Remco Evenepoel says winning Tour de France is ‘ultimate dream’, but may race Giro d’Italia instead in 2023

Remco Evenepoel says his “final dream” is to win the Tour de France, however says he might not trip the occasion in 2023.

The Belgian has due to this fact nicely and actually arrived in biking’s elite, however an look within the sport’s blue riband occasion might have to attend, given Evenepoel’s noises in direction of using in Might’s Giro d’Italia as an alternative.

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‘Now we have a plan’ – Evenepoel coy on racing at 2023 Tour de France

06/10/2022 AT 16:42

“The Tour de France mission will now be a precedence,” Evenepoel advised Belgian outlet Het Nieuwsblad.

“In the future I need to win there too, that is the last word dream.

“That doesn’t exclude an intermediate milestone in 2023. To date, the Giro d’Italia appears to be like very good.

“In fact I should take our two sprinters [Fabio Jakobsen and the incoming Tim Merlier] into consideration when selecting a Grand Tour.

“However really we will divide it neatly. I feel that is higher, in any other case you danger division. That additionally applies to a sprinter, who deserves a powerful lead-out.

“So you may say: me the Giro, Fabio the Tour and Tim the Vuelta.”

No matter occurs subsequent 12 months, Evenepoel’s breakout marketing campaign will reside lengthy within the reminiscence and even the 22-year-old, talking lately, admitted he could not consider how profitable he has been.

“It’s unbelievable, the issues I achieved this 12 months,” Evenepoel stated.

“A season can’t be higher – to win a monument [Liege-Bastogne-Liege], a rainbow jersey and a Grand Tour. I feel you can’t do higher than the 12 months I’m having proper now.”