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Return to the Vuelta a Espana remains an option for Remco Evenepoel despite Patrick Lefevere's protestations
CyclingSaturday, 03 June 2023 at 15:00
Winning the first Grand Tour of his career last year at the Vuelta a Espana, a possible return to the race in order to defend his title for Remco Evenepoel reportedly remains an option for the Belgian.
After being cruelly forced to abandon the Giro d'Italia whilst wearing the Maglia Rosa after testing positive for covid, the rumour mill immediately went into overdrive. Would Evenepoel race the Tour de France? Would he return to Spain and try to claim back-to-back Vuelta a Espana titles? Soudal - Quick-Step team boss, Patrick Lefevere moved quickly to deny these plans.
Now though, new reports in Het Laatste Nieuws claim that despite Lefevere's protestations, Evenepoel remains undecided about whether or not his Grand Tour racing for the year is over.
Confirmed to be returning to action at the Tour de Suisse, the Tour de France is seemingly out of the question for Evenepoel. The Vuelta however, could well be the race for him. After becoming the first Belgian winner of a Grand Tour in 44 years, only time will tell if he returns.
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- I would agree, top 3 with Remco improving and snapping at his heels. I just wish he wouldn't keep crashing in the TDF.Pedalmasher19-11-2024
- Backstedt and Schreiber are not juniors they are under 23. There were I think about 7 or 8 juniors in this race. Under the current rules a race that has juniors in can't go over 45 minutes. The winning time was 43.53 so the timing was correct. The organisers are in the wrong because they should be putting on a juniors race and then we wouldn't be in this situation as the timings for the elite race would be 50 minutes, not 45.NorrisHippocampe19-11-2024
- It's everywhere. Just like it was before. But we can just pretend it isn't. Just like we did before.Sweep19-11-2024
- Not a top 4 GT rider? He's got more GT wins (just not at the Tour) than any viable active rider (Froome not included). Were it not for his team messing it up for him, he'd have won the Vuelta even more often. He's a bizarrely accident prone, deeply conservative rider, but it delivers. He's also one of the best 1-week GC riders in the peloton. The man may not be Pogacar or Vingegaard (who is?), but he is definitely in the top 3 of the field, right now.RidesHills19-11-2024
- Nobody is saying that he is tin he Top 4 GT riders but nobdy is also saying he is capable of winning the TDF in the presence of Pog and Jonas. He was already fairly blown away before his crash and if we assume that Bora hired him to win the TDF, then it would not be considered a success. That he won the Vuelta only make it not a total fail.abstractengineer19-11-2024
- "The viewing and visitor figures are both better than when they were riding" - what a BS. Please compare (and only then) visitor figures during current season vs when WvA and MvdP are back in December (hopefully!) otherwise you are comparing oranges to apples.averagecyclist19-11-2024
- I counted 16 riders under 24 out of 43 that started. Once was only 16 ! Two of the top riders are Zoe and Schreiber and both under 23 yet that have done 50 min races in the past with the elites so I think it's just bad clock management. Let them race 50 freakin' minutes! One more lap could have made a big dffierence most times in the podium and winner.frieders319-11-2024
- He needs to finish out his contract and then go hit MTB and Cross/Gravel really hard, that's where his heart is.awp18-11-2024
- Pidcock is starting to sound like Froome now.Sweep18-11-2024
- I think this was because there were junior women in the race. If a race has junior women am pretty sure it has to be less than 45 minutes. I believe a rule is coming in for next season that will fine organisers that don't put on a junior women's race a fine equivalent to the prize money. So fingers crossed we should see more longer elite and junior women's races from next season.NorrisHippocampe18-11-2024