1. Remco Evenepoel won the Vuelta a Espana in 2022, becoming the first Belgian to win a Grand Tour since 1978.
39 Facts About Remco Evenepoel
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In 2024, Remco Evenepoel made his debut at the Tour de France, where he placed third overall behind Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, taking home the young rider's classification.
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Shortly after the Tour, Remco Evenepoel became the only male cyclist to win both the Olympic time trial and road race, achieving both at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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The son of the former professional cyclist Patrick Evenepoel, Remco Evenepoel started his sporting career as a football player.
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Remco Evenepoel played four times for the Belgian U15 team and five times for the Belgian U16.
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Remco Evenepoel made a switch from football to cycling in 2017.
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Remco Evenepoel won both the time trial and road race at the 2018 European Junior Road Cycling Championships.
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Later in the year, Remco Evenepoel won both the road race and the time trial at the UCI Junior Road World Championships.
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On 3 August 2019 Remco Evenepoel scored his first World Tour victory when he won the Clasica de San Sebastian.
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Remco Evenepoel became the third-youngest rider ever to win a cycling classic in the history of the sport.
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On 8 August 2019, Remco Evenepoel won the time trial at the 2019 European Road Championships.
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Remco Evenepoel went on to win the silver medal in the time trial.
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Remco Evenepoel spent much of the year sharing a room with Philippe Gilbert who acted in a mentoring role.
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Remco Evenepoel started the 2020 season at the Vuelta a San Juan, where he won the individual time trial on stage 3 and the general classification.
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Remco Evenepoel competed in the rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in both the road race and time trial earning a top 10 place in the latter.
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Remco Evenepoel was the centre of a furore in the World road race.
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Remco Evenepoel issued more criticism on TV than in the team meeting" and "He was the one who agreed with the tactics, who agreed with the selection.
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Remco Evenepoel still has to learn when he can and cannot say things.
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Remco Evenepoel won the 2022 Clasica de San Sebastian by launching a successful 44 kilometre solo attack, finishing nearly two minutes ahead of second-placed Pavel Sivakov.
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In early September, Remco Evenepoel won the 2022 Vuelta a Espana, his first Grand Tour triumph.
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Remco Evenepoel took the red jersey after stage 6 of the race, which finished with a 800m climb to a mountain-top finish in San Miguel de Aguayo.
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However, following Roglic's withdrawal from the race after a crash at the end of stage 16, Remco Evenepoel won stage 18, another mountain-top finish, securing a 2-minute and 7-second advantage over Mas, which would prove unassailable over the final 2 stages.
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In September, Remco Evenepoel competed in both the Individual Time Trial and Road Race at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, Australia.
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Remco Evenepoel finished 3rd in the time trial, 9 seconds behind winner Tobias Foss.
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Remco Evenepoel launched an attack on Cote de La Redoute; he attacked in the saddle, moving away from the peloton and only Tom Pidcock was able to follow him.
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However, following a positive test for COVID-19 that same evening, Remco Evenepoel was forced to withdraw from the race, handing the race lead to Geraint Thomas.
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Remco Evenepoel eventually finished the Tour de Suisse in third position overall.
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Remco Evenepoel won the final stage 8, but despite repeated attacks, wasn't able to distance himself from Matteo Jorgenson, the general classification winner.
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Remco Evenepoel made his race debut at the 2024 Tour de France, held from June 29 - July 21.
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Remco Evenepoel was initially viewed as one of the three favorites to win the overall classification, alongside Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar.
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Remco Evenepoel won one stage, the individual time trial on stage 7, where he bested Pogacar and Vingegaard by 12 and 37 seconds respectively.
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Remco Evenepoel finished the Tour third overall, 3 minutes behind Vingegaard, 9 minutes behind Pogacar, and secured the best young rider's white jersey.
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On July 27, just 6 days after the conclusion of the Tour de France, Remco Evenepoel won gold in the Olympic Time Trial at the 2024 Paris Olympics, finishing 15 seconds ahead of Filippo Ganna.
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Remco Evenepoel's chain dropped before the start and he rode without a power meter.
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Remco Evenepoel finished his 2024 season with a second-place finish at Il Lombardia.
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Remco Evenepoel suffered fractures to his ribs, shoulder blade and hand, as well as a dislocated collarbone and contusions to both lungs as a result of this.
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Remco Evenepoel missed the early season while recovering from his injuries.
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Remco Evenepoel is the son of former professional cyclist Patrick Remco Evenepoel, best known for winning the Grand Prix de Wallonie in 1993.
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Since 2022, Remco Evenepoel is married to Oumaima Rayane, who he met in high school.