> Because of that crash during training, I didn’t have the winter training I needed. We’ll have to take it day by day. And accept how the Tour will go. I’m going to tackle the Tour like everyone else will. Day by day and survive. It will be important to stay out of trouble in the first ten days,” he continues. According to Evenepoel, the Tour de France only really starts after the first rest day on Wednesday. “Then we’ll get to the Pyrenees. And then there’s also that third week. In short, this Tour will also be about patience.”
> Evenepoel nevertheless indicates a little later that he will ride more aggressively in 2025. “At least more aggressively than in 2024. I am not coming to the Tour to ride around a bit. The signals in recent weeks have been okay. A podium place and a stage win is a realistic ambition, I think.”
The dude was racing 3 month ago. You'd think he'd be in shape by now