{"id":332765,"date":"2025-08-10T09:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T09:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/332765\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T09:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T09:21:10","slug":"can-he-sign-off-from-soudal-quick-step-with-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/332765\/","title":{"rendered":"Can he sign off from Soudal \u2013 Quick-Step with glory?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remco Evenepoel<\/a>\u2019s final months in Soudal \u2013 Quick-Step
\ncolours are now mapped out. After a turbulent 2025 season that included a torrid
\nsecond week at the Tour de France despite an earlier victory, the Belgian
\nsuperstar will close his time with the Wolfpack in a packed run of prestigious
\nraces before joining Red Bull \u2013 BORA \u2013 hansgrohe in 2026.<\/p>\n

Following a period of rest after leaving the Tour, Evenepoel
\nresumed training this week. His return will come at the Tour of Britain
\n(September 2\u20137), a race that offers him the chance to build form and sharpen
\nrace rhythm. It is the first step in a farewell calendar designed to prepare
\nhim for a chance to add more rainbow jersey\u2019s to his current collection of 3.<\/p>\n

From Britain, he will fly to Rwanda for the World
\nChampionships in Kigali. On September 21, he will defend his rainbow jersey in
\nthe time trial, aiming for a third consecutive world title in the discipline,
\nalthough it must be said that the course features more climbing than usual. One
\nweek later, he will contest the road race in the same city. The Worlds will be
\nfollowed by the European Championships in France, where he will race both the
\ntime trial (October 1) and road race (October 5). His final appearance for
\nSoudal \u2013 Quick-Step will be at Il Lombardia on October 11, one of cycling\u2019s
\nfive monuments., and where he finished second last year.<\/p>\n


\nThis is more than just a closing calendar, it\u2019s the end of a
\ndefining chapter in Belgian cycling. Evenepoel turned pro with Quick-Step in
\n2019 and has since delivered a Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a title, multiple monuments, and
\nworld championships<\/a> on both road and in the time trial. Yet his departure has
\nbeen inevitable since it became clear the team could not match UAE Team
\nEmirates or Visma for Grand Tour depth. Quick-Step\u2019s \u20ac30 million budget simply
\ncould not support the climbing squad needed to take on Pogacar and Vingegaard.<\/p>\n

The transfer to Red Bull \u2013 BORA \u2013 hansgrohe is the
\nculmination of a long pursuit by team boss Ralph Denk. The German outfit, newly
\nbacked by Red Bull, now has the financial power to rival cycling\u2019s biggest
\noperations and the ambition to build a Tour-winning roster around Evenepoel.
\nHis final months with Quick-Step will be about adding to his palmar\u00e8s, but also
\nabout saying goodbye to the team where he turned professional and became a
\nglobal star.<\/p>\n

Evenepoel\u2019s remaining 2025 race schedule:<\/p>\n

– \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nTour of Britain: September 2\u20137<\/p>\n

– \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nWorld Time Trial Championships (Rwanda):
\nSeptember 21<\/p>\n

– \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nWorld Road Race Championships (Rwanda):
\nSeptember 28<\/p>\n

– \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nEuropean Time Trial Championships (France):
\nOctober 1<\/p>\n

– \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nEuropean Road Race Championships (France):
\nOctober 5<\/p>\n

– \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nIl Lombardia: October 11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Remco Evenepoel\u2019s final months in Soudal \u2013 Quick-Step colours are now mapped out. After a turbulent 2025 season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-332765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115003738320721961","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}