Remco Evenepoel could make Milano-Sanremo and Tour of Flanders debut in 2025 - Patrick Lefevere certain that "there is a bit of Flandrien in Remco"
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Soudal - Quick-Step have been torn up completely by the cobbled classics, where they thrived for years on end in the past. Patrick Lefevere brings up the possibility that Remco Evenepoel will be used in the spring classics next season and could even make his debut at the Tour of Flanders.
“Our Flemish classics were a big disappointment. I can't be happy, that's for sure. I don't make excuses. Perhaps our potential no longer meets expectations," Lefevere said in words to l'Avenir. The team has completely sunk in the one-day races, being rather absent from the Ardennes except for some good rides from Mauri Vansevenant... Remco Evenepoel being injured, Julian Alaphilippe racing with a fracture in the leg, whilst the likes of Kasper Asgreen and Yves Lampaert did not reach their best form saw the Belgian team far away from any fight for victories over the cobbled classics or Milano-Sanremo.
Lefevere is well aware the team has changed, and moved on to a new star in Remco Evenepoel. However the team may kill two birds with one stone as they say, as Quick-Step's manager is already thinking of the possibility of having Evenepoel himself as a leader for the spring classics next year. “At the end of this year, we will look together with Remco to see whether there is a possibility to put him at the start of Milano-Sanremo and continue through a very selective program to the Tour of Flanders," he reveals.
This is not just a floating idea, as Lefevere seems to already be putting quite some thought into the small details inbetween races. "After the Tour he must get some rest so that he can also ride Liège-Bastogne-Liège. But I think there is a bit of Flandrien in Remco," Lefevere adds. "He sometimes trains on these roads and would love to ride the Tour one day.”
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- Podcast sounds great. Two so called experts stating the f*cking obvious.wrsty04-11-2026
- A mindset that reminds me of Tim Declerq. I loved watching that guy just pound away the kilometers, hours at the front, holding an entire breakaway in check on his own. Bjerg seems like a similar guy. Curling, the team sport.RidesHills04-11-2026
- He will be lol, but he can still win on the climbs hahaawp04-11-2026
- I would love to have his inconsistency. How many wins this year? 2 TdF stages, a WC, a Euro championship, San Sebastian, multiple wins early year. Monument podiums. I'd take it. I don't think he has a chance in the TdF, but he is still amazing.mij04-11-2026
- He's not going to win the TdF. Maybe if they make every single stage a TT he could win. But I still believe Tadej would just sharpen his TT skills and win.mij04-11-2026
- You beat me to it. Should he make a full recovery (likely) and go light early in the year. One, two, three. Don't ask me, I don't give a damn. Should he be on a Feel-Like-He's-Fixin'-to-Die High.Yepperoni04-11-2026
- The deciding factor may be the (TBD) number of (any type of) kilometers without Pogacar.Yepperoni04-11-2026
- Unexplained chronic fatigue is an all too common bitch. The hard to find definitive answer may lie buried in gut mechanisms. A mystery of the deep.Yepperoni04-11-2026
- It's weird to say Evenepoel would be making a "serious mistake by adding the 2027 Giro d'Italia to his calendar, warning that such a decision could even be interpreted as a lack of confidence in his ability to win the Tour de France." It may well be a mistake but with so many commentators (of all sorts) continuously claiming almost everything Remco does as being a mistake, almost nobody should care what the pundits and the disparagers should say. His team may not want him to do the Giro, and that matters. But it's possibly or probably up to Remco to decide and it may not have to be decided on until a month or so ahead of the race. Yes , Remco is inconsistent much like the majority of the best riders but he's enjoying a period of not having been recently injured (or sick). Whatever he does he need not be concerned with critics who will second guess any perceived failure no matter what. I suspect he will have enough other races on his schedule so he won't be considering it. But the worst reason to not race it is because of what some will say - humorous that be.Yepperoni04-11-2026
- I'll say clean sweep all grand tourZamorano04-11-2026
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According to @HLN_BE, 🇧🇪 Remco Evenepoel is training indoors again. His schedule remains unchanged for the moment: ⛰️ Altitude camp 🇫🇷 Dauphiné ⛰️ Altitude camp 🇧🇪 Belgian Nationals Road Race 🇫🇷 Tour de France If Dauphiné doesn't work, he'll ride 🇨🇭 Tour de Suisse instead.
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