What a return has starred Restco Evenepoel
Tomorrow, new episode of the rivalry Remco Evenepoel- tadej Pogacar, in the Vallea arrow, the race that, on paper, worse goes to the Belgian.
Nothing to do with Amstel or Lieja, already on Sunday, different land, very hard, but where you have to put the eggs in different baskets and not only in the final climb, unless these crazy people revolve everything without waiting for Huy.
In any case, Remco Evenepoel may be very happy with his return after a shoulder injury.
He won the Brabanzona arrow on Friday and this Sunday was third at the Amstel Gold Race, behind Mattias Skjelmose, who won, and Tadej Pogačar, which was second.
Remco Evenepoel believes he could have won if he had not suffered a fall in the middle of the race.
After the race he admitted it, he had found feelings found: on the one hand, happy to compete from you to you with the best of the moment after so long; on the other, frustrated because he felt that the victory was within reach.
He explained that he started the Sprint too soon and wind against, and that, not being a pure sprinter, he did not dare to look for the best place to launch his attack.
Even so, it was very close: we saw it, they took half a bike.
The fall it suffered occurred about 100 km from the finish line and also affected runners like Wout van Aert and Thibau Nys.
Everyone got up quickly and returned to the platoon.
But Remco had to pursue for more than 30 km to return to the groupwhich cost him a lot of energy.
In addition, his partner Pepijn Reinderink also fell, and that more complicated the situation.
In his words, he had to use 100 more than normal watts just to return, and that is paid expensive in such a race.
On the podium he was serious, cariaconteido, and has reasons, he is a winner, but at the same time, he neutralized the world champion, the scene that many did not see at the beginning, he also did it in his field and with the inertia of an incredible spring.
The action had started with Julian Alaphilippe attacking in the Gulperberg.
Pogačar was the only one who followed him and then launched alone in the Kruisberg, more than 40 km from the end.
Then Skjelmose achieved a good advantage in the Keutetenberg and Evenepoel joined him, working hard to reach Pogačar.
In the end, Remco took the trio to the finish line, but they were advanced.
Even so, it has to be happy with third place and confidence in the face of the next great appointment: La Lieja-Bastogne-Lieja, which has already won twice.
According to him, he will not make the same mistake there again.
Imagen: FB Amstel Gold Race
