2023-05-11 11:26:00
He is, with the osteopath Anthony Pauwels, the first Remco Evenepoel to go to once he has crossed the finish line. David Geeroms is his regular healer. It is, moreover, much more than that. “I rode as amateurs with his dad and we formed a very strong relationshiphe confided in these columns last December. I have known Remco since he was born. I was even present the day he was born.”
This former bank employee joined Patrick Lefevere’s team in 2016 and has been working for her full-time for three years. And became the confidant of the world champion. “I spend more time with him than with my wife.smiles the one who accompanies the double winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège during most of his internships. I think I can say that we are great friends now. Besides, we once once more spent the New Year together.”
Both men share a deep love for Anderlecht. “But we are avoiding the subject for the moment”smiles the 46-year-old Ninovois.
It is he who ensures that the legs of the Brabant prodigy turn well. It helps to get him back on his feet following the stage. In this sense, the loss of the pink jersey is a good thing. “We arrived at the hotel more than an hour following the rest of the team. It was a bit heavy. Remco never ate before 9 p.m., it was not ideal”says our interlocutor, leaning once morest the Soudal Quick-Step bus.
When he was in pink (and in white, as the best youngster), Evenepoel had, indeed, to submit to a rather long protocol, which only begins once all the wearers of distinctive tunics have reached the arrival (except in the high mountains). There is the passage on the podium, before all the interviews. “Even if it’s a bit tiring, we obviously hope to relive all that in a few days.explains the one who watches over the one he considers a member of his family. We got used to all that but it’s good that it’s a little quieter now.
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Pamper Remco like an F1
It is that following the stage, the ritual is immutable. “The massage lasts an hour. We talk a little regarding cycling and a lot of the rest. Sometimes also, I leave him alone because I feel that he is in his bubble.
Not very talkative, Geeroms also has the gift of calming Evenepoel when necessary. “A young person like Remco needs to know that he can confide in a friend without him telling his parents everything”nous glisse Patrick Evenepoel.
“But Remco manages itself quite well, accurate, flattered, Geeroms. He is not only stronger than at the Vuelta, but also more mature. He knows his body best and knows what it needs.”
He also knows that his friend will wait for him as long as necessary following the stage, before taking care of his body like one pampers an F1 car. This Wednesday evening, Geeroms had more work than usual: he had to make sure that everything was fine following the two falls at Evenepoel.
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