Everything came together for Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) as he executed what he called “quite a perfect TT” on stage 2 of the UAE Tour, turning a 68t-chainring to his sixth victory of the season already and building a lead on GC ahead of the first big mountain test.
All eyes were on the World Champion as he rolled down the ramp as only the fifth starter, and after beating the time set by Rémi Cavagna (Groupama-FDJ United), he had to wait over two hours for victory to be confirmed, but a 14.9km beast now awaits him at Jebel Mobrah tomorrow.
Though it was only just over 13 minutes that Evenepoel was performing for, his day was carefully planned out, with his warm-ups being done in the comfort of Wolfi’s bike shop while most of the remaining teams had to prep in the heat of a nearby car park. It’s a similar luxury that Tadej Pogačar enjoyed during last year’s race, doing his TT prep inside the Abu…
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