He did not forget to thank the people who supported and stayed with him through good and bad times. He is grateful to
Patrick Lefevere for providing him with this opportunity. “It’s my first grand tour starting healthy, I'm really happy to be the first guy to win a grand tour for Patrick as a CEO, again for Belgium, for my teammates, for my parents, for my fiancée. I’ve been away from home so many days, so many weeks, so many months. It’s all thanks to them,” said Evenepoel.
The Belgian admits the pressure to defend the red jersey was too much. He was too stressed to sleep peacefully. “I was really stressed this morning, maybe I didn’t show it, but I was really stressed. I didn’t sleep too much last night because you know what’s coming, and it was a super tough stage. I’m just super happy that I won La Vuelta. I didn’t even think about winning a stage, I only wanted to win the general classification. I only had to follow and control and even my power. In the end, the race was super hard, but we did super well,” Evenepoel concluded.