He is one of the best cyclists in the peloton, one of the few who can stand up to the Slovenian. Tadej Pogacar and quality comes at a price. The Belgian Remco Evenepoel (24 years old, two years younger than Pogacar) is one of the most sought-after riders in the peloton and has a contract with his current team, Soudal Quick-Step until 2026, which does not prevent some rumors to appear about the departure of the double Olympic champion in Paris, especially in the ranks of the new Red Bull-Bora-hansgroheneed stars for next campaigns.
In fact, within the framework of The Return A rumor began to gain strength that spread like wildfire in the Tour de Franceabout Evenepoel signing of the energy group for 2025, a possibility that, according to the words of the general manager of its current development, Patrick Levevere, has cooled down or has no chance of becoming a reality like it used to.
According to ‘Cyclingnews’, Evenepoel rejected the offer from Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, because according to Lefevere, Evenepoel is “not stupid”. “His goal is to do the Tour in 2025 and he tried it a year before (in 2024 he finished 3rd). They need to give us the time we need to adapt to the possibilities we have. I can’t call a sheikh and asked him for an extra five million euros, Remco did not understand it.
This past summer, Lefevere made it clear that if anyone wanted to acquire Evenepoel’s services they would have to pay a million dollar fee as they have a contract that runs until 2026.
From Evenepoel and his father, Patrickacting as an agent, showed their dissatisfaction with some weapons that Remco needed to be competitive in all races, in Soudal they began to make moves and in this framework we must understand the signing of Mikel Landawho became the great squire of the Belgians in the mountains. A bet that should go even further for the next exercise, where Evenepoel is clear where he must improve to get better results: “Improve the climb to be closer to Vingegaard and Pogacar. “I have to be a better climber to get close to them.”
2024 Evenepoel won the Figueira Champions Classic, the Return to the AlgarveThe Paris-Beautifulwhich placed 3rd in the Tour de France In his first participation, he won the road and time trial of Olympic Games in Paris and the test of time Swiss World Championshipto end the season with a second place finish last Saturday at Il Lombardia.
Source: La Verdad
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