After analysing his early season, Remco Evenepoel‘s Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe team have decided to alter his run-in to the Tour de France. He will now miss the Tour Auvergne Rhone-Alpes (formerly known as the Critérium du Dauphiné) in early June – a race that is traditionally seen as a key warm-up for the Tour.
Instead, the Belgian rider will spend the month undertaking recons for July as well as focused training and recovery.
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“The goal is to get him completely fresh at the start in Barcelona,” chief of sports Zak Dempster said. “After an analysis of his 25 race days, we see more benefit in a balanced alternative program than in adding extra race load.”
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