Ok. Haven't seen that one. Anyway, I don't think it's an insult, just an opinion. No more, no less.
Ok. First time I see this. Nothing wrong with that. As I wrote before.
Well, did he ? What Evenepoel, the more Pogacar, the neutral cycling enthusiast and experts have established. But at the same time some experts and Evenepoel himself agreed it was a (permissible, risky) tactic of Vingegaard and his team. Not a nice one, but...
It’s a very mild insult, but if I made such a comment here about a poster, it would be deleted. Because it is an insult.
Do you mean I'm insulting a poster? Not my intention. I just mean that if Vingegaard or fans of Vingegaard feel insulted by the expression Remco is using, than they are very sensitive. I hate this woke era where you need to reconsider everything you say or write.
What is the problem with using the wellknow "having balls" with regard to top sport ? I hope that those remarks are not coming from puritans [[content deleted]]
Would he have gained time on Remco and Pog, probably his main contenders, if he worked together with them? No, unless one of them punctured. Instead, it would have been a big risk, maybe a new puncture or a Pog attack he couldn't follow.
Don't think if was about if Vinge dared or not. Vinge and Visma LAB had a plan and followed it. That's why I think Remco's word don't really capture what is was about. But like I said, it's an interview, words pops out of your mouth, I'm not getting worked up about it.
Cycling is missing some smack talk. At least we have something to talk about with Remco's interviews.
Absolutely. Having had an almost career ending crash should not be communicated as having no balls. There is no grain of sportsmanship in that. I fully understand its perhaps taken out of context but it says something about him i belive. But Remco will of course not last in the weeks coming up. That's my relief. Small dog syndrome!
If this is true, if he is talking about his own attack, I will eat my own words and apologize! I am also a bit fast on the keyboard today.
What does his crash have to do with it? It's not that he was scared of falling, he was scared of being isolated and being dropped by Pogacar, and thus losing time. Which is understandable btw, just boring way of riding the bike.
It's cycling, not a bridal shower. It's hard language for a hard sport of hard men. In this sense it's totally appropriate.
Umm, just to point out its was posted multiple time just in this thread.
Insulting an entire country is not helping yo make your point.
His recovery of 2020 ? So, short after his crash in Lombardia ? What are you talking about ? It was all about what he did after his crash in april this year, his shape and weight at the start of the Dauphiné and his finetuning after the Dauphiné. All related to what went wrong just before the Giro 21 (So, not short after his Lombardiacrash in 2020). I kept writing Evenepoel wasn't ready for the 2021 Giro and that they also used a wrong method then. By forcing him to lose too much weight without a solid conditional basis. With all its consequences. But that had nothing to do with the actual situation, nor with his weight today. The same weight, or 0,5 kg more (or less) then at the start of the Giro 21.That is of no importance, also because we do not know exactly how much he weighed and weights at this moment. We can only make an estimate based on his body shape and face. But that won't be far from reality.
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