Evenepoel on the Walloon Arrow: "I hope to attack before the final wall"

Rome, 22 April 2025 - The mockery suffered in the sprint by Mattias Skjelmose to the Amstel Gold Race 2025 still burns, despite finally finishing third even behind Tadej pogacar can be considered satisfactory for those who, before the campaign in Ardennes, came from a very long absence from the races due to a serious accident in training at the beginning of December and, above all, had just given himself a lightning return by winning the Brabant Arrow 2025: Remco Evenepoel, despite all the extenuating circumstances of the case, dreams of a prompt redemption at the 2025 Walloon Arrow, scheduled Wednesday April 23.

Evenepoel's statements

Intercepted by the microphones of The Latest News, the runner of the Soudal Quick Step immediately identified what could be the key point of tomorrow's race. "The approach to the Wall of Huy (at the top of which is the finish line, ed.) has become more difficult with the introduction of the new route by the organizers, who have added an extra climb in the final circuit that will be anything but easy. I therefore think that this year we will be able to race in a different way than in the past". For the Belgian, therefore, the possibility of some medium-long distance attacks opens up without waiting for the mass sprint on the iconic wall of the Ardennes: all with the aim of trying to skim off the competition, identified in a particular name. "Certainly on our part there is no desire to bring Thibau Nys in a carriage to the last wall. And we certainly want to have a tight race. Vallone Arrow it's a very nice race and if I have the right strength in my legs I'll try to do something. Compared to the Amstel Gold Race - concludes evenepoel - there are two days, one more than the difference from Brabant Arrow, so I think I will have recovered well by the start."

Valverde's statements

Meanwhile there are those like Alejandro Valverde, new coach of the Spain, already think about it Kigali World Cup 2025, an appointment that is definitely not close in terms of the calendar, and through the microphones of Marca he does it with great ambitions especially thinking about the cards Enric Mas Nicolau e Juan Ayuso. "They both already know that I am counting on their full and total availability. Now we have to take it one step at a time and see how they feel as the World Championship approaches. Both have a guaranteed place, because there is no doubt that they are among the best Spanish riders".Embedded He then talks about the plan to present himself at his best in Rwanda. "The idea is to take some young people on retreat during the Tour de France, in order to prepare them for the future. The fact that the World Cup take place in such a far away place can encourage them for the Europeans, because it is clear that essentially two teams will be needed."

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