The Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick Step), World time trial and Liège Bastogne Liège champion, received the trophy of best Belgian athlete of the year for the third consecutive seasonwill face the year in which the month of July is the most important of his life, with the Tour de France, where he hopes to be in the top 5, and the Olympic Games in Paris.
After a season with many ups and downs, criticisms and brilliant moments, the 23-year-old former world champion is looking forward to the season. 2024where the challenges are high.
“The Tour and the Games in July are the main goal, it will be the most important month of my life. I mainly want to win a stage in the Tour to achieve a nice trilogy with a stage victory on every grand lap. My goal in qualifying was to be in the top five. Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar or Primoz Roglic will be there, and it will be a good icing on the cake,” explained Evenepoel.
After 5 weeks of barely touching the bike, the Belgian champion is outstanding the ups and downs in 2023.
“It was a good year, but there were a lot of ups and downs. The main goal was the Giro, but I left on the tenth day with the pink jersey. Then the Vuelta was a disappointment, but I still managed to finish it well,” he explained.
Evenepoel He also remembered, on a special day for him for receiving the crown of the best Belgian athlete of the year, the criticisms received when the results were not as expected.
“I received multiple bullets to the head and There are times when I want to put the bike away for a while, but fortunately mental health helped me a lot this year. The family and Oumi – his wife – too,” he explained.
Source: La Verdad
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