Second career title for Soudal Quick-Step’s 25-year-old
27-Jun-2025: Remco Evenepoel powered to victory at the ITT National Championships, held in Brasschaat over a 40.5km flat course suited to the specialists of the discipline. The last starter Friday afternoon, Evenepoel gave absolutely no chance to the other riders, putting more than a minute into runner-up Florian Vermeersch (UAE Team Emirates) on the way to his 57th success in the Soudal Quick-Step jersey.
The World Champion, winner of this race back in 2022 and medalist on two more occasions, had a storming start and posted a sensational time of 10:26 at the first checkpoint to move to the top of the leaderboard. As the kilometers ticked down, Evenepoel continued to keep the speed and increase his lead over the others, setting a blistering time at the next splits before clocking a winning time of 44:43.
For Remco, this was the 20th victory of his career in a time trial – out of 44 starts – and the third of the year, after the ones he took at the Tour de Romandie and Critérium du Dauphiné.
“I’m happy with this win – my first since completing the altitude training camp – especially as it came on a hard course where you couldn’t really recover, only a bit on the technical sectors. I tried to keep a steady pace, and as I had a good feeling from the beginning, I gave my best. I am delighted with the outcome, with getting the jersey again and with winning the final ITT test before the Tour de France.”
“It’s a result that gives us even more confidence for Sunday. It will be a different parcours, with many strong riders at the start, but we go with a solid team to the road race, we have more cards to play there and we are motivated to get the most out of it”, Remco said after his victory.
