Remco Evenepoel feared the worst before leaving the Giro: “We’ve touched the wood”

Remco Evenepoel he won the time trial in a tighter fashion, when it was expected that he would almost do it with one hand, and he did not lose it because he was born to win and he left his skin at the finish line of Cesena. His mother and his wife celebrated a double victory: victory on the stage and with it he regained the lead in the race, but the protagonist of this story did not have it all, because he himself dropped out of the press conference after CRI.

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He Head of Soudal-Quick Step He said his nose was blocked and he crossed his fingers that he was not sick. A sign that for his misfortune, his team’s, the organization itself and for all of cycling has come true.

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“I think you might notice that my nose is a bit blocked. I’m pretty light, pretty skinny in terms of body fat percentage, and rainy conditions aren’t my favorite. I have to be careful not to get sick. Let’s touch the wood that is not a virus. We’ll see”. A fear that was later confirmed.

Evenepoel’s defeat drew a new phase in the career. The Welsh Geraint Thomaswinner ofl Tour de France 2018 continues to wear the pink jersey, ahead of the three-time winner of La Vuelta, the Slovenian Roglic is a cousin and from british Tao Geoghegan Hartwinner of the Giro in 2020. However, with the Ineos team, despite having two of its riders in the top three, fear should spread, after the Italian’s withdrawal also due to Covid Filippo Ganna.