Reports: Evenepoel transfer to Red Bull is final
Multiple media outlets are reporting that Remco Evenepoel's long-rumored departure from Soudal-Quick Step has been finalized. Writing on X, Gazzetta dello Sport, cycling journalist Ciro Scognamiglio said Evenepoel reached an agreement to transfer in the offseason to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe. The deal is through at least 2028, Scognamiglio said and "can be considered done."
Separately, Belgian newspaper La Derniere Heure reported that Evenepoel, Red Bull and Soudal had reached a three-way agreement. That's essential as Evenepoel is still under contract with Soudal through 2026. LDH reported that the buyout figure is €2 million, and said that Evenepoel will bring his mechanic Dario Kloek (who is also his cousin), soigneur David Geeroms and assistant director Klaas Lodewyck with him. Wielerflits reports the deal will be announced the first week of August.
If Evenepoel does join Red Bull, he'll become teammates with Florian Lipowitz, which would mean the team will have the riders who finished third overall and won the Best Young Rider competition at the 2024 and 2025 Tours de France. The two were born approximately nine months apart.
