No Vuelta for Evenepoel, suggests Lefevere
The dust never had a chance to settle on Remco Evenepoel's withdrawal from the Tour de France on stage 14 before questions swirled as to what he might do with the rest of the season. He's naturally placed a target on the World Championships in Rwanda, but the idea of a return to the Vuelta a España has also been floated for the 2022 winner. However, former team boss Patrick Lefevere has made his thoughts known.
"A rider of his caliber shouldn't let himself be ridiculed. He has other goals this year," Lefevere told VTM. "I don't think the Vuelta is an option. I think he should focus on the remaining one-day races and the world championships in Rwanda. He can definitely be at his best there."
First on Evenepoel's provisional schedule post Tour recovery is the San Sebastian Klasikoa in early August, the event that marked his first WorldTour win – at just 19 – in 2019, and has won twice more in the years since.
