I mean, the moment when he went on the top of the climb, I was sitting next to Mathieu [van der Poel]. We were thinking that it was a suicide move and everything was going to come back together. But in the end, he was on a good day, he rode as fast as we did in the back, so he deserved it. If you look at his season, he's the guy that deserves to ride in rainbows next year.
Evenepoel had entered the race chasing a historic feat of his own as he looked to notch up a Quadruple of gold medals across the Olympic Games and World Championships. Buoyed by his time trial world title last week, Evenepoel set out at the head of a Belgian team built squarely around his leadership.
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