Remco Evenepoel has confirmed that he’ll stick with Soudal-QuickStep subsequent season, drawing a line below persistent hypothesis linking him with a switch to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe.
Speaking on the Belgian staff lodge in Wetzikon on Friday forward of the World Championships street race, Evenepoel acknowledged that he would nonetheless be a part of Patrick Lefevere’s squad in 2025.
“I’ll keep the place I’m, that is fairly clear,” Evenepoel mentioned. “No transfers.”
Although Evenepoel is below contract with Soudal-QuickStep till the tip of 2026, his future with the staff has been the topic of a lot conjecture. Last 12 months, he was repeatedly linked with a potential transfer to Ineos, whereas the current arrival of Red Bull as title sponsor at Bora-Hansgrohe fuelled hypothesis that he would transfer to Ralph Denk’s squad in 2025.
On Thursday night, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that the potential change to Red Bull had fallen by. On Friday morning, Evenepoel confirmed he would stay with Soudal-QuickStep, although he downplayed experiences that he had been critically contemplating a switch.
“There has been hypothesis as at all times and I believe some info was greater than I knew myself, which was fairly humorous to listen to, however nothing adjustments,” Evenepoel mentioned when requested by Cyclingnews after the press convention.
“I’ll stick with my [Soudal-QuickStep] teammates. We’ll work and combat for the largest objective, that’s to in the future win the Tour de France.”
Evenepoel positioned third general at his debut Tour this summer season, successful a stage and the perfect younger rider classification. He went on to assert gold in each the time trial and street race on the Paris 2024 Olympics, and he’s on the point of a historic Double-Double after retaining his time trial title on the Zurich World Championships.
Earlier this week, Soudal-QuickStep supervisor Patrick Lefevere floated the concept Evenepoel might journey each the Giro d’Italia and Tour in 2025, whereas the staff has added to the climbing expertise across the Belgian by confirming the arrival of Valentin Paret-Peintre from Decathlon-QuickStep.
