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Clásica San Sebastián report: Evenepoel out-punches Bilbao to take back-to-back wins

Remco Evenepoel shows he's ready for the World Championships next weekend.

Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) wins the 2023 Clásica San Sebastián. Photo © Cor Vos

Kit Nicholson
by Kit Nicholson 29.07.2023 Photography by
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Remco Evenepoel ended his (first) year in the rainbow bands with a record-equalling third victory at Clásica San Sebastián by beating Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious) in a two-up sprint. The young Belgian attacked the peloton on the longest climb of the day with 70 kilometres left to race, taking a small group with him including Bilbao and Aleksandr Vlasov, and it proved the decisive move of the day.

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Evenepoel was left doing most of the work by his companions in the decisive move of the day.

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Stat of the day

With his San Sebastián win, Evenepoel has not lost a one-day WorldTour or World Championship road race in a year. That’s right: since his 2022 San Sebastián victory, Evenepoel has won Road Worlds, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, the Belgian national road title, and now San Sebastián again.

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