Remco Evenepoel's FTP is revealed in a video he's posted of his YouTube channel of a day training at FTP on Mount Teide in Tenerife.
The video shows him preparing for the Tour de France. He goes through his training plans and what he’s eating each day, but we also follow him on a day’s training at threshold, during which Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe’s performance coach Dan Lorang reveals his threshold power.
Remco Evenepoel's FTP
On his first block, Evenepoel pushes an average 354 watts for 37 minutes, but that’s followed by two sets at higher outputs for longer periods.
According to Lorang’s commentary, Evenepoel’s output of 420 watts on one of these intervals is just under his threshold, while 425 watts would be around threshold.
At the end of each set, Lorang takes a blood sample from Evenepoel's ear to measure his lactate level and confirm he's not over threshold.
Their FTP values are a number that pros usually keep carefully under wraps, particularly in the run-up to a major event such as the Tour de France. Last year, we reckoned that Evenepoel's power output was around 400 watts on his winning ride in the stage 5 Tour de France time trial.
How does Evenepoel's FTP compare to Tadej Pogačar?
Evenepoel’s value is actually slightly above Tadej Pogačar‘s estimated FTP of 415 watts, which was calculated based on ride data he shared in late 2024, although that’s likely to be lower than his value heading into the Tour. More recently, based on newer rides Pogačar’s posted on Strava in early 2026, estimates have ranged up to 430 watts.
Evenepoel’s also counting the calories, showing us he consumed a total of 5,113 calories, with 902g of carbs, 160g of protein and 89g of fat. His target was 5,400 calories, but he says he’s aiming to lose some weight ahead of the Tour.
His published weight is a little lower than Pogačar‘s, so his power-to-weight ratio could be similar going into the Tour. In 2022, when he was at Soudal-QuickStep, his then team general manager Patrick Lefevre, revealed that it was 6.5 watts per kilogram.
Both could be bettered by Jonas Vingegaard though, whose power-to-weight was estimated at 7.38w/kg last year by Lanterne Rouge, principally because his 58kg estimated weight is several kilos less than that of Evenepoel and Pogačar.
Evenepoel has already been at altitude in Tenerife for 10 days. He says he’s off for a seven hour ride the next day and has another two weeks of altitude training to go ahead of the Tour.
