
With 36 days to go until he returns to competition, Remco Evenpoel (Soudal-QuickStep) has reflected on the mental difficulties of being sidelined with injury for nearly four months, but counts himself "lucky that I got this injury in December."
The Olympic champion has been working back into shape after he was left with a fractured rib, shoulder blade and hand when he was doored by a postal worker's vehicle and crashed, just as he was returning to structured training ahead of the 2025 season.