Itzulia Basque Country 2022 April 4-9

[Lequack]

Remco the professional lead out man. Move over Morkov.

 

[search]

Nice teamwork but honestly if Remco is serious about being a GC rider he needs to stop doing stuff like this

he isn't. He said that he sees this as a 3rd week of his training camp. A GC result on top would be a bonus.

 

[Boes]

Remco is not longer a Belgian Simon Spilak?

He is now a Belgian Giovanni Lombardi

Remco is the new Gert Steegmans sounds like a thing now

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Remco is the new Gert Steegmans sounds like a thing now

Wouldn't even be surprised if his first GT stage win ends up coming from drifting off the front at a kilometre to go in a Vuelta sprint stage later this year.

 

[Ranagazoo]

Why?

Riding GC you've got to hide and save as much as possible, these high effort bursts add up by the time the big mountains come.

If he's using this race as training for Ardennes then fair enough, it makes sense to test himself.

 

[Escarabajo]

Nice teamwork but honestly if Remco is serious about being a GC rider he needs to stop doing stuff like this

Doing things like this will do nothing to hurt any quest that he has. It give him fitness, confidence, is fun, respect and appreciation by his peers. There are more positive than negatives. The only thing that could be risky is a crash. But by how fast he goes it is actually safer to be number one of the group!
If he was the number 1 favorite then I would question this but not really in his case.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

I wished Ruiz of Kern Pharma would win this. He was strong.

And I thought afterwards, „Let Ala and Remco have their fun here, before they get destroyed in the Ardennes!“…

Probably, in LBL, Remco dropped by UAE with 40kms to go, Ala dropped by Pog with 20kms to go…

 

[Eclipse]

Doing things like this will do nothing to hurt any quest that he has. It give him fitness, confidence, is fun, respect and appreciation by his peers. There are more positive than negatives. The only thing that could be risky is a crash. But by how fast he goes it is actually safer to be number one of the group!
If he was the number 1 favorite then I would question this but not really in his case.

The only thing a rider of his abilities shouldn't be doing is posting up in the middle of a sprint lol

 

[Sciatic]

I wished Ruiz of Kern Pharma would win this. He was strong.

And I thought afterwards, „Let Ala and Remco have their fun here, before they get destroyed in the Ardennes!“…

Probably, in LBL, Remco dropped by UAE with 40kms to go, Ala dropped by Pog with 20kms to go…

Of course, Pogacar’s form never seems to drop much, but for any other rider I would say that the (almost) 3 weeks from now till LBL is a long time to hold top form. We’ll see.

 

[AlfaLum]

Of course, Pogacar’s form never seems to drop much, but for any other rider I would say that the (almost) 3 weeks from now till LBL is a long time to hold top form. We’ll see.

Who says Pogacar has been in top form?

 

[kingjr]

Evenepoel is going to be a world class lead out man.

The new Bradley McGee

 

[Lequack]

Man behind the camera: "congrats for winning, here is your reward"

 

[Lequack]

And poor Ruiz Ibon, getting caught with just 300m to go to the line Would have been his first pro win.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1511368563814191120

View: https://twitter.com/EqKernPharma/status/1511368563814191120?s=20&t=Qe4q3eXGUMDLeWtKMW4_Nw

 

[Salvarani]

Remco the professional lead out man. Move over Morkov.

Great that they have found the successor.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I wished Ruiz of Kern Pharma would win this. He was strong.

And I thought afterwards, „Let Ala and Remco have their fun here, before they get destroyed in the Ardennes!“…

Probably, in LBL, Remco dropped by UAE with 40kms to go, Ala dropped by Pog with 20kms to go…

Masnada can follow

 

[Sciatic]

Who says Pogacar has been in top form?

Good point. I’m pretty sure he made Ronde a race to focus on this year.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Masnada can follow

No doubt about this…

Masnada showed at last year‘s Lombardia that he‘s QS‘s new #1 rider for the hilly one-day-races

 

[Bonimenier]

No doubt about this…

Masnada showed at last year‘s Lombardia that he‘s QS‘s new #1 rider for the hilly one-day-races

And he easily won the biggest stage race of this year, the Tour of Oman!

 

[Ricco']

And poor Ruiz Ibon, getting caught with just 300m to go to the line Would have been his first pro win.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1511368563814191120

View: https://twitter.com/EqKernPharma/status/1511368563814191120?s=20&t=Qe4q3eXGUMDLeWtKMW4_Nw

Is he pharmaceutical as a university student or does the team calls all his riders that because they are sponsored by a pharmaceutical company?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Is he pharmaceutical as a university student or does the team calls all his riders that because they are sponsored by a pharmaceutical company?

I'm not sure, but <¡Increíble actuación del farmacéutico!> is not the slogan that the team or the rider really need or want, one hopes.

 

[jmdirt]

Nice kick by JA!

 

[Red Rick]

Just saw the final km.

Very bad positioning by Roglic.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

And he easily won the biggest stage race of this year, the Tour of Oman!

Exactly…

Sadly, Masnada is not expected to ride the Ardennes. His next race obviously is the Giro.

QS for Liege are Remco, Ala, Devenyns, Serry, Bagioli and Vansevenant. The last spot, IMHO, should go to Masnada - at least to reward his performance of Lombardia 2021, where he saved QS‘s day.

 

[Newcomer]

And he easily won the biggest stage race of this year, the Tour of Oman!

Except for, well, he didn't

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Except for, well, he didn't

True, I forgot about Hirt, too… Sorry