Not lucky during the 4th stage of Tour of Britain where he attacked in vain, wasting energy for the final sprint, Remco Evenepoel did not make the same mistake on the 5th stage this Saturday. Despite the numerous attacks of the various favorites in the final, the Belgian waited for the sprint to make his explosiveness and power speak and win at the top of the tumble, offering himself a great victory for his recovery race and especially one of the last with the jersey Soudal Quick-Step…
VIDEO – Remco Evenepoel winner in the 5th stage sprint
“After a difficult day, I'm good at sprint”
Sprint winner, Remco Evenepoel took into account the wind that was blowing in the finale so as not to make too much -tone -in -law: “In the last 3 kilometers, the wind was blowing hard and I quickly understood that we had to wait for the sprint, because it was going to be difficult to escape. We saw Sivakov, onley and the other runner of Bahrain (Afonso Eulálio, editor's note) leave. They have somewhat retreating, Ilan (Van Wilder) also did an excellent job. I am good in the sprint.
Thanks to his victory, the Belgian only points to 2 “of the leader, Romain Grégoireenough to give him desires for the last step this Sunday: “I'm going to try to win the green jersey. It will be a special day, with a lot of rain planned, so it's going to be difficult. I'm not going to risk my life, because other important races are waiting for me, but I would really like to win the general classification, that would give me confidence after a long period without competition.” Auspicious two weeks before the time trial of Worldwidewhere he will aim for a 3rd consecutive crown.
