Soudal-QuickStep coach Koen Pelgrim has said that Remco Evenepoel‘s initial target of the World Championships time trial on Sunday will also serve as a general reference point for how he can fare in this year’s battles for the rainbow jerseys.
The defending TT champion, and now with the Olympic time trial gold as a fresh addition to his palmares, Evenepoel is set to take part in Sunday’s race against the clock as a leading favourite.
But Pelgrim pointed out that it was all but inevitable that given the drop in stress levels after Paris that Evenepoel should suffer a drop in condition, saying that when he returned to training on August 13, the start was not straightforward.
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