Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

[Ulle97]

The gravel stage and Le Lioran are the next two obstacles for Remco.

Really hoping he doesn't lose time here. Especially to Le Lioran as I think Pogacar will attack here.

 

[AmRacer]

That's 1.
35 to go.

 

[jmdirt]

Nice TT RE!

 

[SHAD0W93]

Great TT by Evenepoel. It’ll be great if he can keep it together in the mountains with Pogacar and Vingegaard possibly fading from the Giro and crash.

 

[Unchained]

Never been this not salty after an Evenepoel win, not gonna lie guys

I have trouble turning over a 52!! Remco riding a 60 tooth chainring!!the guy is an absolute monster.. A human spark plug, and he was up and out of the saddle after every corner to get back on it..his cadence was breathtaking!! Guy rides a bike like he is being chased by people trying to kill him. The race organizers have it down because if they had 30 second splits that race would have been way,way,way better!! My only beef is no Ganna.they should close up the splits so riders see each other and get passed..!!

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

I have trouble turning over a 52!! Remco riding a 60 tooth chainring!!the guy is an absolute monster.. A human spark plug, and he was up and out of the saddle after every corner to get back on it..his cadence was breathtaking!! Guy rides a bike like he is being chased by people trying to kill him. The race organizers have it down because if they had 30 second splits that race would have been way,way,way better!! My only beef is no Ganna.they should close up the splits so riders see each other and get passed..!!

Actually Cassani said on Rai that Remco was riding with a 62, it was all the other GC rider that were using "only" 60.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

The gears each rider was pushing was on the infographic when they rolled down the start platform.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Never been this not salty after an Evenepoel win, not gonna lie guys

How surprising!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

How surprising!

Rick's heart skipped a beat when Evenepoel had his imaginary puncture, already typing "luck merchant"... then quickly hitting backspace.

 

[Billy The Kid]

Great TT by Evenepoel. It’ll be great if he can keep it together in the mountains with Pogacar and Vingegaard possibly fading from the Giro and crash.

Remco was incredible. Such a shame that the organisers did not put a 10-15k longer flat TT. He was absolutely hammering them on the flat roads. What surprised me is that he gained time in the hill on everyone👍He’s still missing some skill in the technical department though, as he lost 2-3 seconds to Poga in the starting city, and probably 5-6 seconds on the downhill. He would have put over a minute on Pog on a 40k flat TT. Is it only me that see signs of fading from Vinge? Remco is closing in on top form, my bet is that Vinge will slowly crack and its possible for Remco to challenge for second place here😉

 

[Miha81]

Can he do the same to Pogi as Pogi did to Rogla in 2020? Now this is a question.

I am looking forward to se what will happen when they hit mountains with steep gradiens.

 

[Berniece]

First goal accomplished. Now focus on the podium. I’m hyped.
If he really aimed to be at his best from week 2 it can happen. I’m guessing they meant starting from this TT he would be 100%.
Just need to reduce his losses if a bad day happens.

I think they meant from stage 14

 

[Extinction]

In a

He gained less than 10 seconds to Pogacar on flat roads... sometimes I don't know why some people write some things without even taking a look to the actual gaps... Pogacar lost 3 seconds in the first time check and lost 6 seconds after the third time check. He gained almost 8 seconds on the climb and lost almost 5 seconds on the descent. Simple right? How did he hammered Pogacar in 18 km of flat roads when he only gained 10 seconds?

In relative sense. Had Remco not lost around 10-12 secs due to cornering and descending he would have won by 23-25 secs or roughly 1 sec per km. If it has been a 40-50 km TT we could have seen possibly 50 secs to a minute gained. But thats's with a perfect technical run. So on the flats Remco was significantly faster.

 

[Extinction]

He gained less than 10 seconds to Pogacar on flat roads... sometimes I don't know why some people write some things without even taking a look to the actual gaps... Pogacar lost 3 seconds in the first time check and lost 6 seconds after the third time check. He gained almost 8 seconds on the climb and lost almost 5 seconds on the descent. Simple right? How did he hammered Pogacar in 18 km of flat roads when he only gained 10 seconds?

In a relative sense. Had Remco not lost around 10-12 secs due to cornering and descending he would have won by 23-25 secs or roughly 1 sec per km. If it has been a 40-50 km TT we could have seen possibly 50 secs to a minute gained. But thats's with a perfect technical run. So on the flats Remco was significantly faster.

 

[AmRacer]

In a relative sense. Had Remco not lost around 10-12 secs due to cornering and descending he would have won by 23-25 secs or roughly 1 sec per km. If it has been a 40-50 km TT we could have seen possibly 50 secs to a minute gained. But thats's with a perfect technical run. So on the flats Remco was significantly faster.

Had, Rog, Pog and Jonas...

 

[Sciatic]

I have trouble turning over a 52!! Remco riding a 60 tooth chainring!!the guy is an absolute monster.. A human spark plug, and he was up and out of the saddle after every corner to get back on it..his cadence was breathtaking!! Guy rides a bike like he is being chased by people trying to kill him. The race organizers have it down because if they had 30 second splits that race would have been way,way,way better!! My only beef is no Ganna.they should close up the splits so riders see each other and get passed..!!

Beautiful to watch!

 

[AmRacer]

In a

In relative sense. Had Remco not lost around 10-12 secs due to cornering and descending he would have won by 23-25 secs or roughly 1 sec per km. If it has been a 40-50 km TT we could have seen possibly 50 secs to a minute gained. But thats's with a perfect technical run. So on the flats Remco was significantly faster.

Had Jonas, Rog and Pog...

 

[Extinction]

Had Jonas, Rog and Pog...

Right, had they gone faster they would have beaten Remco.

 

[Peyroteo94]

In a relative sense. Had Remco not lost around 10-12 secs due to cornering and descending he would have won by 23-25 secs or roughly 1 sec per km. If it has been a 40-50 km TT we could have seen possibly 50 secs to a minute gained. But thats's with a perfect technical run. So on the flats Remco was significantly faster.

This is not Zwift, this is road racing. Cornering is part of the game.

 

[Billy The Kid]

He gained less than 10 seconds to Pogacar on flat roads... sometimes I don't know why some people write some things without even taking a look to the actual gaps... Pogacar lost 3 seconds in the first time check and lost 6 seconds after the third time check. He gained almost 8 seconds on the climb and lost almost 5 seconds on the descent. Simple right? How did he hammered Pogacar in 18 km of flat roads when he only gained 10 seconds?

Ok, maybe i was a bit overenthusiastic😅 But, you have to remember that he lost 5-10 seconds on the flat run in(time and flow) in this «fake» puncture/jumping back wheel situation and still Pog lost time the last 4-5k..I am still quite sure that Pog would have lost around 1,5-2s per k on a flat TT to Remco!

 

[Berflamand]

Belgian Champion TT
European Champion TT
World Champion TT

Vuelta TT win
Giro TT win
Tour TT win

Only Olympics TT left. If he manages to win that this year, at age 24 he will have completed basically all there is to win as a TT rider.

Impressive.

 

[KenFiamingo]

Belgian Champion TT
European Champion TT
World Champion TT

Vuelta TT win
Giro TT win
Tour TT win

Only Olympics TT left. If he manages to win that this year, at age 24 he will have completed basically all there is to win as a TT rider.

Impressive.

Add the world hour record to the to-do list as well.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

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[QueenStagiaire]

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Remco Evenepol?

 

[velaso montador]

Im gonne keep saying it untill its done. This guy gonne have his best GT ever this tour and im all here for it. Way to go brilliant ride nothing but respect for the way he rides, panache and talent is hard not to enjoy.

Allez Remco