Evenepoel impresses on Tour of Turkey summit finish
21 April 2019 08:00
Remco Evenepoel may be just four months into his pro career, but the 19-year-old sensation is already showing the talent and aggression that saw him jump straight from the juniors to the big show. The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider put in his most impressive performance yet on stage 5 of the Tour of Turkey. Five kilometres from the top of the snow-capped summit finish at Kartepe, he was on the attack, eventually taking fourth at the finish. “It was a very hard day and and an extremely tough and steep climb with punishing double-digit gradients,” said Evenepoel in a post-race team statement. “Add to this also the cold temperatures, the headwind and the snow, and you get a really, really hard stage.ADVERTISEMENT “Actually, it was the first time in my career that I raced in such terrible conditions, and I’m happy with how I managed to overcome this day of suffering.” The finishing climb was arguably the toughest of the 2019 calendar so far, measuring in at 12km at an average of 9.1 per cent – and that was after four kilometres were cut off thanks to the UCI’s Extreme Weather Protocol. So it was all the more impressive to see Evenepoel battling it out with the likes of Valerio Conti and eventual stage winner Felix Großschartner on the ‘snowy hill’. Conti kicked off the festivities, before Evenepoel countered with 5km to go, later trying a solo attack before he was caught.
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