Belgium To Beat France '4-0' In Euro 2024 Last 16, Says Remco Evenepoel
Belgium To Beat France '4-0' In Euro 2024 Last 16, Says Remco Evenepoel
Belgian star Remco Evenepoel sparked roars of laughter when asked what result he expected at next week's Euro 2024 last-16 game between France and Belgium.
Belgian cycling star Remco Evenepoel sparked roars of laughter when asked Thursday what result he expected at next week's Euro 2024 last-16 game between France and Belgium.
Evenepoel was captain of the Belgium under-16s before switching sports, winning the road race and time trial world junior championships in 2019.
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Les Bleus face Belgium in the knockout stages of the European Championship on Monday.
"4-0 for Belgium," Evenepoel quipped quick as a flash and with a cheeky smile, before making his Tour de France debut Saturday.
The current world time trial champion recently said his rival Tadej Pogacar's outfit Team UAE Emirates were the Real Madrid of cycling and was quick to offer a football comparison for his own Soudal Quick-Step team.
"Man City," said the 24-year-old, whose compatriot Kevin De Bruyne is one of the English club's best players. "We don't quite have the experience of Real Madrid, but we have the mental strength. We have a lot of guys with a lot of experience and ambition."
During the Tour, which begins in Florence, Italy, Evenepoel will be backed by three pure climbers, three tough rollers for the plains and one sprinter.
David And The Peloton
The peloton was paraded in front of a curious Florence public in front of the Palazzo Vecchio and alongside Michel Angelo's masterpiece sculpture of David.
Evenepoel walked into the press room wearing a large red face mask.
"This is just a precaution, remember my Giro last year," said Evenepoel of the 2023 race he abandoned while in the lead due to COVID-19.
He then assessed the chances of his rivals for the title including Primoz Roglic and defending champion Jonas Vingegaard.
"Primoz is one of the greatest riders in recent years, he can play a role here," Evenepoel said. "Jonas Vingegaard can certainly be in the mix, otherwise he would not have come."
He reserved giant praise for two-time former champion and form rider Tadej Pogacar as the man to beat.
"If he keeps safe and sound, he'll be more or less unbeatable," Evenepoel said. "So, for me, objective No. 1 is to target a stage win and also the very highest possible position in the standings."
Broadcast live in more than 100 countries, the first four days of this Tour de France are drenched with Italian color.
Starting with the Renaissance beauty of Florence, the race crosses the Rubicon river, takes in the seaside sights at Rimini, passes along the Via Romagna road into Bologna and eventually moves out of Turin toward France for the remaining 17 stages.
The route crosses the Alps twice with seven mountain slogs, features a race on white gravel for the first time and ends with an eye-catching individual time trial from Monaco to Nice along the French Riviera.
The traditional ending in Paris has been deemed impossible this year due to the Olympic Games.
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