Saturday, August 15. A day to quickly forget, for the cycling enthusiast, but certainly also for Remco Evenepoel. The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider had a huge crash in the descent. The worst was feared, but he was conscious and the verdict was “just” a pelvic fracture.
“It gets a little better every day”, says Evenepoel in Vive le Vélo. “I try to have patience, but still wait for the green light from the doctors to be allowed to race again. I’ve already watched every stage in the Tour. I also look at the stages that interest me most from the start.”
“It’s the hardest part of being an athlete: coming back from below 0. The weight and nutrition. I currently weigh 59.5 kilograms, which is really low. But it’s better to be a little lower than too high. but it is all for a purpose. “
“It can snow, thunder, it doesn’t matter. The day that I can get on the bike again, I jump on it. Now I have to be patient for another 2 weeks. Then I go for a consultation in Herentals and they see how the fractures are. “
Evenepoel sees a (future) rival in the big tour with Pogacar. “Of course I am impressed with Pogacar. Last year I was already like” wow, that’s not normal “. The only downside is that he has no teammates this Tour. If he wants to win the Tour, he will take the yellow jersey. should not take too quickly, “said Evenepoel.
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