Evenepoel: “In my mind I’m indestructible”

“After the rest day I had to turn the page and go through the stages. I won three of the best stages of the Vuelta and I have the mountain jersey, so I think it has been an incredible Vuelta despite the fact that the plan of general did not work. We can feel proud,” said the stage winner at La Cruz de Linares.

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Evenepoel won in his usual style, alone after a long attack.

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“I felt that I was the strongest in the group and I didn’t have to waste time, I just had to try. I felt that my legs were very good and I had a good day, like on stage 14. It was an incredible stage to win again. “It’s a great opportunity to get points for my polka dot shirt,” he commented.

The Belgian champion entered the finish line with his head up and made an O and a heart with his hands.

He dedicated the victory to his wife

“My heart at the finish line was for Oumi, my wife. This victory was for him. He told me that if I won another stage, I had to dedicate it to him, and that’s what I did .The gesture of the head to show after overcoming some problems that “I am indestructible,” he said.

For Evenepoel it is “unbelievable” to finish the Vuelta in the form he is showing.

After my bad day at Formigal and Tourmalet, I had to turn the page and go through the stages. It was an incredible Vuelta, even if the plans for the general classification did not go well. I think we can be proud. Finishing with such good feelings and with such good legs shows that I am still improving, and that I had a bad second week. We have to be happy and proud,” he concluded.