Time and again, Remco Evenepoel has shown throughout his career that he is never so dangerous as when he's got a point to prove. On stage 10 of the Tour de France to Le Lioran, the Belgian Champion made his recovery from a setback count to the maximum.
Briefly dropped by a group containing key GC contenders like Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) and his teammate Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) on a Cat. 3 ascent of the Col de Font de Cére, less than seven kilometres from the finish at Le Lioran, for a moment it looked like Evenepoel's overall challenge was on the point of collapsing. After all, if he could not handle such a straightforward ascent, what chance would Evenepoel have on the more testing terrain in the Alps and Vosges yet to come?
