Evenepoel takes record fourth San Sebastián win

Evenepoel answers the form question

Remco Evenepoel's fourth Clásica de San Sebastián win matters because it did more than add another result to his palmarès. According to PezCycling News, it also put the Tour-hangover debate to rest, with Evenepoel outlasting Richard Carapaz after a mid-race crisis to become the race's outright record holder.

That sequence is the key point. A rider can look good when the race runs cleanly, but recovering from a crisis and still having enough to finish off a rider like Carapaz is a stronger signal of condition. It suggests Evenepoel did not simply carry residual form into San Sebastián. He had enough resilience to survive a difficult phase and still execute when the race was being decided.

The source also notes Wout van Aert's comeback from sepsis, which adds another form storyline to the post-Tour period, even if the headline result clearly belongs to Evenepoel.

Full details are at the linked PezCycling News source.