Remco Evenepoel is caught in a precarious situation on the island of Tenerife.
The Belgian cycling star is about to finish his training camp there, but Storm Therese – and an accompanying snowstorm – has hit the Canary Islands, trapping the Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe rider and his wife, Oumi Rayane, in a hotel at the foot of the Teide volcano.
According to an Instagram post by his wife Oumi, who is also at the camp, snowfalls are so severe that roads up the volcano have been blocked, which has sparked fears that they may not be able to make it to the local airport on Saturday.
"BTW we're stuck up on Teide for the 2nd day because of the snow... no one can go up or down," Oumi posted.
"We're supposed to fly to Barcelona tomorrow (for the race) but not sure we'll make it. Does anyone know how we can get to the airport."
"We are monitoring the situation closely together with our team in Tenerife," Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team sources told Cyclingnews on Friday morning. "At this stage, there are no further updates to share."
Evenepoel is based is based at a hotel at 2,150 metres above sea level, and currently the weather forecasts predict cold weather with maximum temperatures of just 4ºC today, and 3º on Saturday on the upper slopes of Teide until at least Sunday.
According to Belgian journalist Alain Mouton, Red Bull is ready to send a helicopter if necessary.
At the Tour of Catalonia, Evenepoel will face João Almeida and Jonas Vingegaard, among others, and Vingeegaard in looking forward to the fight.
"It is always great to race against Remco, but João Almeida is there too. So it will be a strong field", said Vingegaard to the international media after winning the Paris-Nice stage race.
