The Belgian professional cyclist has gone through an intensive maturing process. In the atmospherically grandiose opening stage of the Tour of Switzerland, he underlines his status as a favourite. Marc Hirschi is fourth, Gino Mäder loses time.
Remco Evenepoel says at the Tour de Suisse: “They will try to break me. But I’m optimistic that I can keep up.”
Once Remco Evenepoel was asked if he knew Johan de Muynck. Of course he did. De Muynck is the last Belgian cyclist to win a three-week tour, triumphing in the 1978 Giro d’Italia. Evenepoel casually added that his butcher happened to be called Johan de Muynck. There is good meat there.