Remco Evenepoel celebrated his second Olympic Games gold medal late into the night time in Paris, having fun with some fries and mayonnaise, dancing to techno music and collaborating in numerous celebrations with household, mates and his teammates.
After crossing the end line within the shade of the Eiffel Tower, posing together with his bike after which ‘dialling in’ a victory gesture, Evenepoel shed a tear because the Belgian anthem rang out through the medal ceremony, maybe immediately understanding what he had achieved. Evenepoel additionally posed for a particular {photograph} together with his two gold medals and together with his spouse Oumi, who had introduced his time trial gold medal from Belgium for a historic second.
Following a collection of media obligations, Evenepoel was celebrated by fellow Belgian athletes on his return to the Olympic Village. He and his teammates had been then particular hosts of the Sporza night sport chat present, ‘Paris by Night’, the place they recalled the important thing moments of the race.
The riders then travelled onto the Belgium Olympic House for additional media obligations and celebrations, with Evenepoel getting into to very large cheers carrying his two gold medals. He lastly managed to satisfy his mother and father, who had seen the tip of the highway race in a restaurant close to the Eiffel Tower.
Evenepoel doesn’t drink and so loved a cone of Belgian fries, lined in mayonnaise, whereas ready for an interview to start.
After midnight, he danced with DJs Average Rob and Hebben Het Kan once they performed their ‘Belgium anthem’ track referred to as ‘On Met La Patate’, which mixes Dutch with French and roughly translated means ’Let’s go for it’. Evenepoel danced some extra on stage on the Belgium home, and posted a video on his social media on Sunday.
His father Patrick revealed that the celebrations went till 2:00 a.m., after which Evenepoel appeared to take pleasure in a quiet morning. There will certainly be some type of celebration on Evenepoel’s return to Belgium however he’s additionally prepared for a while to savour his achievements and loosen up.
“The batteries are slowly beginning to run out,” Evenepoel mentioned on Saturday night time to the Flemish media.
“I’m actually going to make use of the approaching week to get well. My cellphone will likely be off and my eyes closed as a lot as potential. I actually need to do nothing for as soon as. I’ll maybe go someplace, however I do not know the place but however it’ll be as quickly as potential.”
Next weekend Evenepoel will attend his already organized RE.V fan experience close to his residence in Schepdaal, to the southwest of Brussels on Saturday, August 10. Thousands of individuals at the moment are anticipated to participate.
“He needs to be again then, that’s a very powerful race of the 12 months,” his father joked.
Soudal-QuickStep crew supervisor Patrick Lefevere has indicated that Evenepoel will return to racing on the Tour of Britain in early September. The race organisers advised Cyclingnews they might be pleased to welcome the Belgian and mountain bike gold medalist Tom Pidcock. However, the ultimate groups and lineup have nonetheless to be confirmed.
Evenepoel might determine to focus on the Road World Championships in Zurich in late September after which experience the tip of season Italian Classics.
“That’s developing in virtually two months however it’ll be right here quickly,” Evenepoel defined. “Fortunately, I can go into a brief relaxation interval in good condition, then it is at all times simpler to construct up once more afterwards. First, it is time to have fun and loosen up.”
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