After having managed his stage very well the day before in the direction of Hautacam during the 12th stage of this Tour de France 2025, Remco Evenepoel (Sudal Quick-Step) hoped to find his legs in a specialty where he excels, namely the time trial. The world champion and Olympic champion of the discipline unfortunately could not weigh on the race and completely fell in the end of this time. The Belgian even got caught up by Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease A Bike), left two minutes before him. A poor performance that the white jersey of the training Soudal Quick-Step Hope quickly to forget tomorrow towards Luchon-Superbagnères, the queen stage of this Pyrenean triptych with more than 5,000 meters of elevation gain. Remco Evenepoel returned to this complicated time trial at the organization's microphone.
“I have no explanation …”
The Olympic champion and world champion in the discipline cannot find an explanation for this poor performance: “I didn't have the legs that I would have liked. Everything was going well on the flat part, but after three or four minutes in the climb, I felt like empty. I did not have an explanation, I warmed myself as I usually do and I felt fit this morning. In the end, I had very bad sensations and it is a very weak performance. Overwhelmed, but I thought that at the speed I was going to happen.concludes Remco Evenepoelat the microphone of the organization.
