Remco Evenepoel has secured sole leadership of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe after a dominant mountain victory on stage 15 of the Tour de France. Photo: AFP
Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel's victory in the Tour de France's mountainous 15th stage has settled the debate over who is the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team leader.
The German team came into the 113th edition of the Grande Boucle with joint leaders, but on Monday's rest day before the race's brutal final week, Florian Lipowitz admitted that the plan now was to go all in for Evenepoel.
"I already said yesterday, the main goal is to have someone on the podium in Paris," the 25-year-old German, who was third at the Tour last year, said ahead of Tuesday's individual time trial. "So far, Remco, especially with (Tuesday), he will have the best chances for that."
Evenepoel is the world and Olympic champion in that discipline and is the favourite to win the 26.1km 16th stage from Évian-les-Bains to Thonon-les-Bains.
