Brabant Arrow 2025, Evenepoel's return: "I feared I would have to stop"

Rome, 15 April 2025 - He has counted the hours for this return and it is not a figure of speech: the ordeal of Remco Evenepoel, started on a cold morning in early December, is about to end and the happy event will coincide with the Brabant Arrow 2025, scheduled Friday April 18.  

Evenepoel's statements on his return

  In fact, the runner himself Soudal Quick Step had hinted at the coincidence of his return to the race with his adventure in the Ardennes starting a countdown that left more than a few clues. Now, however, hopes and speculations have become official: Friday evenepoel will attach the number to the back for the first time in this 2025 and will do so also with the hope of being able to return to the race immediately the following Sunday, on the occasion of theAmstel Gold Race 2025. One step at a time, one might say, for the one who beyond 5 months ago had crashed into the open door of a Belgian postal van, causing damage to practically the entire right half of his body: fractures to his ribs, hand and scapula, a pulmonary contusion and a dislocated collarbone, with serious damage to his ligaments and nerves. No small thing, as the 2000-born athlete himself made clear in his social media post announcing his imminent seasonal debut and also aiming to exorcise what had happened and thank those who had not failed to support him during the ordeal. "Finally, the week of my return has arrived. I can finally focus on the races. The road to get here has been hard and complicated, certainly the most difficult of my life, both mentally and physically. I can honestly say that I was really bad and I seriously doubted my future. There have been many tears in our lives, but that's why today I want to thank those who have been there for me: first of all my wife Oumi, without which I would probably have ended my career. This is to make you understand how much it helped me to get back on my feet."

Kristoff's statements after the crash at Paris-Roubaix 2025

  For a returning patient there are those who end up in the infirmary like Axel Zingle, who will be out for a long time due to the shoulder injury he suffered at Tour of the Basque Country 2025. Not even alexander kristoff he's doing well, but this time it's due to the fall that happened to him Paris-Roubaix 2025. "I had a bit of a headache at the beginning and I was confused: I think I had a concussion. I got back on the bike but I had no idea which direction I was going. At a certain point I saw the riders coming towards me and so I understood that I had to reverse course". A race conduct that obviously convinced the doctors to order the Norwegian to withdraw, who on theHell of the North he has pretty clear ideas. "I didn't want to end up in the car, but honestly I don't even want to run anymore Paris-Roubaix".

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