We will finally stop talking about him in a certain way, because Remco Evenepoel , at 22 years of age, enters among the five youngest winners, alongside Eddy Merckx , Rik van Steenbergen , Jean-Pierre Monséré or Valere van Sweevelt . Now we will be able to ask ourselves more concretely about which rider the Belgian is or can become; when you win a classic monument, even more so the oldest, the leap in quality is natural. Marco Bonarrigo for Corriere della sera wrote that "the prodigy child is less and finally prodigy Remco had so far lived on occasional flare-ups ( San Sebastian , the Tour of Poland ), smargiassate and on the terrible downhill fall at the Giro di Lombardia in 2020 where he risked his life in descent ".

But now it is certain. Here we are, the little boy has finally grown up. Let's add him to the ranks of the two “Vans” and Alaphilippe and Pogacar, to the champions of the modern era.

“Before trying to calculate the trajectory of the star Evenepoel in the sky of the cycling pantheon - says Roos - we appreciate the little masterpiece from Liege. The Quick-Step jewel had tended to annoy us in recent weeks, with certain slaps at the head of the race that are often the sign of runners unable to master the rest. This time it amazed us and put things right. A rare solitary exploit in the Doyenne . With this victory he gave the impression of finally wanting to assert himself independently, rather than letting the observers decide for him "  

Between tears and joy, we had the impression that the boy has freed himself from a burden, because everyone always expected something from him. “This winter - continues Roos - a keen observer had rightly told us that Remco Evenepoel was a phenomenon before being a champion. Yesterday it became ".

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