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Remco Evenepoel finishes the Tour of Flanders on the podium
Remco Evenepoel finished his debut at the Ronde van Vlaanderen in third place. He secured the podium in Oudenaarde, 1:11 minutes behind winner Tadej Pogacar.
Remco completed the last 50 kilometres as a lone rider. When the race went over the Paterberg for the first time, Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel, with whom Remco was still travelling at the time, took advantage of their routine on the cobblestones. For a long time, his gap to the leading duo was only a few seconds before the gap widened somewhat.
Remco Evenepoel: "It was an almost perfect debut for me. And as a team, we were outstanding too. It put me in a great position at the crucial moments. When the final got underway, it all came down to my legs. I believe I finished in the place I deserve. I definitely want to come back."
It was an almost perfect debut for me.
Once again in this classics season, the entire team performance was in a class of its own. Gianni Vermeersch in tenth place, Tim van Dijke in eleventh place and Laurence Pithie in 14th place were convincing. No other team can boast a comparable breadth in the final result.
Tim van Dijke and Gianni Vermeersch at the Oude Kwaremont
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Zak Dempster, Chief of Sports: "Remco's third place is a result that he can be really proud of. And also the whole team is proud on him, not only for the result but also the way for it. On top of everything we placed four riders in the Top 15. We were not only part of the race, we made it. The third place is the reward for the hard work."
For Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, it is the first podium in a Monument since Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2019.
