Remco Evenepoel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛmkoː ˈeːvənəpul];[4] born 25 January 2000) is a Belgian professional cyclist and Olympic gold medalist[5] who rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.[6]
He is the son of Patrick Evenepoel, a former racing cyclist who won the 1993 Grand Prix de Wallonie.[7] Remco Evenepoel started his sport career in association football, playing for the youth teams of R.S.C. Anderlecht and PSV Eindhoven, as well as being featured in the youth national teams of Belgium. Realising that his physical abilities made him more suited for cycling, he switched to the discipline in 2017. After winning the road race and time trial in the junior categories at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships, Evenepoel turned professional with Deceuninck–Quick-Step, skipping the under-23 rank.
Evenepoel is the only male cyclist to have won both the road race and the time trial at the Summer Olympic Games, achieving both in 2024.[5] He has also won the Vuelta a España (2022), the UCI road race world championship (2022), the UCI time trial world championship consecutively (2023 and 2024), and the young rider classification at the Tour de France (2024).
- ^ Becket, Adam (28 April 2023). "21 things you didn't know about Remco Evenepoel". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Remco Evenepoel | Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team". Soudal–Quick-Step. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (31 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck - Quick-Step". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Win for Koksijde REMCO Evenepoel - prijzen". YouTube. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Belgium's Remco Evenepoel rides to cycling HISTORY in men's road race". NBC Sports YouTube channel. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Deceuninck – Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Evenepoel: My dream is to win a Grand Tour". 9 January 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.