It is worth remembering how to spell it because Cian Uijtdebroeks ' vowels and consonants are destined to remain for a long time. He is young, he will turn 19 in a dozen days, but he is the next announced prodigy of Belgian cycling. The new Evenepoel , if we wanted to exaggerate, but not too much.

L'Equipe dedicates a page to him this morning with Manuel Martinez , after his debut in stages at the Tour of Saudi Arabia (4 finished and the fifth skipped due to an indisposition) and two races in line in Mallorca .  

He will be back on the road on the 26th at the Faun-Ardèche Classic , he will continue the program with the Drôme Classic the following day, we will see him in Italy at the Coppi and Bartali International Week at the end of March, at the old Giro del Trentino ( Tour of the Alps ) in April.  

He is Belgian junior time trial champion, last year winner of the Classique des Alpes for climbers. He turned down the offer of Patrick Lefévère 's powerful Quick-Step to sign with the Germans of Bora-Hansgrohe ; maybe it will have more room to grow. Uijtdebroeks was born between Walloon Brabant and Flemish Brabant , lives in Abolens in Wallonia and tells the French newspaper that he is not interested in chasing after those who come up with the name of Eddy Merckx .

Jeff Robert , sporting director of Acrog-Tormans , the team the boy grew up on, said no one will be able to match him in a stage race or uphill. "It's an improved version of Evenepoel ." This seems reasonable because Evenepoel also grew up with Mr. Jeff. He, Evenepoel, did not take it well. "When he has won what I have already won, then we can compare him to me." The conditions for a future duel are already there, a bit premature instead to risk the very young Belgian at the Fantacycling , time to time.  

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