Recent content by Hugo Koblet

Yeah, that's my point as well. And I'm confident that the Bora management sees it the same way.

Fair points, and obviously Evenepoel is a much better and more accomplished rider than Lipowitz all around, but this isn't about wins, it's about who's more likely to finish 3rd in the Tour. Now, that might be Remco. I'm not arguing that he should domestique for Lipowitz, I'm just questioning...

Ah yeah, you're right about that, my mistake.

I'm curious what makes you and others think that? Lipowitz is a more recent podium finisher than Evenepoel, he finished on a smaller gap to the two unbeatables than Remco did in 2024, and he looked much closer to Vingegaard's level than Evenepoel did in 2024.

Here's what I would do. I think the main goals should be to podium the Tour and the Giro (this is assuming Vingegaard does the Giro), and then you absolutely have to win the Vuelta, there can be no question about that. I totally agree with VayaVayaVaya's schedule for Remco: MSR, E3, Flanders...

I'm not sure that he'll be a designated domestique in many - if any - races. But he has shown several times that he doesn't mind working for Pedersen for instance. As long as it goes both ways, he's fine with it. I don't think that there will be much of an overlap between Ayuso and him, though...

Evenepoel

Three months time you mean?

Voted Remco and Kooij. Remco probably 90% and Kooij just north of 50%. Magnier and Philipsen has a chance as well, but not above 50% I think, although it's very early to tell with Magnier.

I agree with a schedule like this. I'd like to see him do quite a few one day races as well, so perhaps Ardeche and Drome instead of Algarve would be fine. Also perhaps some Italian classics at the end of the year would be fine. That said, I think there's a decent chance he's going to the Tour...

I think that Seixas is the favorite for 3rd place. Kind of wild considering the fact that he only just turned 19. He will fight against Skjelmose, Skujins, Ayuso, Scaroni, Del Toro etc. - pretty much the usual suspects at this point.

Does anyone know what's wrong? He was a boss in January and February and has disappeared completely since then, except for two won groups sprints for 3rd place. Mistiming of his form? But then he should be able to peak again in the fall. It was also an issue last year.

Exactly. He has been all over the place as in he has been doing very well for a long time. Probably bad wording on my part, but that's what I meant.

We're approaching the part of the season where the riders suddenly just don't have anything left in the tank, making it harder to predict. Del Toro has been all over the place for three months now; he's certainly one of the top candidates to be running out of gas, especially having done the...

I see they did the first 24 km yesterday. Are they doing the second part today then?