Remco Evenepoel had two parties this Sunday. a Madridwhen he was declared the winner of the Vuelta at only 22 years old and BrusselsWhile Belgian fans can see him on the giant screen on the podium to get excited listening to his country’s anthem, he’s been rewarded for just one victory. any doubt A crisis that cyclists attributed to problems caused by cyclists on Saturday, when the mountain stages of Jaén and Granada fell. Downfall in Malaga.
The Vuelta echoed what was seen throughout the season and will certainly be common from now on. There is no ‘top5’ cyclist repeated classification in the Giro, Tour and now Vuelta. It’s always focused on trying different types and runners a single success per year. Evenepoel has been busy living in Spain for the past two months to do whatever it takes to adjust to the heat and become the new reference in his country. three-week races. The Vuelta has not had a Belgian champion with Freddy Maertens since 1977, and the previous driver was none other than Eddy Merckx (1973), with whom they compared this phenomenon, which has been impressive in one-day classics since age 19. years old and in one-week races and this Almost killed himself in August 2020 When he fell off a bridge in Lombardy, an accident that left him immobile for several months until he accidentally returned to racing in the 2021 Giro left the tour of Italy without prior shooting.
This has created many doubts as to whether it is suitable for three-week races. With a bumpy and, above all, a very weak team in the Vuelta, Quick Steep resisted with a team that was Belgian like himself, but with almost no military that would warrant a cyclist fighting to win a three-week race. what will be the future efepoel? Are you ready to fight Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar for the tour? Were the problems in the Andalusian mountains really caused by its fall?
Strong in the time trial
Every race is different. In the fight against time, but probably before the chained harbors and the great ‘monuments’ of the Tur, his strength is in his favor, efepoel If he wishes to come to Paris in yellow one day, he still needs to improve. In principle, as the runner pointed out, he will return to the classics next season – winning in Liège and San Sebastián in 2021 – and the Giro, otherwise the Vuelta. The tour would have been parked for now.
“For now I don’t think about the tournext year I will focus on the one-day races and still prepare for the Giro”, highlighting the cyclist who caused a split of sympathy among Flemish fans, some for him, some for the ‘wild ‘Wout van Aert’, curiously favourite. Merckx.
But this Vuelta was the rebirth of Enric Mas, who felt overwhelmed by the pressure to lead one lap after lap. Movistar in crisisAt the time, it faced the threat of category relegation that didn’t guarantee its presence at next year’s major races, including the Tour, and now they can start to breathe some calm, thanks to the Spaniard’s points in the Vuelta. “This podium comes at a difficult time for my team because of the points.”
Ayuso and Rodriguez
Beside efepoel and moms, third, with Juan Ayuso walked 19 and 360 days Youngest driver to hold an honorable position on a Grand Tour since Henri Cornet Won the Tour with (1884-1941) 19 years 353 days inside 1904. Since then, it has rained with two world wars, countries that no longer exist, and until the end of his reign. England’s II. Elizabeth. Ayuso and Carlos Rodriguez, other great junior reference, seventh fall off wings, aim for everything in three weekly races. “It’s incredible to be on the podium because I came to Vuelta just to leave a few glimmers of quality.”
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Valverde’s party
Alexander Valverde He said goodbye to the Vuelta, the race he won in 2009, this Sunday. The Murcian cyclist, who was world champion in 2018 and took the podium in the Tour and Giro, will close his bike this fall, although he still has to compete in the October classics, including in Lombardy, which will be his last race. Vincenzo Nibali, triple winner of the big three. Both were honored by all the riders of the Vuelta, as well as by the other runners, at the Las Rozas debut this Sunday. Remco Evenepoelhe takes them out into the aisle on their bikes.
The 42-year-old cyclist from Murcia escaped the peloton on the Madrid circuit to get tribute from fans as well, and made the first lap alone to public applause. ValverdeHe will continue next year with a position at Movistar, possibly related to public relations.