Together with Mattia Cattaneo, Ilan Van Wilder and Louis Vervaeke, the Belgian inspected the roads of the race’s last stage.
Fresh from his victory on stage 8 of Paris-Nice – which brought him two distinctive jerseys at his “Race to the Sun” debut – Remco Evenepoel took advantage of being in the Côte d’Azur region by seeing the course for the final stage of this year’s Tour de France.
The World Time Trial Champion was keen to see the time trial course that will host the final stage of the 111th edition – making it the first time the world’s most famous race will end with a TT since 1989. And as a man always happy to ride his Specialized Shiv TT bike, Remco and the team were equally as keen to inspect the hilly route.
Soudal Quick-Step sports director Klaas Lodewyck explained: ‘We started in Monaco, and saw the first climb twice. Then we saw the descent several times, which was similar to the one of Sunday’s Paris-Nice stage, but we were able to discover more today, in better weather. It is a nice time trial course, but very demanding, even more so as it comes on the last day of the Tour. It will be a beautiful race on a spectacular backdrop. Many teams were also there looking at the course, so we know that others will be well prepared and it will be a great race come July. It was a very useful day.”
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