,” previews Evenepoel in a pre-race conversation with VTM News. "We will have to hope for good legs towards the end of the race. It will also be important to stay out of the danger zone, because there are often falls in Paris-Nice."

In an all-star startlist, Evenepoel will face some stellar competition in the general classification from the likes of Primoz Roglic, Pello Bilbao, Egan Bernal, David Gaudu, Matteo Jorgenson and Joao Almeida among others. In an early prelude to this summer's Tour de France however, it's a great chance for someone to lay a marker down despite the absence of Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard.

"I am looking forward to it, because I am at the start with good form. I can win if you look at the course, but of course everything has to go well," Evenepoel assesses. "This is the most important race of the spring in terms of stages. It will be a huge learning experience and hopefully, I will have good points at the end of the race. I would like to add Paris-Nice to my list of honours."