{"id":58735,"date":"2025-08-11T08:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/58735\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T08:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:15:09","slug":"red-bull-is-right-romelu-lukaku-latest-to-support-remco-evenepoels-blockbuster-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/58735\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRed Bull is right\u201d \u2013 Romelu Lukaku latest to support Remco Evenepoel\u2019s blockbuster transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remco Evenepoel<\/a>\u2019s past month has been anything but quiet.
\nFrom winning stage 5 of the 2025 Tour de France to abandoning the race in its
\nsecond week, and then announcing a blockbuster move to Red Bull \u2013 BORA \u2013
\nhansgrohe for 2026, the Belgian star has dominated cycling headlines. His
\ndeparture from Soudal \u2013 Quick-Step marks the most significant transfer of the
\nseason, a switch that not only shifts the balance of power in the peloton but
\nhas also drawn congratulations from some of Belgium\u2019s most popular sporting
\nfigures.<\/p>\n

One of the most notable messages came from footballer Romelu
\nLukaku, who shares the same agency as Evenepoel. The two spoke on the phone
\nshortly after the cyclist\u2019s move was finalized, and the Napoli striker made his
\napproval clear. \u201cTime for something new,\u201d Lukaku told him. \u201cRed Bull is great,
\nright? Red Bull is really, really great, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move gives Evenepoel what Quick-Step could not: a fully
\ncommitted Grand Tour squad built to challenge the dominance of Tadej Pogacar\u2019s
\nUAE Team Emirates and Jonas Vingegaard\u2019s Visma powerhouse. At Red Bull \u2013 BORA \u2013
\nhansgrohe, he is set to have both Florian Lipowitz, third at this year\u2019s Tour,
\nand veteran Primoz Roglic as teammates. That level of climbing support is
\nsomething Evenepoel never enjoyed at Quick-Step, where the team\u2019s budget and
\nroster depth left him fighting without the numbers in the mountains.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Cycling commentator Jos\u00e9 De Cauwer was quick to underline
\nthe importance of Evenepoel\u2019s ambitions. He believes the 25-year-old time trial
\nspecialist should still focus on the ultimate prize: the Tour de France. Lukaku
\nechoed that sentiment with a smile. \u201cNext year in the Tour\u2026 Yeah, man!\u201d<\/p>\n

Evenepoel responded with, \u201cI\u2019m going to do my best\u201d. Lukaku
\nclosed their conversation with one final message of encouragement: \u201cIt\u2019s the
\nright move at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Evenepoel, the transfer represents both a fresh
\nchallenge and the next logical step in a career that has already brought a
\nVuelta a Espa\u00f1a title, multiple world championships, and double Olympic gold.
\nFor Red Bull \u2013 BORA \u2013 hansgrohe, it is the clearest signal yet of their intent
\nto become a dominant force in Grand Tour racing.<\/p>\n

The months ahead will still see Evenepoel race in Soudal \u2013
\nQuick-Step colours, with a final block of late-season targets before he closes
\nthat chapter at Il Lombardia. But his sights, and those of his new teammates,
\nare already set firmly on July 2026, when he will line up at the Tour with a
\nteam capable of taking the fight to cycling\u2019s two biggest names.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Remco Evenepoel\u2019s past month has been anything but quiet. From winning stage 5 of the 2025 Tour de…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-58735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58735","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=58735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}