2023-09-02 08:59:00
NO – “If this was my day off, that’s fine with me…” On Thursday evening, following coming down from the Javalambre observatory, Remco Evenepoel had quickly played down the 32 seconds lost during the 6th stage at Roglic and Vingegaard. Not one to look for excuses, the Belgian champion had all the same blown to have suffered from headaches and back stiffness, following-effects of the fall which had followed his stage victory at the beginning of the week. In difficulty on the start of Roglic in the most severe percentages, the Brabançon had not been able to go “beyond his limits”. If the results of this first day in the high mountains had not been positive for Evenepoel, it looks like a somewhat truncated barometer.
With five passes on the menu and including the terrible Xorret de Cati, a sort of Spanish Mur de Huy of 3.8 km at 11% on average, with passages at… 22% and whose summit will be reached three kilometers from the line, on the other hand, we should see much more clearly as to the degree of competitiveness of the rider from Soudal Quick-Step compared to the duo from Jumbo-Visma who are often presented as particularly comfortable on these severe percentages. But didn’t Remco Evenepoel win Liège-Bastogne-Liège twice by disgusting the competition in La Redoute?
Vuelta 2023: Remco Evenepoel ready for a hellish weekend
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