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The young 22 year old talent decided to leave Visma – Lease a Bike after realising that, with Jonas Vingegaard as team leader, his opportunities would be very limited. At Eusebio Unzue\u2019s team, however, he arrives as the main reference point. In fact, it is already known that he will ride the Tour de France for the first time in his career, and he will do so as leader in the fight for the general classification.<\/p>\n
To reach the Grande Boucle in peak condition, Uijtdebroeks will follow the calendar below:<\/p>\n
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2026
\nParis Nice 2026
\nItzulia 2026
\nFleche Wallonne 2026
\nLiege Bastogne Liege 2026
\nTour Auvergne Rhone Alpes 2026 (new name for the Criterium du Dauphine)
\nTour de France 2026<\/p>\n
So why could Evenepoel become Movistar\u2019s great nightmare in the 2026 season? Essentially because the calendar he will follow in his first year with Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe will be very similar to that of Cian Uijtdebroeks in his debut with the Spanish team:<\/p>\n
Trofeo Ses Salines 2026
\nVolta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2026
\nAmstel Gold Race 2026
\nFleche Wallonne 2026
\nLiege Bastogne Liege 2026
\nTour Auvergne Rhone Alpes 2026
\nTour de France 2026<\/p>\n
Both Belgian riders will contest seven races up to and including the Tour de France, and they will meet in five of them: Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Fleche Wallonne, Liege Bastogne Liege, Tour Auvergne and the Tour de France.<\/p>\n
Remco Evenepoel at the Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe team presentation
\nRemco Evenepoel will race many times against Cian Uijtdebroeks in 2026<\/p>\n
Similar objectives at Movistar and Red Bull<\/p>\n
This is not usually something that causes concern. Many riders end up sharing parts of their calendars. But when objectives are also similar, as in the case of Remco Evenepoel and Cian Uijtdebroeks, that is when the warning signs appear.<\/p>\n
Uijtdebroeks\u2019 debut with Movistar will come at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Under normal circumstances, his presence would make him the clear favourite to win the general classification. But he will face an Evenepoel who will also be supported by Giulio Pellizzari in what promises to be a very demanding race.<\/p>\n
They will then meet again in the major Ardennes Classics, home territory for both riders, where the fight for the podium will be intense, especially at Liege Bastogne Liege where, unless there is a surprise, Tadej Pogacar is expected to win with one of his trademark long range attacks.<\/p>\n
At the Tour Auvergne Rhone Alpes, without Tadej Pogacar (and possibly without Jonas Vingegaard, depending on Visma\u2019s calendar announcement), both could also be contenders for the overall classification. And then, at the Tour de France, they will truly clash in the battle for the podium. Because although Evenepoel will be fighting for victory, the reality is that Pogacar and Vingegaard remain superior.<\/p>\n
For all these reasons, the rival Movistar Team will face most often will be Remco Evenepoel. The Belgian will become the main challenge for his compatriot Cian Uijtdebroeks throughout the early months of the young rider\u2019s time as a member of the Spanish team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The young 22 year old talent decided to leave Visma – Lease a Bike after realising that,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[13449,64,63,174455,784,39552,39733,8396,85],"class_list":["post-377059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-analysis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cian-uijtdebroeks","tag-cycling","tag-movistar-team","tag-red-bull-bora-hansgrohe","tag-remco-evenepoel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}