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AGR is much more suited for him simply because it's a 250km race. As good as he was today, a 95km race is not where he can really distance himself from most of the peleton. These races are just too short.

He actually wanted to ride MSR and RVV. It was on his list. RBH decided against it to build up slowly to be top at the TdF this year.

His descending skills look great now. Did he play more on the Playstation to learn corning? The pressure he puts on others by going full in the straight section is also remarkeable. I am pretty sure he would be able to follow Pogacar and Pidcock in MSR. Next year I really want to see him there.

No. After Pogi makes his move on La Redoute, Remco will lose time but TT back to him and beat him in the sprint. At least that looks like the game plan. That's what I learn from his moves this week.

I don't see him cracking this race. His performance today is probably close to what he expected. He would have been a bit closer if he could diesel his group but that was not possible with Lipo in front. His performance improves but it's not a stellar growth curve. Others, Almeide and Onley in...

Remco should use the terrain when its suits him, even when he sees an opportunity in a flat section or when it's just a few seconds in a sprint. He should do it more, not less. He needs to attack, especially in a race without TT. He knows that on the steep climbs he needs to ride defensive. He...

It looks like part of the exercise this week was testing his sprint.

I am not sure anymore if Pogi has boundaries.

I will root for a guy who falls, gets up and keep pushing his boundaries to chase his dreams.

He said that the goal of the day was to make echelons and go for a stage victory. If they wanted him to sit back and relax, they should be more explicit. If they do not understand that they need to channel his drive to compete in a GC, then that's equally a management failure.

This thread seems to be turned in to a place to make fun of him no matter what happens. It's not fair. His effort was remarkeable and his crash unfortunate. We can discuss tactics but in the end as a spectator we should encourage riders that show an uncanny willingness to race.

From HLN: Ik wilde naar mijn beugels gaan en net op dat moment lag er een put die ik niet had en die niet aangegeven was. Toen ben ik de controle over mijn stuur verloren”, verklaarde Evenepoel zelf zijn valpartij. Wat de schade nu precies is? “Ik heb overal een beetje pijn. Mijn elleboog...

What a terrible end of a fantastic effort.

I think Remco's descending skills are underrated. He does it much better now than a few years ago. Also, the Poggio is just not technical enough to distance him more than a few seconds. I think he would be one of the better descenders there. He has the aerodynamics for it at those speeds.

The decent is fast but not that technical for somebody who knows the corners. I don't think they can drop him there, at least not enough to give him no chance to come back.