The situation surrounding Remco Evenepoel at his previous team remains the subject of analysis. Knack’s cycling special explains what structural problems were happening and what changes await him now.
Lack of contradiction at Quick‑Step
According to Thijs Zonneveld, Evenepoel was not surrounded enough by people who corrected him in his previous environment. He describes him as someone who communicates outspokenly and therefore sometimes provokes resistance.
Zonneveld emphasizes that there was hardly any counterweight at Soudal Quick-Step when Evenepoel made public statements or made choices that would have been better handled differently. According to the analyst, he will have the opportunity to grow in his new team because clearer guidelines are imposed and decisions are controlled more tightly.
This new structure should ensure that Evenepoel no longer has to determine everything itself. The presence of experienced supervisors should help him to approach certain situations differently and to find more stability in daily operations.
Clear guidelines and unique opportunity for Evenepoel
José De Cauwer expects that the new team management will create a different dynamic. “That will happen. With Chief of Sports Dempster Zakkari and strategic advisor Allan Peiper, who will resolutely set the course,” said the analyst.
He indicates that this approach can offer Evenepoel more peace, because in the past he tried to manage too much himself. “In recent years he has overruled everything and everyone.” According to him, this made it increasingly difficult to keep him within a fixed structure.
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According to De Cauwer, the new environment offers an opportunity to break that pattern. “If you don’t believe anyone and want to do it all alone, it will be difficult. This is now an opportunity. I believe in it,” De Cauwer concludes.
