Rodrigo Beenkens immediately ignites on this subject: “but we must get carried away regarding Remco Evenepoel’s performances! We are obliged. Do you realize what we are going through? I did not say what we will live but what we live now, day by day. In any case, I can’t do otherwise. And this stage of the Vuelta, this Tuesday August 30, 2022, is the immediate future! This is the stage which, on paper, suits Remco best. Of all the stages. This is the only individual time. Which is unfortunate, because at the time of Miguel Indurain, we had at least two. And sometimes with a cumulative total of 100 kilometers… He should in any case, normally, accentuate his advantage. Consolidate its 1st place. In any case, the references are there. He has clocked five times this year. He won 1st at the Tour of Algarve, crushing the European champion at the time, Stefan Küng. And two other times, he finished 2nd, behind the world champion, Filippo Ganna and behind the Olympic champion Primoz Roglic. But it was over distances of, respectively: 14 km in Tirreno and 7.5 km in the Basque Country. This time of the day will be long, 31 kms. And in a place he knows by heart, where he most often goes to train. So the favorite for this stage, unlike the previous nine stages, is Remco Evenepoel!”
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