What happened to Remco Evenepoel? Discover how the Belgian cycling star went from Tour de France podium hopeful to a sudden withdrawal in the Pyrenees.

BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France, July 19 (Reuters) - Belgian Remco Evenepoel abandoned the Tour de France on Saturday during the 14th stage, a 182.6-km mountain trek from Pau to Superbagneres.

Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) opened up on his departure from the Tour de France, which shocked the Tour de France on the slopes of the Col du Tourmalet on Saturday. “It just wasn’t working, I was empty," Evenepoel told Dutch and Flemish journalists, including Nieuwsblad.

The Tour de France is underway, which means that Remco Evenepoel is once again the center of attention. He is the focus of the public, the press, and other teams because, after a few days of the Tour de France,

Evenepoel, the reigning time trial Olympic and world champion, was expected to win the stage in the absence of time trial specialists — Filippo Ganna and Stefan Bissegger, who both crashed and exited the race on the first day of the Tour last week.

R emco Evenepoel revealed he raced the Tour de France with a fractured rib, as reports return about a transfer to Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and the Belgian considers his future as he recovers at home.

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Tour de France jersey standings after Stage 7 Yellow ( general classification ) : Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) Green ( points classification ): Biniam Girmay (Intermarché - Wanty)

The Tour de France ended on a sour note for Remco Evenepoel. The Belgian from Soudal Quick-Step abandoned during stage fourteen, bringing his Tour to a painful close. While former riders and analysts had already criticized his decision to quit,

Belgian Remco Evenepoel claimed his maiden victory on the Tour de France when he prevailed on the seventh stage, a 25.3-km individual time trial from Nuits-Saint-Georges on Friday.