Patrick Lefevere wants to give Remco Evenepoel one case: he should not think that he must escape from media anxiety by going to Red Bull. A consequence of the fact that he continues to live in Belgium together with Oumi.
In Derailleurthe podcast of Pickx SportsLefevere clarifies the interaction between them in the aftermath of Remco’s transfer to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe. “I have not had any contact with him for a while now. It usually goes through WhatsApp. He has said:” If the storm has lay down a bit, we sometimes meet. “”
Evenepoel recently stayed in Livigno. “I’m not going to drive to Livigno to see him,” laughs Lefevere. “I still hear him, just like his mom now and then.” If Remco is talking about a storm that he ends up in, then all this will have made an impression on him. “Such a matter leaves no one untouched,” said Lefevere.
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Transfer case causes a lot of stress
“It brings some stress with it. I now also see certain riders who are also busy with such a matter that they suddenly no longer drive so well. You can also see that something like that has an impact on his life and its environment.” Now that that transfer has been completed, that does not mean that the expectations of the media will fall, Lefevere suggests.
“The media will stay. Where Remco is, is the media. He continues to live in Schepdaal. He will not leave that little circle around him.” Then Lefevere is talking about Oumi and the parents and in -laws of Remco. A move is therefore not immediately coming. Evenepoel also has a property in Calpe, where he trains a lot.
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“If you really go for a break, then you have to go to Andorra or Monaco, which he is a bit less. For the time being he will succeed without such a move. The Belgian state must be grateful to him, he pays taxes here,” Lefevere still laughs.
