‘There’s still gas in the tank’ – Remco Evenepoel eyes making history in UCI World Championships time trial

Coming from Remco Evenepoel, it sounded less like a boast and more like a statement of fact. “I’m a specialist in finding form at the best moment,” the Belgian told reporters in Wetzikon on Friday evening, two days before he defends his time trial title at the UCI Road World Championships in Zurich.

These days, Evenepoel rarely gets it wrong when he targets a major goal. His relative travails at June’s Critérium du Dauphiné were swiftly forgotten after a sparkling summer that yielded a podium finish in his debut Tour de France and two gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics.