European Championship 2025: Men’s RR, October 5

[kingjr]

Maybe we wanted to see more proof, but today this rider convinced me. The French have a big star on their country. I hope they don't pressure him like they have done with the others.

I'm sure they won't

 

[tigabara]

Remco is very strong. There is a hope he can challenge Tadej one day. MSR maybe...

 

[Danskebjerge]

I'm a bit surprised to see that the European champion only gets 250 UCI points, while you get 300 UCI points for winning a race like Copenhagen Sprint. I would have expected UCI to favour the European Championships more.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

What a boring race

 

[pastronef]

what a ride by Seixas. wow! attacks and attacks. very happy for him and Decathlon and all the French Decath haters

 

[RedheadDane]

Pogi would’ve doubled Vingo today if they are obligated to do the whole race.

In some cases, I think it's more like they're not allowed to do the whole race.
Organisers probably don't want riders getting lapped.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Remco is very strong. There is a hope he can challenge Tadej one day. MSR maybe...

Remco should definitely do MSR, which is the most unpredictable monument. He has a shot in the final 2-3 km.

 

[fenns]

17 finishers

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Big win for Wenzel in the race of the Small States of Europe.

 

[AlpRaid]

wonder if remco can be under 3 mins behind at Lombardia -- improvement on last year at least.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

wonder if remco can be under 3 mins behind at Lombardia -- improvement on last year at least.

He's definitely much better than last year. I would think a gap under 2 minutes is likely.

 

[houtdffan]

The two aliens do not even look tired on the podium

 

[pastronef]

The two aliens do not even look tired on the podium

Pog's got red eyes

 

[Rou]

How about we rename the Belgian talent to "Buffco". The guy looks ripped compared to Pogacar.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

what a ride by Seixas. wow! attacks and attacks. very happy for him and Decathlon and all the French Decath haters

The only interesting thing in the entire race.

 

[Cycling111]

17 finishers

No matter how many riders finish, Skujins will always be top5 with his Latvian jersey.

 

[Red Rick]

He's definitely much better than last year. I would think a gap under 2 minutes is likely.

Depends heavily on where Pogacar wants to go. The parcours is extremely different from the Euro's, and he did lose time on all the uphills today.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Depends heavily on where Pogacar wants to go. The parcours is extremely different from the Euro's, and he did lose time on all the uphills today.

Pogacar last year gained about a minute on the decisive climb. I think he'll gain about the same on Ganda this year and will up his advantage later but not as much as last year: Evenepoel looks stronger and I'm not expecting him to fade as much. My final gap prediction is 1'30''-2'00''.

 

[Unchained]

I'm sure they won't

Who needs French pressure.. I watched in English and Spanish and the TNT female announcing that precious Prince Paul will be neck and neck with Pogacar in a year.. Guy is still a teenager and the weight of the world already on his shoulders

 

[Unchained]

half expect to see del toro sprinting just to beat ayuso.

Del Toro in Italy assisting on Yates win

 

[rallybanana]

I'm a bit surprised to see that the European champion only gets 250 UCI points, while you get 300 UCI points for winning a race like Copenhagen Sprint. I would have expected UCI to favour the European Championships more.

All continental championships get the same points. So if you increase points for the European Championships you would also have to increase for the Oceania road race for example.

 

[Unchained]

Ayuso FTW, his best at WCs

In Mexican lexicon they use bonbon..that means marshmallow.. The guy is soft and Trek can't fix that.. Ayuso was looking around and you could see he was sitting up..

 

[kingjr]

Who needs French pressure.. I watched in English and Spanish and the TNT female announcing that precious Prince Paul will be neck and neck with Pogacar in a year.. Guy is still a teenager and the weight of the world already on his shoulders

In 2 years they'll be calling him goat, in 4 years he'll be washed.

 

[dobrien]

Yeah, I agree age is in favour of Pog, but we're just on slightly part of the scale otherwise. I see Pog with basically no chance of dropping VDP at PR (without smth happening to him ofc) the next 2 years, and then give him maybe a 5% chance in the sprint.

I'm no blind fanboy of Pog at all, but seeing how he rode this year in his first outing, I would absolutely give Pog a very solid chance of dropping VDP at PR. All conjecture until next spring of course!

 

[Hugh Januss]

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

So another 20 minutes of suspense?