Evenepoel confirms he will ride 2020 Giro d'Italia

Remco Evenepoel in the 2020 Deceuninck-QuickStep colours
Remco Evenepoel in the 2020 Deceuninck-QuickStep colours (Image credit: Sigfrid Eggers)

Remco Evenepoel has confirmed he will ride the Giro d'Italia in 2020, with the Deceuninck-QuickStep leader to use his Grand Tour debut as a test of his stage racing ability and to lay the foundations to his form in view of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Evenepoel had hinted he would ride the Giro d'Italia when he was feted as Belgium's sportsperson of the year in late December. "My programme has been fixed since training camp, but I can’t say anything before the presentation on January 10," he said. 

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Stephen Farrand
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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.