The Remco Evenepoel 2024 racing programme
- Figueira Classic (10 February)
- Tour of the Algarve (14 to 18 February)
- Paris-Nice (3 to 10 March)
- Tour of the Basque Country (1 to 6 April)
- Amstel Gold Race (14 April)
- Fleche Wallonne (17 April)
- Liège-Bastogne-Liège (21 April)
- Criterium du Dauphine (2 to 9 June)
- Belgian Time Trial Championships (19 June)
- Belgian Road Championships (23 June)
- Tour de France (29 June to 21 July)
- Olympic time trial (27 July)
- Olympic road race (3 August)
- World Cycling Championships Zurich Individual Time Trial (22 September)
- World Cycling Championships Zurich Road Race (29 September)
Remco Evenepoel at the Tour de France for the first time
At the Soudal - Quick Step team presentation in Calpe, Spain, on Tuesday, the race programme for Remco Evenepoel for the 2024 season. The time trial world champion will contest the Tour de France for the first time in 2024. "I rate guys like Vingegaard, Pogacar and Roglic a level higher than myself, but we ourselves know what's in our bodies and what can come out," Evenpoel told VTN.
"It's simply time to ride the Tour, I'll be 24 years old in a fortnight. Every year you skip the Tour is one less. I'm now in my sixth year as a pro and it's time to discover the Tour. Mentally and physically I'm ready."
Mentally and physically I am ready. - Remco Evenepoel
On the road to the Tour de France, Evenepoel will make his season debut at the Figueira Champions Classic in Portugal on 10 February, followed by the Tour of the Algarve four days later.
Remco Evenepoel wants to win Paris-Nice
At the beginning of March, Evenepoel will take on his first World Tour race of the year at Paris-Nice. The goal is clear: "I will try to win Paris-Nice. The route suits me well, with shorter and more explosive climbs and a team time trial in which we'll be racing for victory," Evenepoel will say at the start of the race. Het Nieuwsblad quoted.
Focus on the Ardennes classics
This will be followed by a break from racing until the beginning of April, when the 23-year-old will start at the Tour of the Basque Country before focussing on the Ardennes Classics again. These begin for Evenepoel with the Amstel Gold Race (14 April), where he will be riding for the first time. After that, Fleche Wallonne (17 April) and finally Liège-Bastogne-Liège (21 April) await. Evenepoel is aiming for his third victory in a row at the "Doyenne". If he manages this, he would be the first rider since Moreno Argentin in the 1980s to win Liège-Bastogne-Liège three times in a row.
After the spring classics campaign, the professional from the Belgian Team Soudal - Quick Step is taking a break from racing. He will not compete again until the beginning of June at the Criterium du Dauphine (2 to 9 June). Before the Tour de France, there are two more competitions on the 2022 road world champion's schedule: the Belgian time trial championships (19 June) and the road title fights (23 June).
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After the Tour de France, Evenepoel is focussing on the Olympic Games in Paris. There he is aiming for medals in the individual time trial and the road race. In September, this should also work at the Road World Championships in Zurich.
