The biggest transfer in modern cycling finally puts Remco Evenepoel in Red Bull colors, after a reported €2 million buyout sprung him from Soudal Quick-Step a year early. The double Olympic champion and triple world time trial champion has won everything except the Tour, where he was third in 2024 before crashing out in 2025. Now, with a German superteam built around him, the Belgian phenomenon starts in Barcelona chasing the one jersey missing from his collection.
Palmarès
- Vuelta a España GC winner (2022)
- Olympic champion road race & time trial (2024)
- World road race champion (2022)
- World time trial champion (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège winner (2022, 2023)
- Tour de France 3rd overall, stage win & best young rider (2024)
Cut-out factBefore cycling he was an elite youth footballer in the academies of Anderlecht and PSV Eindhoven — a pelvis injury and a lost love for football pushed him onto the bike at 17, and within two years he was a pro.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Florian Lipowitz, Mattia Cattaneo, Maxim Van Gils, Nico Denz, Jai Hindley, Jan Tratnik, Tim van Dijke — see the full Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe team page.
Portrait: AI paper-collage render (gpt-image-2).
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