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Because you think he’s comfortably second (not first or third) meaning he has good chances of finishing the Tour in second whether he prioritizes it or not, whereas if he does the Gito he might get that on top of second?

Tough call. I don’t see him being eclipsed in GTs by the riding riders within the next two years but a lot can change in two years. I’d probably go all in on Tour again and might as well ride the Vuelta again. Then ride the Giro in 2027. I don’t think k he should throw in the towel against...

I agree. I think even if he never wins the Tour, he will win so much that Red Bull will feel this was a big win for them. He is going to generate a ton of publicity through big solos, classics wins, and at least contention in GTs, not to mention spectacular collapses and histrionics. He will...

Ok my mistake. He dropped massively on the technical part then held his one once it became a power descent into a headwind. I don’t think that changes anything. I’ll let it go after this comment, since it’s a waste of time, but this stage should not be used as evidence that Remco can climb as...

I can’t decide if you’re arguing just to argue or if you’re being serious. This whole dumb discussion is around climbing skills and whether Remco has proven he can climb with or better than Vingegaard. Cookster stated that Remco gained time on Vingegaard on the Galibier and cited it as an...

The argument was that on Galibier Remco climbed better than Vingegaard; so who got to the top of the hill first matters. If Remco could have held on, he would have.

After posting this, this morning I saw this article, which reinforces what I mean. https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/would-tadej-pogacar-win-on-a-bike-from-10-years-ago-luke-rowe-says-no-chance/

Yeah Remco’s inconsistency in GTs and temperament probably cause some, perhaps me included, to underrate him. I do struggle with how to assess recent climbing performances. Everyone talks about Pogacar’s leap in performance, which isn’t wrong, but what’s glossed over is the fact that everyone...

Didnt he drop Remco and everyone else on the Galibier and just get clawed back on the flat?

Because he hasn’t actually won much at all yet. He has 3 total professional wins. He’s right there with Oscar Onley, who has 2. Remco has 67, Roglic has 91. Hell, Lenny Martinez has 10 wins. I get that looking ahead isn’t about palmares, which is backward looking, but it’s unusual for someone to...

I agree somewhat with this. If he is committed to winning the Tour someday as his #1 goal, he’s should ride two GTs this year, but he will likely not get the results he wants immediately. It will facilitate a shift in his strengths in the direction he needs, though. I also agree that everyone...

Remco should not do two GTs IMO. Pick one and go all in. MSR, Ardennes, LBL, RVV, Tour I think. Plus try to get a win in a weeklong stage race. I’d skip the Giro if the profile is as climby as rumored and Vingegaard is going. Better to get prestigious classics wins and battle for second/third in...

Absolutely no reason for Lipowitz to do Giro + Tour. He’d probably come in undercooked to the Giro out of some misguided notion that he can win it still and peak for Tour, but instead he just get his doors blown off in two GTs. Pick one and go all in. Pick a one week and target a victory, which...

What they wrote there seems reasonable to me, but they put him behind BOC as a Tour contender. Now that’s just a bridge too far. I wouldn’t put him behind Lipowitz, Ayuso, Onley, Del Toro, or Seixad either, but trajectories and all that. BOC on the other hand??? Come on

There are some terrible takes in here. Lipowitz could / should definitely get better next year given his age and inexperience, but he is really overrating his performance to elevate him over Remco and Roglic. And saying that Lipowitz last year was better than Roglic has ever been at his peak is...