Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick Step) He admitted his mistake in the fall he suffered just after starting the first time trial of Itzulia, which deprived the world champion of the modality to defend the victory.
In the 10 kilometer time trial that took place in Irún, Evenepoel lost 11 seconds to the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, a direct rival in the overall standings, but gained 4 seconds to the defending champion, the Dane Jonas Vingegaard.
“I just fell, the tire slipped, everything was too fast. I don’t think I took too many risks, but in 10 kilometers you want to take the corners as fast as possible. It’s not a steering error, maybe I just went too far came in. the curves and that’s why my front tire slipped,” explained Evenepoel.
“I already said in advance the technical aspects of this time trial. It wasn’t too dangerous, no. There were other options, but I’m not the designer of the course. You take risk yourself. If you fall, it’s your fault. My fault.”
The Belgian champion considers that “in a time trial like this, it’s hard to win if the top favorite doesn’t make a mistake.” “In the fall I lost 13 seconds, but before regaining the initial speed, I lost 20.”
“That’s the difference between winning and losing. It’s possible to win, but it’s easy to say in retrospect. I shouldn’t have fallen to win,” he said.
However, Evenepoel was “very satisfied with the sensations” and added that “I could have put my head down and lost a minute, but I passed Sepp Kuss and had a good time trial.”
Source: La Verdad
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