Tour de France: Evenepoel in white after monster ride

Tour de France: Evenepoel in white after monster ride

Remco Evenepoel is the new leader of the youth classification, after he pulled on the white jersey at the end of the second stage on Italian soil, which came to an end in Bologna – the finish of the first ever Giro d’Italia stage in 1909 – after an explosive final 20 kilometers.

While the last survivors of the breakaway were fighting up the road for the win – which eventually went to Kevin Vauqeulin (Arkea-B&B Hotels) – the favourites had their own battle on the steep slopes of the San Luca, which featured twice on the course. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) took off 500 meters from the top of the ascent, opening a 20-second which looked insurmountable at one point, especially as only a couple of kilometers were separating them from the finish after the descent.

But Remco Evenepoel had other plans and started a furious chase behind the duo, showing in his fight to return that same grit that led to his many wins. On the technical descent, the Belgian began clawing time, and then, as soon as the road flattened, he put to use his superb time trial skills and continued to close in on his opponents. In the final 500 meters, the former World Champion bridged across and concluded the stage in that small group but with a 21-second buffer over the rest of the general classification contenders, a result which moved him into the white jersey and to second place in the overall standings.

“The first two days have gone pretty well for our team. I am happy to see I’ve made some improvements and also that I could fight until the end and come back to Tadej and Jonas. I was a bit far when they attacked, but I still had some energy left to erase the deficit and join them after what has been a really hard day. The way I responded to their attack gives me a lot of confidence”, said Remco after the stage. “Wearing a jersey and being on the podium in the biggest race of the season is an honor and I will try to enjoy it as much as possible.”

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Kévin Vauquelin
4:43:42
2 Jonas Abrahamsen
Uno-X Mobility
0:36
3 Quentin Pacher
Groupama - FDJ
0:49
4 Cristián Rodríguez Martín
0:49
5 Harold Tejada Canacue
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:49
6 Nelson Oliveira
Movistar Team
0:50
7 Axel Laurance
Alpecin - Deceuninck
1:12
8 Mike Teunissen
Intermarché - Wanty
1:33
9 Hugo Houle
Israel - Premier Tech
1:36
10 Richard Carapaz Montenegro
EF Education - EasyPost
2:21
12 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
2:21
34 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
2:42
40 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
3:43
69 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
11:08
94 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
18:11
126 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
20:23
151 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
20:23
154 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
20:23
1 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
9:53:30
2 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
3 Jonas Vingegaard Hansen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:00
4 Richard Carapaz Montenegro
EF Education - EasyPost
0:00
5 Romain Bardet
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:06
6 Maxim Van Gils
Lotto Dstny
0:21
7 Egan Bernal Gómez
INEOS Grenadiers
0:21
8 Pello Bilbao López de Armentia
Bahrain - Victorious
0:21
9 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
0:21
10 Giulio Ciccone
Lidl - Trek
0:21
21 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
0:21
27 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
1:22
60 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
17:42
87 Gianni Moscon
Soudal Quick-Step
34:31
145 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
47:11
156 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
48:15
161 Jan Hirt
Soudal Quick-Step
48:15
1 Jonas Abrahamsen
Uno-X Mobility
67 pt
2 Kévin Vauquelin
60 pt
3 Quentin Pacher
Groupama - FDJ
35 pt
4 Frank van den Broek
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
33 pt
5 Harold Tejada Canacue
Astana Qazaqstan Team
33 pt
6 Romain Bardet
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
30 pt
7 Nelson Oliveira
Movistar Team
27 pt
8 Cristián Rodríguez Martín
26 pt
9 Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
22 pt
10 Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
22 pt
17 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
16 pt
36 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
4 pt
1 Jonas Abrahamsen
Uno-X Mobility
23 pt
2 Valentin Madouas
Groupama - FDJ
11 pt
3 Frank van den Broek
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
9 pt
4 Ion Izagirre Insausti
Cofidis
8 pt
5 Romain Bardet
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
3 pt
6 Cristián Rodríguez Martín
3 pt
7 Kévin Vauquelin
2 pt
8 Hugo Houle
Israel - Premier Tech
1 pt
9 Matej Mohorič
Bahrain - Victorious
1 pt
1 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
9:53:30
2 Maxim Van Gils
Lotto Dstny
0:21
3 Thomas Pidcock
INEOS Grenadiers
0:21
4 Carlos Rodríguez Cano
INEOS Grenadiers
0:21
5 Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:21
6 Juan Ayuso Pesquera
UAE Team Emirates
0:21
7 Santiago Buitrago Sánchez
Bahrain - Victorious
1:11
8 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal Quick-Step
1:22
9 Javier Romo
Movistar Team
1:22
10 Oscar Onley
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
2:31
1 Movistar Team 29:40:42
2 UAE Team Emirates 0:30
3 INEOS Grenadiers 0:51
4 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 0:51
5 Soudal Quick-Step 1:31
6 Bahrain - Victorious 2:42
7 EF Education - EasyPost 3:41
8 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 5:01
9 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 5:47
10 Lidl - Trek 7:04

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