Remco Evenepoel says he has 'made up my mind' in Tour de France v Giro d’Italia dilemma for 2023

Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) has already decided which Grand Tour he will target next season – but he is remaining tight-lipped for now. Evenepoel delivered a sensational maiden Grand Tour title at La Vuelta in September, fuelling excitement over a potential showdown with Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) at the Tour de France next year. Ad However, he could instead be temped to ride the Giro d’Italia in 2023, something Italian legend Vincenzo Nibali is urging him to do.

Cycling'They are bike geniuses' — Evenepoel and Pogacar generation hailed by BardetAN HOUR AGO “I’ve made up my mind,” Evenepoel told Flemish newspaper Het Nieuwsblad about his plans for the next campaign. “But the decision won’t be announced until next January. I can simply say I’m happy with my race program, calm at the start but gets more and more intense.

The opposite to this year, in some ways.” Evenepoel capped a brilliant season with the World Championship road race title in September, adding to his wins at La Vuelta and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. The 2023 Giro is expected to boast a strong field, with Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) and Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) among those who could compete. Thomas finished third at the 2022 Tour behind Vingegaard and Pogacar, while Roglic was Evenepoel’s closest challenger in Spain before a freak crash ended his hopes of a fourth straight title.

After winning the Vuelta, Evenepoel revealed his ultimate dream was to win all three Grand Tours. Evenepoel has cut a more composed figure in the peloton in 2022 after being branded arrogant in the past, notably by Mathieu van der Poel. And when asked by Het Nieuwsblad whether he needed an enemy to drive him towards