European Championship 2025: Men’s RR, October 5

[Salvarani]

Skujins doing a good race again here

Great form atm

 

[Red Rick]

Losing time every time the road goes uphill. I'm sure the people find a way to spin that.

 

[ChasingPotatoes]

Remco is the best time trialist in the world, so there should still be hope, right?

Remco is showing some resilience, but this is the end of a hard race so freshness in the legs matters more, and Pog, being no slouch in a TT, is simply unbeatable after he cracked his direct competition.

 

[bah]

Bah 😁

You don't rate Remco, right? Why's it a big deal if Pogi beats him? there was never even a question of the end result.

 

[Brullnux]

haha, probably no
she pronounces Val d'Enfer as "Enver". it's probably do to her opposite way of pronouncing the V as F in Dutch, so she does it the other way around

She keeps talking about how great circuit races are and how they'll start replacing point A->B races...

 

[dobrien]

I don't think this is true, it will be hard for sure for VDP to follow him (he'll almost certainly win if he does) but I don't see it as impossible; he did crash and allegedly have a sub-optimal preparation this year. I give him at least the next 2-3 years with a chance to win Flanders.

I see VDP being able to compete with him for the next 2-3 years at PR, but I think Pog will smoke him at De Ronde; of course I hope I'm wrong, but Pog is 3.5 years younger than Mathieu and VDP is right at the age where that is going to start to matter when it comes to explosiveness. I just don't see anyone touching this version of Tadej come the last Kwaremont/Paterberg.

 

[Berniece]

Losing time every time the road goes uphill. I'm sure the people find a way to spin that.

Saving energy for the flat sections, obviously

 

[AlpRaid]

without pog, remco would be doing those usual remco solos of yore. just now there's this guy who simply puts out more watts/kg. really that simple.

 

[Red Rick]

Lol just give the man some more motodraft he really needs it.

 

[ChasingPotatoes]

Fun fact: without Pog the race would be as boring with Remco soloing. We can only have exciting, close-knit races when both are absent.

 

[RedheadDane]

Apparently there are only 17 riders left in the race.

 

[AmRacer]

Fun fact: without Pog the race would be as boring with Remco soloing. We can only have exciting, close-knit races when both are absent.

But Toro wins such races.

 

[Red Rick]

Fun fact: without Pog the race would be as boring with Remco soloing. We can only have exciting, close-knit races when both are absent.

This is basically objectively falsifiable as Evenepoel only got away 2 laps later than Pogacar.

 

[ChasingPotatoes]

Apparently there are only 17 riders left in the race.

This is Sallanches all over again.

 

[KoopaCycling]

commentators also unable to keep hinting at stuff, then not wanting to be penalised/called out for their words, taking them back a couple of sec later...

 

[AmRacer]

This is basically objectively falsifiable as Evenepoel only got away 2 laps later than Pogacar.

Still a long solo

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Losing time every time the road goes uphill. I'm sure the people find a way to spin that.

Funny is how you keep spinning your agenda about Evenepoel losing time uphil since 2019, except for the fact that he is going faster than everybody except one guy.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Apparently there are only 17 riders left in the race.

I've heard that races must be called off if less/fewer than 25% of the starters are left.

 

[AmRacer]

Funny is how you keep spinning your agenda about Evenepoel losing time uphil since 2019, except for the fact that he is going faster than everybody except one guy.

You must beat them all.

 

[ChasingPotatoes]

This is basically objectively falsifiable as Evenepoel only got away 2 laps later than Pogacar.

Evenepoel could have easily solo'd from where he blew up trying to following Pog, if Pog wasn't there. He wouldn't have blown up either.

 

[moljoh]

Remco gained on me today, an alien chasing an uber alien

 

[KoopaCycling]

Props to evenepoel. i hope him and MVDP can keep up the good fight, and hopefully like MVDP beat him from time to time.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Maybe if you move to another team but bring all the same guys and trainers with you might end up with a different result next year!

 

[Salvarani]

You must beat them all.

There are also numerous races where he hasnt climbed the best, with no Pog or Vinge in the race. So I dont follow that.

He can climb good when he is prepared, but more often than not he does not do it on a consistent basis.

 

[KZD]

Seixas dropping Ayuso is such a beautiful sight.