Remco Evenepoel says Vuelta a San Juan stage victory felt like ‘longest time trial of his life’

The European time trial champion took the win with a significant gap and now has the race lead

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Remco Evenepoel crushed his rivals in the time trial stage of the Vuelta a San Juan, taking his first victory of the year and moving into the race lead.

The European TT champion said the short 15km test felt like ‘the longest time trial of his life’ as he put 30 seconds into his nearest rival.

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