Remco Evenepoel says pink jersey at Giro d'Italia 'would change my life totally'

An opening time trial of 9.5km around Budapest offers the 19-year-old a great chance of taking the maglia rosa

Remco Evenepoel at the Yorkshire Worlds (Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)

(Image credit: AFP via Getty Images)

"All the riders are free for you to grab for interviews," says Deceuninck - Quick-Step's press officer, "but for Remco and Julian they'll do TV first, then French language interviews, then English. Don't worry, everyone will get a chance to speak to them."

The previous year Julian Alaphilippe spent 14 days in the yellow jersey following an already impressive series of spring Classics victories. Remco Evenepoel won Clásica San Sebastián and became European time trial champion, but equally, he's only 19 years old.

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