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• The 21-year-old is second overall behind Egan Bernal• Evenepoel had not raced since Tour of Lombardy accident
Since September 2018, when the young Belgian Remco Evenepoel dominated the junior world championships in Innsbruck in spectacular style, the world of professional cycling has spoken of him in the same breath as the nonpareil Eddy Merckx, whose successor has been awaited for the last 45 years. Evenepoel has expressed frustration at being likened to the legendary “Cannibal”, but on the evidence of the first half of this year’s Giro d’Italia, there is no exaggeration involved.
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