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    Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

    Came here to say this. All that effort, training, and sacrifice. Must just feel terrible. Feel for the kid.
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    Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

    His aero advantage will of course be far less than it is on a flat TT. I would guess top 3, as he knows how to TT (suffer), and will go in with some degree of confidence and expectation. He's going to put a fair bit of time into a few in the top 10.
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    Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

    Wut? I can't imagine why he would care about that. There are more immediate threats to his goals at this point than Roglic.
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    Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

    I dunno, it's such a subjective phrasing...one could argue he recovered today. I'm not holding my breath, just hopeful. Didn't look great.
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    Teams & Riders Everybody needs a little bit of Roglstomp in their lives

    It's a good question. I think maybe it's because there are more interesting (mostly young) riders than Richie Porte and Adam Yates threatening to podium Le Tour in the last couple of years. Lipo is really interesting to people as a young guy from a country who hasn't had a GT contender in a long...
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    Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

    Yeah it was quite hot today. I know how much it affects me, and the bigger you are (Mateo) the worse it can be.
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    Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

    Lance (yeah, I know) had some pointed comments about the transfer today. That if he doesn't podium, or clearly beat someone like Lipo, that will have a significant, material impact on his transfer (or not) and the value thereof.
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    Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

    Sounds like he had a bad day. Hope that's all it was. If he can defend the rest of the race, he can hang on to the podium. Lipo the only real threat left unless Remco loses it again.
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    Tour de France Tour de France 2025 Stage 12: Auch - Hautacam (180.6k)

    I don't really. It's pretty much "Evenepoel, Narvaes, Pogacar...versnelling..."
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    Tour de France Tour de France 2025 Stage 12: Auch - Hautacam (180.6k)

    So what was up with Remco? Dumoulin sitation?
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    Tour de France Tour de France 2025 Stage 12: Auch - Hautacam (180.6k)

    Yeah super weird, seems to be closing the gap slightly now.
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    Tour de France Tour de France 2025 Stage 12: Auch - Hautacam (180.6k)

    Such a shame about Remco, the races are better when he's crushing it. What the actual F...
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    Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

    Just saw a pre-race interview...did he lose the gold helmet?
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    Tour de France Tour de France 2025 Stage 11: Toulouse – Toulouse (156.8k)

    Another view of this. Looks like our boy gets a few...let's call 'em..shoves..in. Brilliant. View: https://x.com/lucasaganronald/status/1945611361775505482