Oh yeah, he was.On the positive side today he will likely be standing in front of Colbrelli when doing the side shots.
He was also the first to know that they had to turn to the side while the music was playing.
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Oh yeah, he was.On the positive side today he will likely be standing in front of Colbrelli when doing the side shots.
+11I saw up thread some asking what Evenepoel should have done differently.
When he got away with Colbrelli and Cosnefroy it was clear fairly early that they weren't going to work with him. Cosnefroy was shaking his head the first time he was asked to come through and Colbrelli had no reason to ride with Trentin as plan B behind. At that point Evenepoel should have stopped riding at least until Pogacar and Hirschi bridged up to them, which would have changed the dynamic of the group and made Colbrelli's task less simple. But instead he ploughed on.
People often talk about cycling being poker on wheels and Evenepoel seems to go 'all-in' the first decent hand/break he gets, betting like he's Jeff Bezos. He races as though he always has a pair of Aces without considering what anyone else might have. Sometimes he's got to be willing to fold a decent hand and save his chips for a better one. He needs to analyse the situation and what hands others are holding. At the moment he's one dimensional and over confident and everyone else knows it. (I would say the polar opposite is Roglic who seems to read moves brilliantly)
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EC road race 🥈😢 - Remco Evenepoel's 176.6 km bike ride
Remco E. rode 176.6 km on Sep 12, 2021.www.strava.com
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423W (~7 W/kg) for 6:16 on the last climb.
hinault was/is also very popular. That’s my point.Sure.
But whats your point? You can be a *** and be successful? There is a lot of those people in the world.
I actually don't think so. He broke Cosnefroy, Pogacar and Hirschi on a climb, normally he should be able to break Colbrelli as well. It's just that Colbrelli was super-super-strong. You said he should've gambled a bit. He did. He bet that Colbrelli would fold, which was the right bet, in my eyes.I saw up thread some asking what Evenepoel should have done differently.
When he got away with Colbrelli and Cosnefroy it was clear fairly early that they weren't going to work with him. Cosnefroy was shaking his head the first time he was asked to come through and Colbrelli had no reason to ride with Trentin as plan B behind. At that point Evenepoel should have stopped riding at least until Pogacar and Hirschi bridged up to them, which would have changed the dynamic of the group and made Colbrelli's task less simple. But instead he ploughed on.
People often talk about cycling being poker on wheels and Evenepoel seems to go 'all-in' the first decent hand/break he gets, betting like he's Jeff Bezos. He races as though he always has a pair of Aces without considering what anyone else might have. Sometimes he's got to be willing to fold a decent hand and save his chips for a better one. He needs to analyse the situation and what hands others are holding. At the moment he's one dimensional and over confident and everyone else knows it. (I would say the polar opposite is Roglic who seems to read moves brilliantly)
I don't know, on the one hand I agree, in a more complex tactical situation there might have been a chaos element he could have profited from... on the other hand, no. He's such a bad sprinter, this one wasn't even so bad (or Colbrelli didn't go all out)... anyway, Colbrelli was always one of the biggest favourites with a strong sprint, and if Pogacar and Hirschi and Cosnefroy and Trentin would have been up there as well Evenepoel would very likely not have ended up on the podium but been last of the group because they are simply better sprinters than him, all of them. There really wasn't much he could have done, except for going a lot earlier and hoping that nobody can hang on -I saw up thread some asking what Evenepoel should have done differently.
When he got away with Colbrelli and Cosnefroy it was clear fairly early that they weren't going to work with him. Cosnefroy was shaking his head the first time he was asked to come through and Colbrelli had no reason to ride with Trentin as plan B behind. At that point Evenepoel should have stopped riding at least until Pogacar and Hirschi bridged up to them, which would have changed the dynamic of the group and made Colbrelli's task less simple. But instead he ploughed on.
People often talk about cycling being poker on wheels and Evenepoel seems to go 'all-in' the first decent hand/break he gets, betting like he's Jeff Bezos. He races as though he always has a pair of Aces without considering what anyone else might have. Sometimes he's got to be willing to fold a decent hand and save his chips for a better one. He needs to analyse the situation and what hands others are holding. At the moment he's one dimensional and over confident and everyone else knows it. (I would say the polar opposite is Roglic who seems to read moves brilliantly)
You can't gamble on breaking Colbrelli on a climb these days, but there wasn't much else he could do.I actually don't think so. He broke Cosnefroy, Pogacar and Hirschi on a climb, normally he should be able to break Colbrelli as well. It's just that Colbrelli was super-super-strong. You said he should've gambled a bit. He did. He bet that Colbrelli would fold, which was the right bet, in my eyes.
Colbrelli in this level is so strong candidate for the rainbow jersey..I actually don't think so. He broke Cosnefroy, Pogacar and Hirschi on a climb, normally he should be able to break Colbrelli as well. It's just that Colbrelli was super-super-strong. You said he should've gambled a bit. He did. He bet that Colbrelli would fold, which was the right bet, in my eyes.
Everything is fine then.hinault was/is also very popular. That’s my point.
Bit extreme way to look at it.I guess some people would rather have a peloton of 200 riders with the charisma of a pencil instead of riders with character and emotions.
hmm. That’s not exactly what I was intimating. But no matter.Everything is fine then.
let’s just call it the “Bahrain” level.Colbrelli in this level is so strong candidate for the rainbow jersey..
Im just struggling to follow the correlation to what I said in the first place and what you are saying with bringing up Hinault.hmm. That’s not exactly what I was intimating. But no matter.
Well against anyone really. Remco's only way to win these sort of races is to come home alone. That gives very few tactical options to play with.You can't gamble on breaking Colbrelli on a climb these days, but there wasn't much else he could do.
But it also makes it very easy. Just ride a bit faster next time.Well against anyone really. Remco's only way to win these sort of races is to come home alone. That gives very few tactical options to play with.
He has won plenty of times that way and he will probably win a bunch of times more that way.Well against anyone really. Remco's only way to win these sort of races is to come home alone. That gives very few tactical options to play with.
Absolutely, but because of that, it makes all this multiple page discussion about his tactics a bit pointless. And it also actually makes his frustration and gestures even more pointless. His only real tactic available just didn't work today.He has won plenty of times that way and he will probably win a bunch of times more that way.
I mean, it wont work every time but probably enough times to have an awesome palmares if healthy over a long career.