It was Remco Evenepoel’s dangerous crash that kept him from the title in Belgium

Remco Evenepoel couldn’t go for the title on Belgian National Time Trial. He was the strong favorite for the crown, but the 23-year-old cyclist went down. remco he suffered a terrible fright on the rain-drenched asphalt when he fell completely.

The cyclist braked at the entrance to a curve and, as he got onto it, the front wheel slipped and caused the evenepoel, which he hit with the right side of his body on the asphalt. The cyclist slides down the pavement until he reaches the ditch, where he crashes into a ditch outside, at high speed.

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Fortunately, everyone was left with a scare. Remco stood up and continued pedaling to the finish line, unscathed. He could not win, but he finished in a creditable fourth position despite the fall.

“I was already fifty seconds behind at the first intermediate point. From then on I knew that I was really not competing for the win. On the second lap they said that the podium was still there, that it was getting closer. That indicated that I had nice legs today. I also felt that I would be ready for that,” he said.

“I’m looking forward to Sunday. It will be drier than today,” he said of the road race that will take place this weekend. “We want to keep the shirt in the team. It will be a fair race, but the start is quite difficult. With Lampaert, Merlier and I, we have several irons in the fire”, argued Evenepoel about the options of his team, Soudal Quick-Step, facing victory.