ANDl Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick Step)third overall, wants to win this Sunday’s time trial that ends the 2024 Tour, where, he said, “the man to beat will be Tadej Pogacar.”
“Tomorrow in the time trial I want to make one last effort at maximum intensity to win the stage. I know the route, I inspected it after Paris-Beautiful, and I like it. I think Tadej knows this too well, this is his home. The stage will be played between the top three overall. It’s not a pure time trial, it’s a mountain time trial. Then Tadej will be beaten,” he explained.
On the day of the final in Couillole, Evenepoel moved the team to find victory and try to get closer to second place, but he found himself with a rivalry between Pogacar and Vingegaard qThe Belgian was unable to continue.
“I wanted to push and see if I could do something, but Pogacar and Vingegaard were stronger than me, it’s that simple. Once we were together, I found myself at the limit again and when they attacked I couldn’t keep up with them. But I had to try and in the end “In the end I lost a little time, but it wasn’t that important,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad

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