It was described as the ‘bike change of the year’ by Het Laatste Nieuws. And certainly when Remco Evenepoel was riding solo towards a near-certain second Olympic gold medal in the Men’s Road Race, only to puncture with just over three kilometres to go, the possibility of a major last-minute disaster suddenly seemingly loomed higher than the nearby Eiffel Tower.
However, even as Evenepoel put his bike on the side of the road and turned to yell ‘Bike, bike, bike’ for assistance, help was at hand, in the shape of the Belgian team car and notably mechanic Kurt Roose.
