{"id":488108,"date":"2026-03-21T19:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T19:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/488108\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T19:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T19:22:09","slug":"remco-evenepoels-volta-a-catalunya-bid-plunged-into-doubt-as-belgian-stuck-in-tenerife-due-to-storm-therese-not-sure-well-make-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/488108\/","title":{"rendered":"Remco Evenepoel&#8217;s Volta a Catalunya bid plunged into doubt as Belgian stuck in Tenerife due to Storm Therese &#8211; &#8216;Not sure we&#8217;ll make it&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typo-tk-rs-caption-xs\">Highlights: Pidcock claims thrilling Milano-Torino victory on debut<\/p>\n<p class=\"typo-tk-rs-caption-xs\">Video credit: TNT Sports<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"typo-tk-rs-body-md focus-visible:text-focused-text-fill-01 focus-visible:bg-focused-surface-fill-01 hover:underline focus-visible:outline-none text-content-block-default-text-fill-04 hover:text-content-block-default-text-fill-01 active:text-content-block-default-text-fill-03\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tntsports.co.uk\/cycling\/remco-evenepoel_prs524786\/person.shtml\" data-testid=\"body-hyper-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Remco Evenepoel<\/a> is in danger of missing the start of the <a class=\"typo-tk-rs-body-md focus-visible:text-focused-text-fill-01 focus-visible:bg-focused-surface-fill-01 hover:underline focus-visible:outline-none text-content-block-default-text-fill-04 hover:text-content-block-default-text-fill-01 active:text-content-block-default-text-fill-03\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tntsports.co.uk\/cycling\/volta-a-catalunya\/\" data-testid=\"body-hyper-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Volta a Catalunya<\/a> \u2013 and a blockbuster duel with Jonas Vingegaard \u2013 after heavy snowfall struck Tenerife.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider\u2019s wife Oumi said on social media that the pair were \u201dstuck up on [Mount] Teide,\u201d where the Belgian had been undergoing an altitude training camp.<\/p>\n<p>However, bad weather led to road closures and she expressed concerns on Friday that she and Evenepoel might miss their flight to Barcelona for the start of the event. <\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe\u2019re stuck up on Teide for the second day because of the snow\u2026 no one can go up or down,\u201d she wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe\u2019re supposed to fly to Barcelona tomorrow (for the race). But not sure we\u2019ll make it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dDoes anyone know how we can get to the airport?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evenepoel posted pictures and videos of a white-out in Teide as he endures an unexpectedly anxious build-up to the World Tour event, which starts on Monday \u2013 live on TNT Sports and <a class=\"typo-tk-rs-body-md focus-visible:text-focused-text-fill-01 focus-visible:bg-focused-surface-fill-01 hover:underline focus-visible:outline-none text-content-block-default-text-fill-04 hover:text-content-block-default-text-fill-01 active:text-content-block-default-text-fill-03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discoveryplus.com\/gb\/en\/watch-tnt-sports-on-discoveryplus\" data-testid=\"body-hyper-link\">discovery+<\/a>.However, Belgian journalist <a class=\"typo-tk-rs-body-md focus-visible:text-focused-text-fill-01 focus-visible:bg-focused-surface-fill-01 hover:underline focus-visible:outline-none text-content-block-default-text-fill-04 hover:text-content-block-default-text-fill-01 active:text-content-block-default-text-fill-03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alainmoutonVL\/status\/2034983723712578004\" data-testid=\"body-hyper-link\">Alain Mouton calmed concerns<\/a> by saying that media reports in Evenepoel\u2019s home country suggested that \u201dRed Bull will send a helicopter if necessary\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mount Teide is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, where unseasonally bad weather has been brought about by Storm Therese.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"typo-tk-rs-body-md focus-visible:text-focused-text-fill-01 focus-visible:bg-focused-surface-fill-01 hover:underline focus-visible:outline-none text-content-block-default-text-fill-04 hover:text-content-block-default-text-fill-01 active:text-content-block-default-text-fill-03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/weather\/articles\/cr51n7yd7v5o\" data-testid=\"body-hyper-link\">The BBC reported<\/a> that local authorities have \u201dactivated emergency plans\u201d because of the weather, such as calling off outdoor events, closing roads and cancelling some flights.<\/p>\n<p>Weather warnings will remain in place over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a class=\"typo-tk-rs-body-md focus-visible:text-focused-text-fill-01 focus-visible:bg-focused-surface-fill-01 hover:underline focus-visible:outline-none text-content-block-default-text-fill-04 hover:text-content-block-default-text-fill-01 active:text-content-block-default-text-fill-03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/stuck-on-mount-teide-because-of-the-snow-remco-evenepoels-participation-in-the-volta-a-catalunya-flung-into-doubt\/\" data-testid=\"body-hyper-link\">Cyclingnews<\/a>, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe gave the following update:\u00a0&#8220;We are monitoring the situation closely together with our team in Tenerife. At this stage, there are no further updates to share.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Double Olympic champion Evenepoel was set for an early test of his condition in Catalunya against two-time Tour de France winner Vingegaard and his Visma-Lease a Bike team.<\/p>\n<p>Evenepoel joined Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe from Soudal-Quick-Step ahead of the 2026 season and started the year strongly with a hat-trick of wins at Challenge Mallorca, Trofeo Serra Tramuntana and Trofeo Anratx-Pollenca.<\/p>\n<p>Stage 1 is a 172.7km loop to and from Sant Feliu de Guixols on Monday, March 23, a day for the sprinters.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch and stream the 2026 Volta a Catalunya on TNT Sports and <a class=\"typo-tk-rs-body-md focus-visible:text-focused-text-fill-01 focus-visible:bg-focused-surface-fill-01 hover:underline focus-visible:outline-none text-content-block-default-text-fill-04 hover:text-content-block-default-text-fill-01 active:text-content-block-default-text-fill-03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discoveryplus.com\/gb\/en\/watch-tnt-sports-on-discoveryplus\" data-testid=\"body-hyper-link\">discovery+<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Highlights: Pidcock claims thrilling Milano-Torino victory on debut Video credit: TNT Sports Remco Evenepoel is in danger of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55,172841],"class_list":["post-488108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-volta-a-catalunya-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}