Evenepoel on track for Giro d’Italia bid after second Liège success

Remco Evenepoel on the attack in the 2023 edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Remco Evenepoel on the attack in the 2023 edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Image credit: Getty)

The same but different: Remco Evenepoel’s second solo attack in 12 months in Liège-Bastogne-Liège once again netted the Belgian victory in cycling’s oldest one-day race and once again ‘saved’ his team’s Spring Classics campaign. 

But apart from being clad in World Champion’s kit and a year older, Evenepoel’s second Liège victory also comes barely a fortnight before he heads to the Giro d’Italia and as such, it acts as a massive morale booster to the Soudal-QuickStep star and his team before the next major challenge of his career.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.