Remco Evenepoel has proven off his Olympic bling on the Tour of Britain, including a gold helmet, gold sun shades and gold bands on his sleeves, shorts and socks, to his gold Specialized race bike.
Evenepoel grew to become the primary male rider to finish the Olympic street race and time trial double in Paris after Leontien Zijlaard van Moorsel of the Netherlands gained double gold in Sydney in 2000.
He is a former street race world champion and satisfied the UCI to permit him so as to add gold bands to the rainbow bands on his jersey sleeves.
“I needed to battle for them fairly a bit as a result of the UCI insisted that the rainbow bands had precedence, however fortunately I acquired each,” Evenepoel advised HLN/VTM.
The 24-year-old Belgian returned to racing on the Tour of Britain, precisely a month after finishing his double gold-medal success on the Paris Olympics.
He has set the Road World Championships in Zurich and Il Lombardia in October as closing objectives to purpose for and encourage him in coaching in September. He confirmed that he is not going to experience the European street race and time championships, with the Tour of Britain providing a perfect return to racing and an opportunity to point out off his gold bling.
“I’m actually proud to put on this particular equipment. The final months have been an incredible a part of my profession and being the primary man to win the double of the street race and time trial on the Olympic Games is one thing that goals are made from,” he mentioned.
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“To be capable to have fun it with this equipment is one thing that makes me very proud and I need to thank all people concerned within the course of and particulars of marking what occurred in Paris on this particular manner.”
Evenepoel has a gold Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8 race bike, geared up with a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 digital groupset. Most of the bike tools comes from the Specialized subsidiary model Roval which gives the Rapide handlebars, saddle, and wheels.