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Where are you watching this ? Eurosport only starts broadcasting in 30’ …

I have that same hope … something in me tells me that Remco has still ample possibility to improve . But he needs to stay on his bike AND have a perfect winter preparation . Even for this TDF , I believe he will be better than last year . But I also believe the others will have improved as well...

No , hé did not . Hè won the 1st time trial and was 3rd in final time trial ( MTT ) .

Totally flat TT … I still believe Remco has the upperhand agains anyone in any race stage . As long as his form is good . But what are we doing … trying to find hypothetical situations where Remco has a , small , chance in ever winning the TDF ? 😜🤪

As a very big Remco fan , and believing the hype all week ( until yesterday ) , I was really excited for this day . However , now I just hope that he can be a little better than yesterday . If he can do that , then at least we have an indication that he is not that bad in the mountains and that...

Exciting race day today , or at least it should have been , until the Uber alien decided yesterday to show who is boss . I mean … not even a drip of sweat and just pedaling his way up while leaving behind him nothing but scorched earth . Nah … not so pumped up for this race day anymore .

I doubt it … could be that he was hindered by his fall yesterday but i feel this was more an honest view of his climbing performance at this moment in time . He will need to improve by a lot in the coming weeks to even have a chance for the podium at TDF .

Was the bad positioning due to tactical mistake(s) or due to , still , a lack of accelerating ability in the climbs ? That is the real question .

Very good effort to catch up to leading group at 5Km from finish and I did feel at that point that he had a shot for the stage win . However , where was he in the last two climbs when big accelerations were needed ? I mean , yes he was impressive on the flat but I really need to see his...

Remco said he felt immediately comfortable and that he rode a good TT but not the best he can do . He is satisfied with the result and will take this as a positive going forward .

Yeah … I have the same feeling . Even the best Remco is no match against Jonas / Pogi in TDF . Without the accident in December , he must have felt that he could become stronger than last year and while that is still possible , somewhat , i doubt it will be enough . That too can become...

Carbon copy of Remco at Dauphine last year . There , he also had to let go in mountains and found his own pace trying to limit the damage . And also there he was using that performance to build on his form towards TDF . This time he has twice the time to find his best possible shape towards...

Interesting but why remain so quiet about it ? If that is true then he will certainly be working out on the rollers already and we could see a return to competition sometime in the latter part of May , beginning of June ?

That would be wonderful ... being a bit of a Remco fan boy , I must say that cycling is just not the same without him ( for me )

scratch this . BS comment :-)