Comprehensive Climbers Ranking

[Pozzovivo]

And by what difference was he better, and by what difference was he worse than Pogacar and Vingegaard on those climbs.

On PDB he was closer to Vingegaard's best ever performance than Almeida was to him. For the rest of the climbs the gap was quite small.

 

[Pozzovivo]

I have been very impressed by your work, @Peyresourde , but I strongly disagree with the claim that Evenepoel could have beaten, or even been competitive with, Pogacar and Vingegaard at the 2022 Tour if he had carried his Vuelta 2022 form. As you put it yourself, comparing one specific race to another is not always easy or advisable.


Riders who dropped Evenepoel outright at least once on the final climbs during that Vuelta:
Roglic
Mas
SupermanLopez
Ben O'Connor(!)
Jay Vine
Ayuso
Almeida
C. Rod
Arensman

Can't recall those guys dropping Pog and JV...

 

[Peyresourde]

Evenepoel fans are normally fast to remind you of his crash before Pandera / Sierra Nevada.
Pogacar was also dropped by Bardet and Gaudu on Granon.

All I am saying is that it was the only Tour I would have even given Evenopoel an outsiders shot in some parallel universe (gain some time on non mountain stages, do not crash, profit from tactical games between Vingegaard and Pogacar etc.).

In all other Tours it would have been completely impossible for Evenpoel to do anything with his from of the respective year.

Maybe there is at least 1 person in the world that agrees with me.

 

[Pozzovivo]

Evenepoel fans are normally fast to remind you of his crash before Pandera / Sierra Nevada.
Pogacar was also dropped by Bardet and Gaudu on Granon.

All I am saying is that it was the only Tour I would have even given Evenopoel an outsiders shot in some parallel universe (gain some time on non mountain stages, do not crash, profit from tactical games between Vingegaard and Pogacar etc.).

In all other Tours it would have been completely impossible for Evenpoel to do anything with his from of the respective year.

Maybe there is at least 1 person in the world that agrees with me.

His name: Remco Evenepoel

 

[Pozzovivo]

Pogacar was also dropped by Bardet and Gaudu on Granon

It was the greatest single day of racing I have ever watched