Cycling, Evenepoel's recovery time gets longer

Rome, 14 January 2025 - A 'simple' van door that opens at the most inopportune moment can compromise an entire season, if not worse: he knows this well Remco Evenepoel, which since the beginning of December has been dealing with a serious accident that risks taking its toll until late spring, therefore much later than initially expected.

Evenepoel's statements

The times when, with much optimism, the Belgian was hypothesized to return for one of the three seasons seem very far away. Tirreno-Adriatico e Paris-Nice: today, as declared by the person directly concerned to the microphones of Spouse, even the following are at risk Ardennes classics. "The tests a few days ago gave positive news, but an additional problem also emerged. There is a problem with a nerve and my shoulder is quite inactive: I will have to work to stimulate the muscles and make them 'live' again and therefore it will take longer than expected to recover compared to what we had initially hypothesized". A real blow for evenepoel, physical and psychological. "This nerve problem was a real blow. I am following the initial program which included returning to training after 5 weeks of inactivity, but everything is happening at a slower pace than expected and this is something we will have to take into consideration". So, this is where the menu of the 2025 and its possible upheavals. "At this moment the starting point is the Brabant Arrow, but if needed we can move it further forward. Luckily the Tour de France it's still a long way off. In general - concludes the Belgian - there is time to make all the necessary assessments: including what conditions I will be in for the Ardennes classics". In the meantime, the 2000-born player will have time to work on his own character, often edgy and quarrelsome in a group, perhaps following the advice of Tom Boonen. "He has to learn to let certain things slide off him." Who knows, maybe the stop of his captain will open the way for those like Ilan Van Wilder dream of something more. "I don't like to talk about hierarchies within the team because we can all be leaders: this is the nature of the 'WolfPack' and it must remain so. I will try to play my chances at Paris-Nice, Tour of the Basque Country, to Vallone Arrow and the Liège-Bastogne-Liège: at the Soudal Quick Step I'm happy, but any discussion will be discussed at the end of the year."

Van Der Poel's Condition

From one 'bruised' to another: not even Mathieu van der Poel he is doing very well due to a blow to the side he received during a cyclocross race, but this time the green light for the return seems much closer. Word of Christoph Roodhooft, the director of theAlpecin-Deceuninck spoke to the microphones of CyclingFlits. "Everything is fine and for what Mathieu he has to do now, that is, train on the road, there are no problems. At the moment his priority is training on asphalt, but he should return to the mud at Maasmechelen e Hoogerheide before World Championships in Lièvin"

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