Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) will have their first ‘live’ time trial test of 2024 at the Volta ao Algarve on Saturday afternoon, in the shape of a rugged 22-kilometre course in and around the coastal town of Albufeira.
After rarely using his time trial bike over the winter, Van Aert has stated that he has very few expectations of an outstanding performance in the Algarve test. That said, in a year where he has made the Olympic time trial a major target, any race against the clock is important, be it the Algarve or the two, much longer, TTs in the Giro d’Italia.
