EVENEPOEL Remco

Belgium
Cycling Road
25 Jan 2000
21
Male
AALST
 
Belgium
DILBEEK
 
Belgium

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CRD Cycling Road Men's Road Race 49
Men's Individual Time Trial 9

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Fuji International Speedway
Men's Road Race
Finished
Fuji International Speedway
Men's Individual Time Trial
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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UCI Road World Championships
YearLocationRoad RaceIndividual Time Trial
2019Harrogate, GBRDNF2

Ten best WorldTour performances in career
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
12020Men's IndividualTour de PologneKrakow, POL
12019Road RaceClasica San SebastianSan Sebastian, ESP
42019Men's IndividualTour of TurkeyIstanbul, TUR
532019Road RaceGP de MontrealMontreal, QC, CAN
762019Men's IndividualTour de RomandieGeneva, SUI
992019Road RaceGP de QuebecQuebec, QC, CAN

UCI Road World Championships (Juniors)
YearLocationRoad RaceIndividual Time Trial
2018Innsbruck, AUT11
2017Bergen, NORDNF-


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit
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Athlete
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Dutch, English
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Deceuninck - Quick-Step [Belgium] since 2019
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His father Patrick Evenepoel competed in road cycling representing Belgium. He won the 1993 Grand Prix de Wallonie in Belgium, and competed in the Vuelta a Espana the same year. (allinfo.space, 25 Sep 2019; procyclingstats.com, 01 Jan 2020; cyclingweekly.com, 26 Apr 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 22 May 2020)
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He played football at youth international level and captained Belgium's U17 team. He also played in the youth categories of Belgian club Anderlecht and Dutch side PSV Eindhoven. (allinfo.space, 25 Sep 2019; dw.com, 25 Sep 2019)
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Turned professional in 2019
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In August 2020 he fractured his pelvis after a crash on a descent at the 2020 Il Lombardia in Italy. He struck a low wall on a bridge and somersaulted off the bridge into a ravine, landing on his back. (bbc.co.uk, 17 Aug 2020; cyclingweekly.com, 17 Aug 2020)
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He began cycling competitively at age 17 in 2017. (cyclingweekly.com, 26 Apr 2020)
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He initially played football, but decided to switch to cycling to follow his father into the sport. (allinfo.space, 25 Sep 2019)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to win the Tour de France. (rtbf.be, 18 Dec 2019; deceuninck-quickstep.com, 22 Dec 2019; olympicchannel.com, 02 Feb 2020)
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Winning the 2019 Clasica San Sebastian in Spain. (rtbf.be, 18 Dec 2019)
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Belgian road cyclist Philippe Gilbert, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (cyclingnews.com, 09 Apr 2020)
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His parents. (cyclingnews.com, 09 Apr 2020)
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In 2019 he received the Kristallen Fiets award for the Belgian Rider of the Year. At age 19 years and 11 months he was the youngest ever recipient of the award. (deceuninck-quickstep.com, 04 Dec 2019, 22 Dec 2019)

He was named 2019 Sportsman of the Year at the Belgian Sport Gala. (deceuninck-quickstep.com, 22 Dec 2019)

In 2018 he was named Talent of the Year at the Belgian Sport Gala. (deceuninck-quickstep.com, 22 Dec 2019)

General Interest

Type of rider
All-rounder (allinfo.space, 25 Sep 2019)

General
FOOTBALL TO ROAD CYCLING
He played football at junior level from age four, beginning his career with the youth sides of Anderlecht in Belgium before moving to the youth ranks of PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands at age 11. At age 14 he returned to Anderlecht before switching to road cycling at age 17. "[When I was] at PSV my parents were doing 180-kilometre trips each way every day for training. They did that for a number of months and it was chaotic, but they wanted to do everything for me. My style of play was a bit similar to how I ride a bike. I had a big engine and tried to cover every blade of grass as a defensive midfielder, but I lacked technique. Altogether I spent around 11 years at Anderlecht and to be honest, the last few years were the toughest. They broke me a bit mentally. But looking back on it now, it has made me stronger as a person and in life." (cyclingweekly.com, 26 Apr 2020; cyclingnews.com, 09 Apr 2020; allinfo.space, 25 Sep 2019)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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