Remco Evenepoel already knows how he wants to change his approach in 2027: 'I need very thorough preparation'

Evenepoel looked back on his season. “It was long, but overall a good one. There were some ups and downs, but fortunately the ups outweighed the downs,” said Evenepoel, who considered his two stage wins and second-place finish in the Tour’s general classification to be his top achievements.

"The World Championship road race and the Tour of Lombardy weren't great—we'll definitely be discussing that internally soon. But the biggest pain in my legs—and also in my heart—came when, in the final stretch of the Tour of Flanders, I couldn’t close that last five-second gap on Tadej Pogačar and Mathieu van der Poel. And my worst feeling came from the UAE Tour. I really wasn’t good there,” said Evenepoel.

The Belgian cyclist still has a few commitments coming up. On Wednesday, he’s scheduled to visit the Red Bull Athlete Performance Centre in Salzburg, followed by a trip to the U.S. “From Austria, I’ll then travel on to Specialized headquarters in Morgan Hill, California,” Evenepoel said.

"I'll be wrapping up a few media obligations with my bike sponsor and heading back into the wind tunnel for another nine days, in search of additional marginal gains," he explains. After the Chrono des Nations, Evenepoel already had nothing but praise for his equipment.

He also already has an idea of what part of his 2027 season should look like. “One thing is certain: I won’t be entering competition as early as I did this year. As a newcomer to the team, that was to be expected. I wanted to prove myself, integrate into the team as well as possible, and win as quickly as possible. Next year will be different.”

Last year, he started as early as January, but in 2027, it’ll take a little while longer. “What we’ve also realised and learned is that I need very thorough preparation periods for my major goals. So we’re going to plan those even more specifically. And we’ll avoid rushing from race to race, as happened a few times in 2026.”

On December 11, Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe will announce its plans for 2027 in Mallorca. Evenepoel is also expected to reveal his plans for the upcoming season at that time.