A furious Remco Evenepoel slammed the Vuelta a España organisers for race conditions in the opening stage, which the defending champion described as “super-dangerous”.
The 14.8-kilometre TTT on stage 1 through the streets of Barcelona was held mid-way through Saturday evening. Teeming rain - the first in two months in the city - rendered multiple corners even more risky, on roads suffering from street grime due to the usual intense traffic.
