Remco Evenepoel has remained in Switzerland between the World Championships time trial and road race, and as he planned his schedule, he briefly considered taking in a long midweek training ride to Saint Moritz in the company of Victor Campenaerts.
Their idea was to pay homage to Johan Museeuw’s oft-mythologised outing ahead of the Lugano Worlds in 1996, when he bumped into Laurent Jalabert early in a session and wound up accompanying the Frenchman on an impromptu nine-hour ride, with ONCE manager Manolo Saiz parping the horn behind them to signal their interval efforts. Four days later, Museeuw claimed an unexpected world title on the demanding Lugano course.
