Lemko Evenpoel showed off his Olympic decor at the Tour of Britain, sporting a gold Specialized race bike, gold helmet, gold sunglasses, and gold bands on his sleeves, shorts, and socks.

Evenpole became the first male athlete to win a double gold medal in a road race and time trial in Paris since Leontien Girard van Moorsel of the Netherlands won double gold in Sydney in 2000.

He is a former world champion in road racing and convinced the UCI to allow him to add gold bands to the rainbow bands on his jersey sleeves.

“The UCI insisted that the rainbow band was the priority, so we had to fight quite a bit, but luckily we got both,” Evenpoel told HLN/VTM.

The 24-year-old Belgian returned to racing at the Tour of Britain just a month after winning double gold at the Paris Olympics.

He set the road world championships in Zurich and Il Lombardia in October as his ultimate goals to motivate himself in training in September. The Tour of Britain is an ideal return to racing and a chance to show off his gold. [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...]