Recent content by Berflamand

I'm not going to argue that Remco was the strongest in Catalunya 2023. I think that was too close to call and even though I wanted Remco to win, I'm glad we got a fun and exciting race. But I do think that at least sometimes you can argue that someone was the strongest even if he's not able to...

That would be great indeed. Especially Catalunya and Dauphine would fill a big gap in his current palmares. Does Catalunya have a TT or is that not yet known?

I'm a bit disappointed with his schedule but yeah, regardless of any schedule I agree that this is the most important point. Fingers crossed that he has an injury free year (both during his winter preparation as during the cycling season) and then I think we might see great things from him we...

So it should be something like this: TTT Mallorca Valenciana Altitude + possibly another stage race to be decided: UAE/Paris-Nice/Tirreno Catalunya Ardennes Altitude (I guess?) Dauphiné Tour

Disappointing indeed. Looks like both the so called Plan A (Giro) and Plan B (classics oriented with possibly RVV/MSR) have been ditched. It does sound like it is not all set in stone though so I hope they might change their mind during the season. Also, he wants to start with a ITT at...

This journalist is usually quite reliable and well-informed so it's not pure speculation but more like an informed guess. But yeah, it's definitely still possible that the schedule will look a bit different after all.

Yeah, include MSR and I'd be very happy with this schedule that looks like a nice mix of stage races and one day races.

I get it. It's an honorable attempt to make sure he gets the trophy for most wins in the 2026 season and to at least beat Pogi there!

That sounds pretty damn impressive!

RVV clashes with altitude camp only IF he's riding the Giro. If he skips the Giro (which does seem likely at this point) that does open up the possibility to ride RVV because he wouldn't go on altitude in April in that case. At least that's what I get from the article.

That's a great advantage indeed but he does change clothing equipment, something Roglic also struggled with during his first races at Bora IIRC?

I hope RBBH can improve him but to be honest I think the biggest gains are simply to be won by having an injury free and stress free winter training season to build on his end-of-season form without any hiccups. His future is secured, there's no more transfer talks/stress. He had a great fall...

You're not wrong, it's quite literally in the article. :sweatsmile: Evenepoel stuurde de twee voorstellen zelf door. “De ploeg gaat ze nu bekijken en er feedback op geven. Feit is wel dat in beide gevallen opofferingen zullen moeten worden gedaan voor bepaalde wedstrijden.” Deepl translation...

There is going to be more info in an interview that will be published this weekend but HLN reports that at the moment there is a 'Plan A' and a 'Plan B' regarding Remco's schedule for 2026. Both plans include the Tour which will most likely be the biggest target of the season again (but nothing...

Thanks for the info, I didn't know that. But I do think in this case there would probably have been an agreement between all parties to share the data because it just doesn't make sense to me that one of the parties involved would object to sharing the data considering Remco left QS in good...