Evenepoel: There are more important things in life than this victory

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Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-QuickStep) took an emotional victory on stage 2 of the Volta ao Algarve, powering across the line at the top of the Alto da Fóia just ahead of Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) for his third success of 2020.

The 20-year-old, who now holds the overall lead as well as the lead of the young rider and mountain classifications, dedicated his victory to Lotto Soudal rider Nikolas Maes, whose son Maurice was stillborn last week.

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