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I'm afraid if this doesn't get resolved this year, it never will.I had a bad feeling about this ever since his social media went quiet and he was nowhere to be seen on the pictures from the training camp.
This does not look good at all to me but he remains rather positive and keeps his main goals (the Giro as first one) for now. There's not much information right now on the severity of the problems he's facing and the estimated recovery time.
I just hope he can make a complete recovery and reach his very special level again even if it's not this year. Time is on his side given his youth so no need to rush it.
I had a bad feeling about this long before. He started way to early and to fast. He (and his entourage) made a big mistake by cycling so early. And by cycling I mean training on a bike since october/november without completing core stability training. Core stability training is so important, even without heavy injuries such als fractured pelvis and hip. It's possible he may bear the consequences of the entire season and even his entire life. I really hope that he didn't enter his career put at risk. Evenepoel had heavier injurys than Wout Van Aert, who had a better and more professional revalidation.
This is not encouraging for a guy this young. Normally the bone healing would be relatively stable unless he was attempting to stay active when he should have been on the couch. Like Froome...this will take time and may define his skill level for awhile. Shame for him and his fans.Remco stopped training on the bike again, due to continuous pain when spending time on the saddle. He is running and swimming now in order to get cardio practice.
The main objectives remain the Giro and the Olympics.
Do they have the same management and promotional staff? He may have been under personal or professional pressure to get back to it. As I said; it would be a great shame if he doesn't get back to his potential.I don't know enough about this stuff to argue if they made mistakes with his recovery or not but if I recall correctly both Evenepoel and Van Aert had the same physiotherapist during their revalidation (Lieven Maesschalck and his team).
The most pressure he had probably came from himself. Van Aert came back during the cyclocross season. He already proved himself there the years before so there was little pressure to get excellent results.Do they have the same management and promotional staff? He may have been under personal or professional pressure to get back to it. As I said; it would be a great shame if he doesn't get back to his potential.
He was treated by the same expert in Herentals as van Aert, and afterwards went to the same physio as well, indeed Lieven Maesschalck. Both among the best in their field worldwide.I don't know enough about this stuff to argue if they made mistakes with his recovery or not but if I recall correctly both Evenepoel and Van Aert had the same physiotherapist during their revalidation (Lieven Maesschalck and his team).
This has nothing to do with it. Evenepoel was already training in Spain in november. Training way too early and too hard. Maesschalck was not in Spain. And was not really supervising. Theoretically Evenepoel was still doing rehabilitation exercises. But not, or hardly on practice. And Evenepoel was not training on flexibility, but was even training uphill. A totally different and wrong approach than Wout Van Aert. So, I'm convinced this will have a (huge) impact on this season, and even on his career.He was treated by the same expert in Herentals as van Aert, and afterwards went to the same physio as well, indeed Lieven Maesschalck. Both among the best in their field worldwide.