
Ahead of his highly anticipated clash with Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) at Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) admitted that he wasn't expecting to be at such a high level already, only three races into his return from injury.
Evenepoel kicked off his first race back with a bang after 188 days away from competition at Brabantse Pijl, dropping everyone except Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), before outsprinting his compatriot to the win like he'd never been gone.