168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Remco Evenepoel stayed in Nice after finishing second overall in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris-Nice, no doubt reflecting on his🌳 second place overall as he comple🅷ted two laps of the 34km hilly Monaco to Nice time trial that will crown the winner of this year’s Tour de France in July.
The Belgian had a successful Pais-Nice on his stage race debut in France but also had some regrets. Many considered him the strongest rider in the race but he finished second to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Matteo Jorgenson after opting not to chase when the American attacked on stage 6 with Brandon McNulty and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mattias Skjelmose. Evenepoel lost 52 seconds to Jorgenson 🐻that day.
Evenepoel and Jorgenson got away during t꧅he final stage around the Nice hills on Sunday, dropping all their rivals in a show of force and climbing ability in the rain-soaked Nice hills. Evenepoel won the stage and Jorgenson took the yellow jersey from McNulty.
Evenepoel finished second overall at 30 seconds, with McNulty third at 1:47, also taking the green points jerse🙈y, the polka-dot mountains jersey and the combativity prize. Only the yellow jersey and the stunning Paris-Nice winner’s trophy eluded him.
“For sure I should be happy,” Evenepoel said after Paris-Nice, trying to see his glass h🐟aওlf-full.
“I think it was a very high level amongst the GC contenders. The only GC guys not here are Ta༺dej (Pogacar), Jonas (Vingegaad) and Juan (Ayuso).
“The main goal was to win a stage and get a podium spot. I finished second on a stage, won a stage, was fourth on two others and then we were 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:unlucky in TTT (due to the rain). It&rsquo🎐;s a super positive week for us and it&rsq🅘uo;s perfect to keep parking with this morale.
“The only 🐠regret is Frid🥃ay’s stage of course. I lost my GC hopes there and the first place complete. They’re mistakes that will not be made any more.”
Evenepoel admitted that Jorgenson was the deserved winner. On Sunday the American led Evenepoel for much of the final 40km, using his local knowledge of the roads to ensure they gained time on McNulty and the othe🍬r chasers. &ꦓnbsp;
“The two of us were the strongest men in the race this week. On Friday he made the right choice and I made the wro🌠ng one. So nothing to complain about,&ꦓrdquo; Evenepoel said.
The Tour de France is still four months away and Evenepoel showed he is building well for the expecꦑted showdown with Pogaღcar, Vingegaard and Roglic.
He will next race at Itzulia Basque Country (April 1-6) facing Vinegaard and Roglič. Pogacar will be absent as he rides Milan-San Remo and then next week’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Volta a Catalunya before preparing for the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d’Italia. It will be fascinating 🌠to see Evenepoe༺l clash with Vingegaard after the Dane’s impressive victory at Tirreno-Adriatico, while Roglic cleary has some work to do and needs more time to get Bora-Hansgrohe working as he wants to.
"It is not yet the bes𒈔t Remco, but I’m gradually getting 𓄧there," Evenepoel said of his form.
“I’ve still got to make a step up. The Basque Country and the🍷 Ardennes classics are still coming, so it is only normal that I’m still on the rise.&nbs🎐p;
"We made the choice not to do an altitude training camp this spring, that will happen before the Tour, so I can be happy with how I feel even without altitude training. There were a lot of riders at Paris-Ni𝐆ce who had been at altitude."
Evenepoel has already seen the opening Italian stages of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France after a visit to a wind tunnel in Milan in January and studied the gravꦆel-packed stag🐻e 9 around Troyes during the winter.
On Tuesday he is e♈xpected to study the hilly 20th stage from Nice to the Col de la Couillole depending on the weather and the risk of snow and rain. Both Paris-Nice and Tirreno were raced in winter conditions, with spring only expected to merge in the area for the weekend and Milan-San Remo.
Evenepoel will not ride 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Milan-San Remo but head to his S😼panish ಞhome near Calpe for another block of training.
