Late puncture adds 'extra spice' to Remco Evenepoel's historic second Olympic gold medal performance

Paris Olympics 2024: Remco Evenepoel celebrates double gold
Paris Olympics 2024: Remco Ev🎃enepoel celebrates do♎uble gold (Image credit: Getty Images)

A perfect race, the perfect terrain, and a perfect team strategy delivered Belgian 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Remco Evenepoel to a historic gold medal in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris Olympics men's road race. With the victory, Evenepoel became the first male rider to win both road events at the Olympic Games. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Leontien Zijlaard van Moorsel of the Netherlands is the only other athlete to do 🧔so, in Sydney in 2000.

But Evenepoel's road race w♛in came with one heart-stopping moment when, with 3.8km to go, he suffered a puncture. Waving frantically for his team car, Evenepoel believ𝄹ed his medal hopes could have been over when he was within minutes of celebrating in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower.

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