"Mamba Mentality 😈": Remco Evenepoel starts preparing for 2025 mission
CyclingSunday, 10 November 2024 at 08:36
Remco Evenepoel started preparing for 2025 on Saturday. The Belgian posted a first training ride on his
Strava account.
Next year, the Tour de France will again be the primary target for the Soudal-Quick Step rider.
Evenepoel debuted in the Tour de France this season with a beautiful third place in the GC. Furthermore, the Belgian won one of the two time trials and triumphed in the youth classification. It was a great debut, although the rider was frustrated by the gap to the overall winner, Tadej Pogacar. Indeed, the difference was more than nine minutes. So if Evenepoel wants to realize his ambition of winning the Tour, he must make a big step in the coming years.
Evenepoel may not put everything on the Tour next year but will also compete in the Giro d'Italia. ''The big advantage is that there are no Olympics next year. Last year, we knew I would have been completely exhausted before the Games if I had done the Giro-Tour combination. And in the end, I am happy we didn't do it. Now, maybe we can reconsider. And then, as always, aim for a World Championship, for Lombardy, " Evenepoel said recently. With the emphasis on the grand tours, the Olympic champion may ride fewer spring classics in both time trial and road races. For sure, his debut in the Tour of Flanders will not be before 2025.
Read more below the Strava post.
However, Evenepoel has strong ambitions for 2025, which require a good base. On Saturday, Evenepoel began laying that foundation. His first training ride after the off-season was not so impressive at just over eighty kilometers, but at least he kicked off the start. With "Mamba Mentality," he refers in his post to the book and mentality of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, who passed away in 2020.
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- Van Aert is really handsome. He can influence me all day! Ditto for Philipsen. Why do you think many of us love cycling?: to see heroic attempts at climbing mountains at high altitudes or to watch speedsters sprint for the finish line or to watch a human being ride at break neck speed down a tricky descent? No, it's all about their lean physiques and muscular legs. (apologies for objectifying these dedicated and amazing athletes).BarwonHeadsUp25-10-2024
- It is unfortunate that the author can't feel the joy that Pogacar brings to the sport and his fans who are legion and I for one feel lucky to have watched such a memorable performance and historic season From the Strada until yesterday with multiple wins in stages in both tours and beyond dominance in the World's. He is proud to wear the Rainbow stripes, shows his leadership to protect his fellows and is as courteous and sportsman-like as the sport allows. He goes early to not have to respond to each attack as all the rest would make him do it. Any racer who could would do the same. Don't "grow tired" of greatness as it is always fleeting.ccrider13-10-2024
- What load of rubbish. Pog is likely a once in a generation cyclist, the like of which hasn't been seen since 'the Cannibal '. How many people were complaining that Merckx was making racing predictable? I remember this year's World RR as one of the most exciting I've watched. Mainly BECAUSE Pog was the favourite and launched what everyone thought (Pog included) was a suicidal attack with 80km to go. For the next 2 hours, I was on the edge of my seat thinking "this is too much, even for Pog". Maybe Zonnefeld prefers the snooze-fest that is a bunch sprint? Like most people I know, I can't watch two hours of the bunch riding very fast... I wait for the final 5km and watch just the sprint. In any event, most races are won from a sprint or lone break. What difference does it make who makes the lone break? Ultimately, the other contenders will have to figure out a way to beat Pog. Even if that means collaboration between teams. It's going to be an exciting few seasons, until the next Pog arrives on the scene. If this is boring, heaven knows what exciting looks like!Michael513-10-2024
- This is not a gravel race. UCI fail, from the surface they are on to team tactics. In what country was the first "gravel race" in what country is the most popular gravel race? Go with the race model that created the discipline.
Barnes127411-10-2024 - And don't forget he has now won 4 of the big 10 races (Grand tours, Monuments and WC/OG) in one year with a chance to make that 5. (5 has only been done once before)Joostmehrtens05-10-2024