One of cycling’s brightest stars is set to make his
long-awaited return to racing. Remco Evenepoel, who lit up the 2024 season, will
rejoin the peloton at Brabantse Pijl on April 18th, just nine days
from now.
Evenepoel has not raced since Il Lombardia last autumn,
after a serious crash with a van during a training ride in December forced him
to delay the start of his 2025 campaign.
If it were not for Tadej Pogacar, Remco would likely have
been the rider of the year. He was third in the Tour de France on debut, with a
stage win and the white jersey, and then won double Olympic Gold, and the world
time trial championship.
His comeback begins on familiar terrain, but there’s a new
addition to his racing calendar too. According to Het Laatste Nieuws,
Evenepoel has added the Belgian National Time Trial Championships to his
schedule.
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Currently, the 25-year-old is in Sierra Nevada on an
altitude training camp alongside the Giro d’Italia selection of Soudal - Quick-Step,
fine-tuning his form ahead of his return.
Here is his full confirmed schedule for the coming months:
- Brabantse Pijl – April 18th
- Amstel Gold Race – April 20th
- La Flèche Wallonne – April 23rd
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège – April 27th
- Tour de Romandie - 29th April - 4th May
- Critérium du Dauphiné – June 8-June 15
- ITT Belgian National Championships
- Tour de France – July 5th
- UCI World Championships (Time Trial) - September 21st
- UCI World Championships (Road Race) September 28th
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- I love it when the "little guy" wins!acem8214-05-2025
- Yeah, TdF is completely overrated, only amateurs and has-beens participate. And little ole skimpy Jonas has only won it as often as Switzerland or The Netherlands or Germany and Australia combined. Prestigewise there is NO comparison until he wins either the WC again or something big coz sorry G-W is basically a 2nd rate race at their level and he’s not won much else except a decent collection of stages, which Jonas and plenty of sprinters win too. Until now, MP is about pulling level with Asgreen who also won stages and classics, was a WC and HE got himself a monument and almost as many almosts as Mads but in a career only half as long.Mistermaumau13-05-2025
- Jonas is a great rider but only rides stage races so i would have to say he & Mads are about equal now. Stage racing in general is overvalued i think... (vs the power required to win one day races)Xrider5113-05-2025
- Jonas only does stage raXrider5113-05-2025
- First goats and now great danes, all we need now is a showdown at the tour of turkey, that could maybe slide into grease. Sorry, always happens when I get tired.Mistermaumau13-05-2025
- I think this kind of thing will become quite common in future in light of the way pros have had to up their game and risk-taking. Means more precarity but also a bigger pool.Mistermaumau13-05-2025
- Its difficult to compare the two, since both are fundamentally different as cyclists. Jonas is essentially a stage racer, whereas Mads excels in classics as well as in sprint stages at GTs. At this point of time, Jonas with his two Tour wins, beating Pogacar no less, has the better credentials. If Mads wins a few monuments and some Points Jerseys, the comparison may be closer.Cooldude13-05-2025
- I thought he did quite well in that team if not for the illnesses and strings of bad luck.
KerisVroom13-05-2025 - For his sacrifice, he was rewarded with nice haircut by his team lead. It's heartwarming to see a team lead who appreciates his domestique.KerisVroom13-05-2025
- Have you gone Mads? Jeez, this is the Giro, and apart from there being other races and riders not participating, there are over 150 riders with plots and subplots, including a thing called the GC for which I doubt VERY much he’ll come into contention. Are there no other stories or topics to propose currently? Does every article have to include MP? Comparisons to Wout, to Danes, how hell fare on every single stage. Soon Pogi will start feeling like he’ll have to do some publicity stunt to become relevant again. How about updating us on how his UCI ranking is evolving with all the frenzy?Mistermaumau13-05-2025