Remco Evenepoel gives rare glimpse into Tour de France preparation with impressive power data

The Belgian is currently deep into his build-up for July, after Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe reshaped his pre-Tour programme and removed the Critérium du Dauphiné from his schedule. 

Rather than opting for a traditional June race block, the team has chosen a longer, more controlled altitude programme. Evenepoel has not raced since Liège-Bastogne-Liège and is expected to arrive at the Tour de France without another competitive outing, making every training stimulus increasingly important.

In a new video on his YouTube channel, Evenepoel takes viewers inside two days at altitude on Mount Teide. The tone is relaxed, with coffee stops, jokes with staff and an evening game of Uno, but the more revealing moments come when the camera follows him into a threshold session monitored by performance coach Dan Lorang.

The workout lasted 4.5 hours and was built around repeated FTP efforts: one 15 minute interval, two 12 minute efforts, one 10 minute effort and two final eight minute blocks. It was not designed as a day of explosive work. Lorang described it as a controlled threshold session, aimed at preparing Evenepoel for longer climbs and sustained race efforts.

The numbers offered the real intrigue. During the efforts, Evenepoel’s lactate readings remained stable at around 3.5 to 3.6 mmol/L, which Lorang indicated was exactly the zone they were looking for. The objective was to accumulate time around threshold without pushing too far over the edge.

Evenepoel also referenced a 425 watt threshold, a striking detail from a rider whose performance data is rarely shown so openly. At the very top of the sport, those numbers are usually kept out of view, studied from the outside and often surrounded by guesswork.

There is recent context for the interest in such numbers. In February, Tadej Pogačar’s Strava briefly drew attention when one of his uploads appeared to show more of his power data than usual. The visible zones pointed to a threshold range in the high 300s to low 450s, close to earlier estimates that put his FTP at around 415 watts.

As ever with public training files, the caveats are obvious. Zones can be estimated, power meters can differ and conditions matter. Still, the reaction showed how hungry the sport is for hard data from its biggest riders.

That is why Evenepoel’s 425 watt reference will stand out. It is only one number, but at this level one number is rarely ignored.