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- Perth Now
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Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel will leave the team where he became one of the best riders of his generation to join Red Bull?BORA?hansgrohe from next season. The 25-year-old Belgian rider informed Soudal Quick-Step that he would not extend his contract, which was due to expire at the end of 2026. The team has agreed to release him early. "After taking some time to consult with our sponsors and partners, the team's ownership and management have decided that it is in the best interest of everyone to agree that Remco can move at the end of the current 2025 season," Soudal Quick-Step said on Tuesday. Evenepoel signed with Soudal Quick-Step at a young age after the squad's former manager Patrick Lefevere spotted his immense potential. Under Lefevere's supervision, Evenepoel won prestigious races, including the 2022 Vuelta a Espana two stages of the Tour de France and two titles at Liege-Bastogne-Li?ge. He finished third at the 2024 Tour de France but withdrew from this year's edition. Widely considered the best time trialist in the world, Evenepoel remains focused on winning more Grand Tours. Evenepoel's move will strengthen Red Bull?BORA?hansgrohe, where he will team up with Primoz Roglic and Florian Lipowitz, who finished third in last month's Tour de France. In Paris, Evenepoel become the first rider to sweep the road race and time trial at the Summer Games.
West Australian
2 days ago
- West Australian
Olympic cycling champ Evenepoel moves to rival outfit
Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel will leave the team where he became one of the best riders of his generation to join Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe from next season. The 25-year-old Belgian rider informed Soudal Quick-Step that he would not extend his contract, which was due to expire at the end of 2026. The team has agreed to release him early. "After taking some time to consult with our sponsors and partners, the team's ownership and management have decided that it is in the best interest of everyone to agree that Remco can move at the end of the current 2025 season," Soudal Quick-Step said on Tuesday. Evenepoel signed with Soudal Quick-Step at a young age after the squad's former manager Patrick Lefevere spotted his immense potential. Under Lefevere's supervision, Evenepoel won prestigious races, including the 2022 Vuelta a Espana two stages of the Tour de France and two titles at Liège-Bastogne-Liège. He finished third at the 2024 Tour de France but withdrew from this year's edition. Widely considered the best time trialist in the world, Evenepoel remains focused on winning more Grand Tours. Evenepoel's move will strengthen Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe, where he will team up with Primoz Roglic and Florian Lipowitz, who finished third in last month's Tour de France. In Paris, Evenepoel become the first rider to sweep the road race and time trial at the Summer Games.
Sydney Morning Herald
3 days ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘Two hours of pain, heartbreak and hope': Australian misses Tour de France podium finish
Australia's Sarah Gigante started the final stage of the Tour de France in second spot in the general classification, a podium finish within reach. What followed was 'two hours of pain, heartbreak and hope all in one'. Gigante was forced to settle for sixth place after losing ground on the Joux-Plane descent and finally finished the stage in seventh as Pauline Ferrand-Prevot claimed victory for the hosts. Ferrand-Prevot's victory was never in doubt and she launched an attack to clinch the final stage and increase her overnight lead. The 33-year-old had put herself largely in control by winning Saturday's eighth and penultimate stage with an audacious solo breakaway on the last climb. That gave her an overnight lead of 2:37 seconds over Gigante and 3:18 over Demi Vollering. Sunday's ninth stage from Praz-sur-Arly to Chatel was a 124-kilometre trek featuring three big mountain climbs. Ferrand-Prevot was with Gigante, 24, and a few others when they tackled the mammoth climb up Col de Joux Plane – an 11.6km grind with a gradient of 8.5 per cent. Gigante is known to have trouble descending at speed and was dropped on the long downhill. She could not make up the time, especially with no teammates to help her, and lost her podium spot, finishing sixth overall, 6 minutes and 40 seconds behind the winner.
