Paris-Nice 2024, March 3-10

[Ilmaestro99]

It was obviously a joke. Otherwise he'd have worse eyesight than Alex Zülle, or Biniam Girmay after opening a bottle of Champagne.

Wow maybe you are right. I just wanted to be a keyboard warrior about remco because I spent all day today mocking Roglic, and I need people to understand that I am the forum's unbiased poster who always gives balanced analyses

 

[Netserk]

Remco... he did well as in: control it, but don't force it.

Using Vervaeke to launch Plapp is control?

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

I love watching the forum overreact to preparation races. Yes, Roglic and Remco weren’t the best but they aren’t supposed to be right now.

 

[Netserk]

More than 90 for sure. I thought it was a stupidly high odds but unfortunately I am too much of a chicken to actually have put my house (which I don't have) on the line.

His odds was 1.8.

And what are those numbers? Something random or an actual formula?

Kelly criterion - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Escarabajo]

Missed opportunity by Remco. Not sure what he was waiting for. Maybe he wasn't feeling good either, but certainly better than Roglic.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wow maybe you are right. I just wanted to be a keyboard warrior about remco because I spent all day today mocking Roglic, and I need people to understand that I am the forum's unbiased poster who always gives balanced analyses

I'm not sure I'll fully believe you're impartial before I see you diss Masnada

 

[Elos Anjos]

For now I'm only interested in exploring if the following point holds while not confusing it with another alibi or excuse - a la Remco thread - to postpone his glory to the future: Rogic shift to Bora may well - due to a different work environment, team, coaches, bicycle set, nutrition - justify his current (lack) of form.

 

[DNP-Old]

I love watching the forum overreact to preparation races. Yes, Roglic and Remco weren’t the best but they aren’t supposed to be right now.

I don't think anyone here believes this is some sort of fortune cookie for the Tour, but it is however very funny to see people stock up on copium.

 

[SHAD0W93]

I love watching the forum overreact to preparation races. Yes, Roglic and Remco weren’t the best but they aren’t supposed to be right now.

Roll and CVV, they’re still trying to figure out what happened and how the breakaway didn’t get caught.

 

[topcat]

Wow maybe you are right. I just wanted to be a keyboard warrior about remco because I spent all day today mocking Roglic, and I need people to understand that I am the forum's unbiased poster who always gives balanced analyses

I also do not discriminate. I'll happily bash any rider.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

For now I'm only interested in exploring if the following point holds while not confusing it with another alibi or excuse - a la Remco thread - to postpone his glory to the future: Rogic shift to Bora may well - due to a different work environment, team, coaches, bicycle set, nutrition - justify his current (lack) of form.

I love watching the forum overreact to preparation races. Yes, Roglic and Remco weren’t the best but they aren’t supposed to be right now.

Maybe you both are right, but overreacting to prep races is like 90% of the fun of being a cycling fan

 

[Salvarani]

Remco thought no one was in front, that's why he was going so easy. Everything is fine.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765403809767989719

View: https://twitter.com/ParisNice/status/1765403809767989719?s=20

It is always interesting to see and hear what he comes up with after every race.

The almighty has spoken! His word is law.

 

[Escarabajo]

Remco thought no one was in front, that's why he was going so easy. Everything is fine.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1765403809767989719

View: https://twitter.com/ParisNice/status/1765403809767989719?s=20

You can't make this **t up!!
Seriously?

 

[scribers]

Any of these guys wants to win Paris nice. Not enough the bust their tour chances, yes. But these are well contested races

 

[Rackham]

To be fair remco did say that he will do a slow spring build without altitude training and will only go for peak form at Liege. Roglic meanwhile just came from Teide and has been absolutely flying at this point in the season for the last 5 years

Really? You clearly weren't following Tirreno last year where the strong head wind was invoked as the only reason Rog wasn't dropped on the first real MTF. Or back in 2022 when Van Aert 'saved' Rog's Paris-Nice win.

So no. Rog is just Rog. It's impossible to draw conclusions about anything right now (other than the fact the TTT was terrible).

 

[Tim Cahill]

I love watching the forum overreact to preparation races. Yes, Roglic and Remco weren’t the best but they aren’t supposed to be right now.

To be fair if Roglic had won here there would be posters on his thread calling for a national holiday in Slovenia. Evenepoel winning would change nothing, he could've put 3 minutes into everyone on this stage and his doomer fans would still be calling for his coach to be sacked because he'd turned up to the race 200 grams overweight.

 

[AmRacer]

Poggi has such a strong team, he just telling them how to race.

 

[jmdirt]

I have a slightly different take on the massive Visma helmet to-do. Many sports nowadays build fan base and marketing development by highlighting the sport’s stars in visual and print promotions/media attention. I don’t really like the “star-making” push because it diminishes audience understanding of the team elements. But it is apparently what sells and “grows” a market. The more we get giant helmets, especially with full visors, and Yates-type giant sunglasses, it lessens fans and potential new audiences ability to see the riders. It’s true that other sports like the NFL have full helmets and visors, but players spend half the game on the sidelines with their helmets off and the cameras on them.

The TT/TTT is a tiny % of days so I don't see TT helmets really interfering with fan recognition.

 

[Offline]

Remco saying UAE did weird tactics?
To me Soudal did the weird tactics here... Yes UAE was in yellow, but lets be honest it's Remco's race to lose not McNulty's.
And for Almeida it was all about not lose too much to Remco today, not a ideal Almeida stage.

 

[Netserk]

Remco saying UAE did weird tactics?
To me Soudal did the weird tactics here... Yes UAE was in yellow, but lets be honest it's Remco's race to lose not McNulty's.
And for Almeida it was all about not lose too much to Remco today, not a ideal Almeida stage.

He always expects the competition to cooperate with him. May it come down to who is the strongest only.

 

[Froome]

Another day with another excuse by remco, a bit disrespectful to say that to Plap.

Does remco actually ever know what is happening on the road?

I don't know if it was a joke or not today, but taking an example of yesterday, he should learn to keep his mouth shut after the stages when he is emotionally more "nervous".

 

[DNP-Old]

Remco saying UAE did weird tactics?
To me Soudal did the weird tactics here... Yes UAE was in yellow, but lets be honest it's Remco's race to lose not McNulty's.
And for Almeida it was all about not lose too much to Remco today, not a ideal Almeida stage.

While I don't disagree with that, you don't think it is weird for UAE to use Vine to chase after Plappers and Buitrago, only to have Vine drop back in that group, only to start chasing again with Vine after the lead of aforementioned two increased by 20 seconds?

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

To be fair remco did say that he will do a slow spring build without altitude training and will only go for peak form at Liege. Roglic meanwhile just came from Teide and has been absolutely flying at this point in the season for the last 5 years

Really? I thought he had done altitude before this race, cause i saw his photo with MvdP and i thought he was at altitude to prepare the classics. Where does Remco goeas to altitude to anyway?

 

[bNator]

Remco saying UAE did weird tactics?
To me Soudal did the weird tactics here... Yes UAE was in yellow, but lets be honest it's Remco's race to lose not McNulty's.
And for Almeida it was all about not lose too much to Remco today, not a ideal Almeida stage.

They were weird to an extent. UAE had more riders and Almeida has a serious chance IMO. Not only that, it’s far more likely for Almeida to defend his lead than to gain an advantage…

 

[Offline]

While I don't disagree with that, you don't think it is weird for UAE to use Vine to chase after Plappers and Buitrago, only to have Vine drop back in that group, only to start chasing again with Vine after the lead of aforementioned two increased by 20 seconds?

Vine shouldn't had pulled at all, but followed Plapp. That would had been the smart move when you have more leaders.
But good tactics don't make bad legs good. I just don't think Vine had the legs tbh. And when UAE sent Vine to the front to pull Plapp and Buitrago and was clearing losing. Remco should had used Van Wilder.
After the TTT I was 100% sure Remco would win the GC. Now I'm not so sure. So for me Remco is the loser of today.