“He even waited to go to training so he could call”

“Remco is always very closely involved. He always knows the
results very quickly,” De Keersmaeker told RTV after his win. That involvement
was clear as soon as the race ended, with the teenager’s phone ringing almost
immediately.

Evenepoel, who is currently preparing for the Critérium du
Dauphiné, made time to personally congratulate the rising star. According to De
Keersmaeker, the call was no accident.

“He had even waited especially to go to training so he could
call if we would win. Patrick (Patrick Evenepoel) said that Remco had predicted
it. That’s why he had waited. That was cool.”

Evenepoel’s thoughtful gesture came just days before one of
the biggest races of the season. The Critérium du Dauphiné, which begins this
weekend, will feature all three of last year’s Tour de France superstars, Tadej
Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, and Evenepoel himself, lining up together for the
first time in 2025.