Evenepoel has a pending account at the Giro d’Italia: “We’ll be back”

the Belgian Remco Evenepoel He planned his attack on Italy is spinning this year after an early season where he was close to perfection, after warming up his legs in Return to San Juan Internationalsweep into it Touring the UAE and argue the general Roglic is a cousin success in Volta Ciclista and Catalunya until the last meter.

After his first contact with Giro d’Italia in 2021which was rained out because the ‘Corsa Rosa’ was his first race after last year he almost lost his life in a serious accident he suffered in ‘Il Lombardia’the Belgian world champion went to the Italian round this year after previous preparations planned down to the last detail and after winning The Return of 2022proving that yes, that he can be a runner of great tours, that he can perform very well in three weeks and that on hard mountains he is more than competitive.

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He studied at a Giro tailor-made for him, and where a priori his biggest rival was the Slovenian. Roglic is a cousinwhom he beat at La Vuelta afterwards ‘Rogla’ he had to give up, which he could not be with in the Volta and with whom he could not face the hand until the end when he left the Giro d’Italia at the moment of the second time trial of Turn aroundwhere he won, after testing positive for the coronavirus.

Until that day, the leader of Soudal Quick Step He won two stages, both time trials, and wore the leader’s ‘pink jersey’ for five stages, until he had to announce an early forced withdrawal.

The Belgian was not easy to digest, especially when some Italian media questioned his positive for the coronavirus. On the other side of this, evenepoel He publicly admitted that his heart was broken into a thousand pieces when he had to leave Italy – “Mom, something broke between us and Italy” – and as soon as he finished his degree in Rome he publicly showed his intention to return to Turn aroundtrying to do well the third time is the charm.

“We will be back,” he wrote in a post shared on Instagram by his team doctor. Anthony Paulwels. The question is when, because everyone indicated that in 2024 the expected landing of Evenepoel will come inthe Tour de Franceor not.