Remco Evenepoel

Remco Evenepoel
Personal information
Born (2000-01-25) 25 January 2000
Schepdaal, Flanders, Belgium
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2019– Quick-Step Floors

Remco Evenepoel (born 25 January 2000) is a Belgian cyclist. He started his sporting career as a football player. At the age of five he joined Anderlecht. When he was eleven years old he changed to the youth academy of PSV Eindhoven returning to Anderlecht again at the age of fourteen. He played four times for the Belgium team U15 and five times for the Belgium U16. After some setbacks and disappointments he made a switch to cycling in 2017. He won both the time trial and road race at the 2018 European Junior Road Cycling Championships. The gap between him and the second place rider in the road race was 9 minutes and 44 seconds.

In the same year he repeated his performance again winning both the time trial and road race this time at the UCI Junior Road World Championships as well.

He is the son of the former professional cyclist Patrick Evenepoel.

He will join UCI WorldTeam Quick-Step Floors in 2019.

Major results

2017
1st La Philippe Gilbert Juniors
1st La Route des Géants
Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2b
2018
UCI Junior Road World Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
UEC European Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
National Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 2a (ITT) & 4
1st Overall GP Général Patton
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Overall Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 3
1st Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniores
1st Chrono des Nations Juniores
1st Guido Reybrouck Classic

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