You could see it on his face.
From the first pedal strokes up the Tourmalet, the tension was there. In his eyes, in his posture. The white jersey didn’t shine quite so bright under the grey skies on stage 14 of the 2025 Tour de France. Remco Evenepoel’s minutes in this Tour were dwindling, even if he didn’t know it yet. Or maybe he did.
It all started in December, when he collided with the open door of a van during a training ride and sustained significant injuries. While his competitors spent their winter months building strong foundations for the season ahead, Evenepoel was forced to focus on rehabilitation and recovery.
He lost time on the climb to Hautacam. In the mountain time trial to Peyragudes, Evenepoel, the reigning world time trial champion, suffered the humiliation of being caught by his two-minute man, Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a bike).
