Portugal Colonial - Evenepoel wins second Belgian time-trial title

NYSE - LSE

CMSC	-0.53%	20.81	$
VOD	1.89%	16.9	$
RELX	-3.21%	35.51	$
BCE	-0.59%	23.67	$
RYCEF	0.7%	19.92	$
BCC	2.64%	79.21	$
RIO	0.42%	103.27	$
GSK	-1.96%	49.89	$
CMSD	-0.34%	20.69	$
JRI	-0.58%	12.14	$
AZN	-1.27%	162.7	$
BTI	-1.12%	55.35	$
NGG	-0.06%	78.12	$
BP	0.52%	43.81	$
RBGPF	0%	70	$

Evenepoel wins second Belgian time-trial title / Photo: DAVID PINTENS - Belga/AFP

Evenepoel wins second Belgian time-trial title

SPORTS 27.06.2025

Remco Evenepoel said his "feelings are good" ahead of the Tour de France as he warmed up by winning the Belgian national time-trial title for the second time on Friday.

Text size:

Over a 40.2km course, a distance comparable to the fifth-stage time-trial of the upcoming Tour on July 9 in Caen, the Olympic and world champion outclassed his competitors, finishing one minute and 11sec ahead of Florian Vermeersch.

Alec Segaert was third at 1:31 in the race at Brasschaat, near Antwerp.

This is Quick-Step rider Evenepoel's 20th victory in time-trials.

In 2025, he had already triumphed in time-trials on the Tour de Romandie and Criterium du Dauphine.

Evenepoel returned to Belgium on Thursday after a high-altitude training camp at Tignes in the French Alps where he "trained a little less than planned due to the heat".

"This weekend, the Belgian championships (time-trial and road race on Sunday) are the last big block before the start of the Tour de France on July 5 in Lille," he said.

"Today was tough because the route didn't offer any recovery time. But the feelings are good. That's the most important thing."

M.Gameiro--PC

Portugal Colonial - Evenepoel wins second Belgian time-trial title

Evenepoel wins second Belgian time-trial title

Featured

Australia's Big Bash T20 teams face sale to private investors

Zheng stuns Swiatek to reach US Open quarter-finals, Zverev and Rybakina advance

Zverev romps into quarter-finals as Darderi downed

Pakistan roll the dice in search of consolation win over England