The little cannibal quickly killed the suspense since he was already 26 seconds ahead of his first competitor after the first intermediary and 40 in half. Alec Segaert left 90 seconds in advance, he was swallowed while there were still three minutes of race. Proof also that Remco Evenepoel was on another planet than its competitors.
A second victory before the other championship and the Tour de France
The Gentlemen ‘elites were the only category of the day to have to travel the 20.1 kilometers around Brasschaat twice. At the first passage on the line, Remco Evenepoel had already accumulated 40 seconds ahead of the second best intermediate time, that of Vermeersch. In the second half of the course, the winner even resumed Segaert, 2nd in 2023 and 2024 and left 90 seconds before him. At the end of its passage, without the slightest hill, Evenepoel had maintained an average speed of 53.93 km/h.
Sander de Pestel (Decathlon AG2R La World Cup) for Fini 4e, Steff Cras (Totellesgies) 5e.
This is the second time in his career that Evenepoel won the national title on the time trial with the elites, after 2022. He had finished 3rd in 2019, 2nd in 2021 and 4th in 2023. The Belgian champion will only get his jersey on the podium for the moment, since he will continue to wear the rainbow at least until the next Worlds planned in Kigali (Rwanda) September 21.
Last year, the current world champion and Olympic of the specialty favored its preparation for its first Tour de France and skips. With this victory, he demonstrates that he remains one of the masters of the discipline since he had also made everyone agree during the Tour de Romandie and the Dauphiné a few weeks ago.
The National 2025 is the 20th victory for Schepdael’s arrow over the timed exercise. Evenepoel now has 63 successes over his entire career including 3 this season.
A late internship return, two championships and a quick jump at home: here is the agenda of Remco Evenepoel to the Tour de France
This Sunday, Remco Evenepoel will start for the Belgian Cycling Road championship. Unsurprisingly, he will be the favorite with Wout Van Aert. Then, he will take advantage of a few leave to stay with his wife before joining his team on Wednesday evening. A breath of fresh air before a tunnel of more than three weeks on the Tour de France.
