Remco Evenepoel had only just set out on his long, doleful journey home from the Giro d’Italia when the conversation already began to turn towards the prospects of his participation at the Tour de France. At least one Belgian site was already running a reader poll on the topic.
The world champion opted to target the Giro over the Tour last winter expressly because of the heftier amount of time trialling in the corsa rosa. His Tour debut, Evenepoel’s Soudal-QuickStep team insisted back then, would wait until 2024.
