'If I were a basketball player, my career would have been over' - Remco Evenepoel on recovery from complex shoulder injury as comeback race nears

14 October 2024: Remco Evenepoel crosses the finish line of his most recent race, Il Lombardia, in second place.

As the final hours tick off towards his first race of the 2025 season at De Brabantse Pijl, Remco Evenepoel has revealed the full extent of his injuries after his terrible December training crash, saying that if he had been a ball sports professional, his career would now be over.

The Soudal-QuickStep rider was badly injured when he collided with a post office vehicle door during one of his first training rides of the winter. He fractured his right shoulder blade, ribs and right hand. He has not raced since finishing second in Il Lombardia last autumn, seven months ago.