Evenepoel\u2019s pedigree is undeniable \u2014 a Vuelta a Espana title, stage wins across all three Grand Tours, and World and Olympic time trial golds. But as Hatch pointed out, \u201cEvenepoel hasn\u2019t won a WorldTour stage race in over two years.\u201d The implication is clear: while the Belgian has delivered major victories, his consistency over three-week races remains under scrutiny.<\/p>\n
The move also throws up questions elsewhere in the peloton. Hatch noted the potential knock-on effect at Soudal – Quick-Step, suggesting they may now shift away from GC ambitions: \u201cEarly signs point to a pivot back to their former classics and sprint identity,\u201d Hatch claims.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Incoming signings back this up \u2014 Jasper Stuyven and Dylan van Baarle are both expected to join the Belgian squad, while Edward Planckaert, who impressed at the Giro d\u2019Italia, arrives from Alpecin\u2013Deceuninck. And at Red Bull – BORA -hansgrohe, Evenepoel\u2019s arrival brings added uncertainty for Primoz Roglic<\/a>, another high-profile GC rider already on the team\u2019s books.<\/p>\n Hatch stopped short of forecasting outcomes but framed the move as a defining moment for both rider and team: a chance for Red Bull to reforge BORA into a true Grand Tour outfit, and for Evenepoel to reset his own ambitions at the highest level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Evenepoel\u2019s pedigree is undeniable \u2014 a Vuelta a Espana title, stage wins across all three Grand Tours, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-63166","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\/63166","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=63166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}