Remco Evenepoel will begin his 2024 season at the Figueira Champions Classic in Portugal, next Saturday, February 10th. He will be the leader of the Soudal-QuickStep team and will have at his side Mikel Landa, who will make his debut in this race, after being hired by Bahrain Victorious for this season.
Intense preparation for the Tour de France
“We can’t make mistakes during the Tour,” says Mikel Landa, revealing how he is preparing for the Tour de France alongside Evenepoel. “We have great memories from last year when we won there with Casper Pedersen,” recalls Iljo Keisse, the sporting director of Soudal-QuickStep.
Remco Evenepoel will begin his 2024 season at the Figueira Champions Classic in Portugal, next Saturday, February 10th. He will be the leader of the Soudal-QuickStep team and will have at his side Mikel Landa, who will make his debut in this race, after being hired by Bahrain Victorious for this season.
Intense preparation for the Tour de France
“We can’t make mistakes during the Tour,” says Mikel Landa, revealing how he is preparing for the Tour de France alongside Evenepoel. “We have great memories from last year when we won there with Casper Pedersen,” recalls Iljo Keisse, the sporting director of Soudal-QuickStep.
Expectations for the Figueira Champions Classic
“We are going with a different team now, and Remco of course will be our leader. This will be his first race of the season, he is looking forward to racing, as always, and we want to do something cool.”
“The route is a little longer than last year and includes some very demanding climbing. The weather doesn’t look very promising, and it could have an impact on the race, but we’ll have to wait until Saturday to see how things go.”
Check out Soudal-Quickstep for the Figueira Champions Classic
