Remco Evenepoel upset with second place at European Championships
Remco Evenepoel was left upset after taking the silver medal within the European Championships in Trento, regretting he was unable to crack Sonny Colbrelli on the ultimate climb after which was unable to beat him within the dash to the road.
Evenepoel and Belgium, like Colbrelli and Italy, rode a virtually good race. The 21-year-old Belgian made positive he was a part of the important thing collection of ten riders after which the ultimate shake-out through the ultimate two laps, however he was merely unable to distance Colbrelli on the ultimate climb as much as Povo.
There was no actual alternative to assault on the descent and Colbrelli was by far a superior sprinter. Evenepoel tried to match him within the dash however Colbrell merely had extra energy and extra pace.
For a lot of riders a silver medal could be thought of successful. Not for a rider as bold as Evenepoel. He appeared just a little annoyed that Colbrelli rode solely briefly on the entrance on the descent to the end however sportingly mentioned Colbrelli was the deserved winner.
“I am unable to blame Colbrelli. He was very robust. We had been maybe the strongest within the race. He’s the deserved winner, particularly in case you’ve seen the way it rode in latest weeks,” Evenepoel mentioned after the rostrum ceremony.
“It’s very disappointing. I do not know if I’ll get that shut once more within the coming years on such a tough course however an important factor is that I’m again. That could be very good. I might have cherished to have taken that jersey however oh nicely, you may’t have every part in life.”
Evenepoel was the protected chief of the Belgian workforce and he had Ben Hermans with him for the ultimate laps within the assault of ten after Victor Campenaerts additionally performed an important help function.
“It was a really tough race. The Italians actually raced on adrenaline as a result of the crowds had been so massive,” Evenepoel defined.
“I rode up the final climb very quick however Colbrelli solely had one factor to do: survive. I noticed that he was having a tough time however he did not crack. He has a greater dash so he needed to guess on that. That is a part of the race. It is a disgrace I haven’t got a superb dash, nevertheless it’ll come.
“I need to thank the workforce. Everybody rode a robust race, we had been the strongest nation. We additionally rode sensible and had been there all over the place we would have liked to be. With two laps from the tip we went on the offensive and that assault was robust sufficient to eliminate riders like Pogacar. I simply did not get away alone, Cosnefroy and Colbrelli got here again to me.”
Evenepoel will now return to Italy for the World Championships on residence roads. He’ll trip the time trial alongside Wout van Aert subsequent Sunday and promised to trip for his fellow Belgian the week after within the street race.
“I had my likelihood at present and I simply did not take it. We’ll do our greatest to get it collectively on Sunday and the week after that I’ll empty myself for Van Aert,” Evenepoel mentioned.
“I believe Wout can now see that I’m good. He can belief that I’ll do every part for him.”
