He is the son of Patrick Evenepoel, a former racing cyclist who won the 1993 Grand Prix de Wallonie.[4] Remco Evenepoel started his sport career in association football, playing for the youth teams of R.S.C. Anderlecht and PSV Eindhoven, as well as being featured in the youth national teams of Belgium. Realising that his physical abilities made him more suited for cycling, he switched to the discipline in 2017. After winning the road race and time trial in the junior categories at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships, Evenepoel turned professional with Deceuninck–Quick-Step, skipping the under-23 rank.
Evenepoel won the 2022 Vuelta a España and the 2022 UCI World Road Race Championships two weeks later.
Career
Evenepoel winning the junior world time trial title at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships
Junior career
The son of the former professional cyclist Patrick Evenepoel, Remco Evenepoel started his sporting career as a football player. At the age of five he joined Anderlecht. When he was eleven years old he changed to the youth academy of PSV Eindhoven returning to Anderlecht again at the age of fourteen. He played four times for the Belgian U15 team and five times for the Belgian U16. After some setbacks and disappointments he made a switch to cycling in 2017. He won both the time trial and road race at the 2018 European Junior Road Cycling Championships. The gap between him and the second place rider in the road race was 9 minutes and 44 seconds.[5][6]
Later in the year, Evenepoel also won both the road race and the time trial at the UCI Junior Road World Championships.[7]
Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2019
Evenepoel celebrating victory at the 2019 Clasica de San Sebastian
Electing to skip the under-23 ranks, Evenepoel announced in July 2018 that he would join Deceuninck–Quick-Step for the 2019 season.[8] For his first season, Evenepoel was scheduled to compete in shorter stage races, and skipped the cobbled, one-day Classic races.[9][10] In his debut race, the Vuelta a San Juan, Evenepoel won the young rider classification and 9th overall whilst also winning his first professional podium in the stage 3 time trial behind teammate Julian Alaphilippe and Valerio Conti.[11] Evenepoel's first professional victory came at the Tour of Belgium, where he won the general classification as well as a stage and the points classification.[12] On 3 August 2019 Evenepoel scored his first World Tour victory when he won the Clasica de San Sebastian. He escaped from the field, accompanied by Toms Skujinš about 20km (12mi) from the finish, dropping his companion on the last hill and soloing to victory.[13] He became the third-youngest rider ever to win a cycling classic in the history of the sport.[14] On 8 August 2019, Evenepoel won the time trial at the 2019 European Road Championships.[15] At the World Championships in September, Evenepoel would have been eligible to still ride in the under-23 category, but decided against it and started in the elite men's events.[16] He went on to win the silver medal in the time trial.[17] He spent much of the year sharing a room with Philippe Gilbert who acted in a mentoring role.[18]
2020
Evenepoel started the 2020 season at the Vuelta a San Juan, where he won the individual time trial on stage 3 and the general classification.[19] He then competed at the Volta ao Algarve. Here, he won stage 2 as well as the final stage, a time trial, to clinch overall victory ahead of Maximilian Schachmann.[20]
After the extended break in the cycling calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he won the Vuelta a Burgos[21] and the Tour de Pologne.[22]
Evenepoel suffered a serious accident at Il Lombardia. While descending the Muro di Sormano and after a sharp curve, he collided with a low wall on the side of a bridge and was thrown over it with the impact, falling in a dirt area near some trees, several meters below the road.[23] No other cyclists were involved in the accident and he was swiftly removed from the scene by the emergency services, being conscious and responsive all the time. Hours later, his team reported that he had suffered a fractured pelvis and a right lung contusion, also stating that he would not be returning to competition in the near future.[24]
2021
Evenepoel returned to competition in the 2021 Giro d'Italia, finishing 7th in the prologue time trial, after which he said: "I was standing on the start ramp with some tears in my eyes. It was a hard way to come back and start the Giro like this. But immediately a top-10 spot, I didn’t expect it – I’m really happy."[25] After spending the first 15 stages in the top-10 of the general classification, he crashed during stage 17 and was unable to continue the race.[26]
He competed in the rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in both the road race and time trial earning a top 10 place in the latter. During the 2021 World Championships in Flanders he claimed his second elite level world championship medal, taking the bronze in the time trial. Evenepoel was the centre of a furore in the World road race. Ahead of the race, it was felt that Wout Van Aert was the protected leader for a Belgian team that was very hopeful of a home win,[27] and Eddy Merckx stated to Het Nieuwsblad that "If there is only one leader, you really shouldn't take Evenepoel [...] He rides mainly for himself; we saw that at the Olympics". Evenepoel responded "He always has to say something and that's a shame [...] Maybe it stings that I didn't ride for his son's team. I have a lot of respect for Eddy and apparently that is not mutual." On the race ahead "I'm here to work for Belgium, for Wout, because I know that it's the chance of his life to be world champion. He's in the form of his life, and it would be stupid of me to ride for myself. On this parcours, no one is stronger than Wout. I said already a lot of times that I will do everything [for] Wout."[28]
Evenepoel at the 2021 Danmark Rundt, which he won
In the road race Evenepoel appeared to answer Merckx' criticism that he is a selfish cyclist by joining an early attack with 180km still to race, followed by a second mid-race attack, and then created the decisive selection in the finals laps.[29] Van Aert was unable to win the race, which was won by Julian Alaphilippe. After the race, people from the world of cycling such as Evenepoel's trade team boss Patrick Lefevere praised Evenepoel's strength and wondered if the Belgian team had made the wrong choice of leader.[30] Lefevere asked: "[W]hy did the Belgians want to break open the race so early? And above all, why did they throw Remco into the fray so early? For me, Remco was the best man in the race after Julian. But they just sacrificed him and rolled out the red carpet for Julian."[31]
Evenepoel responded to the criticism of Belgium's tactics by revealing that he felt could have won the race but that "[o]n Friday evening before the World Championships there was a meeting with everyone. It was very unclear to me what exactly was expected of me. So after sleeping on it, the next day I went to [coaches Sven Vanthourenhout and Serge Pauwels] and asked: 'What do you expect from me in concrete terms?' "I also said straight out that I thought I might be able to win the race in a certain scenario. 'Do I get a chance or not?' I asked. ‘No,’ was the answer."[29] This caused a rift in the team; Van Aert said "I expected to hear criticism because we didn’t win but that it came from someone on the team is not smart and only serves to add fuel to the fire. It’s a shame, and I regret it. Remco issued more criticism on TV than in the team meeting"[32] and "He was the one who agreed with the tactics, who agreed with the selection. He has been preaching for weeks on end how he was looking forward to it so I think it’s really weird to turn 180 degrees now".[33]
Days after the race Belgian team-mate Jasper Stuyven said that Evenepoel had failed to show up for the team debrief: "Everyone was there, except Remco [...] He was aware, but didn't think it was necessary. I think that is a shame, especially because he thought it necessary to say things on TV. That stuck with some of us. [...] I think that Remco should sometimes be slowed down by his entourage. He still has to learn when he can and cannot say things. Also, a super-strong rider – which he certainly is – should realise that some things should remain internal."[34]
2022
Evenepoel at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships
On 24 April, at the age of 22, Evenepoel won his first cycling monument in Liège-Bastogne-Liège after a 29.6 km solo effort with a 48-second lead on the runner-up. It was his first participation in this cycling classic. He completed the 257.1 km with an average speed of 41.397 km/h, which was the fastest edition in the history of La Doyenne. He won the 2022 Clásica de San Sebastián by launching a successful 44 kilometre solo attack, finishing nearly two minutes ahead of second-placed Pavel Sivakov.[35]
In early September, Evenepoel won the 2022 Vuelta a España, his first Grand Tour triumph.[36] Evenepoel took the red jersey after stage 6 of the race, which finished with a 800m climb to a mountain-top finish in San Miguel de Aguayo. While the stage was won by Jay Vine, Evenepoel managed to finish second, putting significant time into his general classification rivals, including Primoz Roglic, the pre-race favorite.[37] Evenepoel extended his general classification lead to 2 minutes and 41 seconds after a dominant performance on the stage 10 individual time trial, finishing the 30.9km course in 33 minutes and 18 seconds, 48 seconds ahead of second-place Roglic.[38] The following challenging mountain stages saw Roglic and Enric Mas claw back some time, reducing Evenepoel's general classification lead to as little as 1 minute and 26 seconds.[39] However, following Roglic's withdrawal from the race after a crash at the end of stage 16, Evenepoel won stage 18, another mountain-top finish, securing a 2-minute and 7-second advantage over Mas, which would prove unassailable over the final 2 stages.[40] Arriving in Madrid, Evenepoel's margin of victory was 2 minutes and 2 seconds over second place Mas and 4 minutes and 57 seconds over third place Juan Ayuso.[41]
In September, Evenepoel competed in both the Individual Time Trial and Road Race at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, Australia. He finished 3rd in the time trial, 9 seconds behind winner Tobias Foss.[42] One week later, he won the road race, finishing two minutes and 21 seconds ahead of France's Christophe Laporte.[43] Having made it into a breakaway with 32km to go, Evenepoel managed to break free from Alexey Lutsenko with 25km to go and ride solo to the finish for his first World Championship victory at the Elite level.
Career achievements
Major results
2017
1st La Philippe Gilbert Juniors
1st La Route des Géants
Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2b
2018
UCI Junior Road World Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
UEC European Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
National Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 1a, 2 & 4
1st Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 2a (ITT) & 4
1st Overall GP Général Patton
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Overall Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 3
1st Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniores
1st Chrono des Nations Juniores
1st Guido Reybrouck Classic
2019
1st Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
1st Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
1st Clásica de San Sebastián
2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Overall Tour of Turkey
8th Overall Adriatica Ionica Race
1st Stage 3
9th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
1st Young rider classification
2020
1st Overall Volta ao Algarve
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 & 5 (ITT)
1st Overall Tour de Pologne
1st Stage 4
1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
1st Overall Vuelta a San Juan
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
2021
1st Overall Danmark Rundt
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 3 & 5 (ITT)
1st Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 2 (ITT)
1st Brussels Cycling Classic
1st Coppa Bernocchi
1st Druivenkoers Overijse
UEC European Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
5th Giro dell'Emilia
5th Chrono des Nations
9th Time trial, Olympic Games
2022
UCI Road World Championships
1st Road race
3rd Time trial
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Vuelta a España
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 10 (ITT) & 18
1st Overall Tour of Norway
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 1, 3 & 5
1st Overall Volta ao Algarve
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st Clásica de San Sebastián
1st Gullegem Koerse
1st Stage 8 (ITT) Tour de Suisse
2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 1
4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Young rider classification
6th Brabantse Pijl
General classification results timeline
Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour
2019
2020
2021
2022
Giro d'Italia
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DNF
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Tour de France
—
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—
Vuelta a España
—
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1
Major stage race general classification results
Stage races
2019
2020
2021
2022
Paris–Nice
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—
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Tirreno–Adriatico
—
—
—
11
Volta a Catalunya
—
NH
—
—
Tour of the Basque Country
—
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4
Tour de Romandie
76
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Critérium du Dauphiné
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—
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Tour de Suisse
—
NH
—
11
Classics results timeline
Monument
2019
2020
2021
2022
Milan–San Remo
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Tour of Flanders
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Paris–Roubaix
—
NH
—
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Liège–Bastogne–Liège
—
—
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1
Giro di Lombardia
—
DNF
19
Classic
2019
2020
2021
2022
Strade Bianche
—
—
—
—
Dwars door Vlaanderen
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NH
—
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E3 Harelbeke
—
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Gent–Wevelgem
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Brabantse Pijl
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6
Amstel Gold Race
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NH
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La Flèche Wallonne
—
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43
Clásica de San Sebastián
1
NH
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1
Brussels Cycling Classic
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1
—
Coppa Bernocchi
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NH
1
Major championships timeline
Event
2019
2020
2021
2022
Olympic Games
Time trial
Not held
9
NH
Road race
49
World Championships
Time trial
2
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3
3
Road race
DNF
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62
1
European Championships
Time trial
1
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3
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Road race
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2
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National Championships
Time trial
3
—
2
1
Road race
84
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3
37
Records
Monument winner, Grand Tour winner and UCI World Champion in 1 year: 2022 (record shared with Alfredo Binda, Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault)
Winner of the UCI Junior Road World Championship and the UCI Road World Championship: 2018 and 2022 (record shared with Greg LeMond)
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