Remco Evenepoel has scored points in the Basque Country. According to Museeuw, a coalition was formed against him to drive him out of the leader’s jersey on the final day.
The Tour of the Basque Country was discussed during ‘Wuyts & Boonen’. “In the spring it is the heaviest stage race of one week,” said Johan Museeuw in the podcast. “I have never ridden it myself, but I know that it is one of the most difficult stage races. In terms of altitude. Sometimes also in terms of weather. This year it was not that bad. Normally it rains there every day. That makes it even more difficult .”
Nothing but praise for Remco Evenepoel’s performance there. “Remco really charmed me. I thought it was a very different Remco Evenepoel than a few weeks before. Apparently that altitude internship has done him very well. In the last stage there was just a coalition against him.”
SPANISH TEAMS RIDE FOR EACH OTHER AND AGAINST REMCO
According to Museeuw, there is no doubt about this. “As an ex-rider, you see that those Spanish teams are really going to ride for each other, even if they have a different brand name. Those sports directors sometimes talk to each other in advance.
Indeed, because in the queen stage Evenepoel was already isolated forty kilometers from the finish. “Its own team was already better in the Basque Country, but not yet top notch. Alaphilippe was okay, but not good enough yet. With a teammate in the last ten kilometers, Remco wins the Tour of the Basque Country without any problems.”
