Remco Evenepoel reveals racing plans
The world champion had to withdraw from the Giro d’Italia
Soudal Quick-Step Pro has announced Remco Evenepoel’s revised schedule for 2023. In a statement, the team said that after period of consultation between Remco and the Soudal Quick-Step management and coaching team, the 23-year-old will resume racing at the prestigious Tour de Suisse, followed by the time trial and road race at the Belgian National Championships. After that he will head to the team’s training camp at Val di Fassa.
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The team’s management hopes that Val di Fassa will give Remco and his teammates a solid base and training ground to start to prepare for the defence of his world champion’s rainbow jersey, in Glasgow, at the beginning of August.
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“It has been quite the challenge to see a pathway through the rest of my season. We know that my main goal of this year was the Giro d’Italia and what happened was really unfortunate, so it was important to plan the right path with the team management. I think to begin in Switzerland is the perfect start, and it allows me to revisit a race where I have good memories from my time trial win last year,” Evenepoel said. “Hopefully I can take some good legs from there to the Belgian Championships, to defend my TT title and to see what I can do in the road race. And then I can spend some weeks at altitude in the beautiful area around Val di Fassa. I have really enjoyed training there before and it is a stunning place to visit, with the advantages that being at altitude give, and it’s a great place to start looking forwards to the world championships.”
