One of the great unknowns in this era of cycling is knowing what is Remco Evenepoel’s performance in the Tour de France. The Belgian champion himself wants to be cautious and does not want to raise any eyebrows or build high expectations on his debut in the mother of all cycling races. He knows Soudal corridor that podium places are very expensive and he has to compete with cyclists with more experience in ‘Big Boucle’ and eventually they become favorites.
The former professional cyclist became more critical Lance Armstrong. In his podcast ‘The Move’ Armstrong was a little harsh on Evenepoel, who he doesn’t see finishing in the top 20 overall.
“In his first participation he was not on the podium. The Tour is not the Vuelta or not a difficult race in one day, it is a different animal. Pogacar, Roglic and Vingegaard are on another level. He always seems to have a bad day and that is not possible in the Tour, he will be 30th, like in the Vuelta”.
Well, we look at the newspaper library and the first thing we see is that Armstrong doesn’t have a good memory or doesn’t interpret numbers very well, because Evenepoel has never been 30th in the Vuelta. In his first appearance at the Spanish round (2022) he won and last year he finished 12th. It’s true Italy is spinning He was even more unlucky, unable to finish either of his two appearances, neither in 2021 nor in 2023. Last year he retired early after testing positive for Covid when he was on the podium and in 2021 after suffering fall
Source: La Verdad
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