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

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Evenepoel is a fighter, well deserved 3rd.

Super TTer, climber, and hard fighter - glad his terrible fall from the Lombardy bridge is behind him, and he‘s back to his best.

He can win the Tour in future times, no doubt.
 
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red_flanders said:
But if you account for the injury, you're kinda seeing Evenepoel at 23 or so, with his palmares. Crazy. But Pog is just a freakazoid...

I would be surprised at this point if Remco doesn't find himself to at least 1 Tour win.
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Maybe I'm overly negative but I'd describe Evenepoel's Tour as bittersweet.

'Sweet' because he's shown he's absolutely a top tier climber in the TdF. He destroyed Carlos Rodriguez today. It was very impressive (some doubted he could do it). He's not fading either, in fact he seems better now than he was on the Galibier. Add his ITT superiority on top of that & you get a really, really good GT rider.

But it's also 'bitter' because there are two riders above him. Not just slightly above but seriously in a little world of their own. The worst part for Evenepoel is they're only 25 & 27 years old.

Evenepoel is now in the same situation Roglič was in, i.e. he needs something to happen to both of these guys to win the Tour. Otherwise he's going to be riding around France finishing third for five years straight.
 
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Hopefully we all (myself included) didn't jump too much down your throat. Keep posting!
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Of course not! I have great respect for Remco, him having also similarities with Rogla (who I am a fan of), changing the sport and so on.
In contrast to our country though, the expectiations for a Belgian rider are astronomical, and that can be a great burden and an unfair one. Funny that from now on the expectations of a Slovenian rider will be much greater as well, so we'll try not to repeat the mistakes.
Anyway, I wanted to hear the reasons behind the thread title. I don't think, unless you're a hard-core fan, it really comes across as a joke. And now after 6 years it even sounds like politicians not wanting to change opinion, ever.
Anyway, just my 2 cents.
Keep on rocking, Remco!
 
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Pog is only a year older than Evenepoel.
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Roglic is 9 years older than Pog, why on earth were people thinking he could still win the TDF? As we speak, there are people in the Roglic thread saying "he'd be 2nd now if he hadn't crashed out" lol.

Pog made a huge leap this year compared to last year. Vingegaard is supposedly (according to Visma) pushing his best watts, comparable to last year. It's Evenepoel's first TDF and his prep was hardly perfect, but for him it is apparently impossible to improve like Pog did, for him it's not possible to lose a bit more weight. In fact, in the race topic people are insinuating he should stop being a GC/GT rider, because he'll only finish 3rd. I guess whoever finishes off the podium should just go work in a factory or something.
 
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Rackham said:
Maybe I'm overly negative but I'd describe Evenepoel's Tour as bittersweet.

'Sweet' because he's shown he's absolutely a top tier climber in the TdF. He destroyed Carlos Rodriguez today. It was very impressive (some doubted he could do it). He's not fading either, in fact he seems better now than he was on the Galibier. Add his ITT superiority on top of that & you get a really, really good GT rider.

But it's also 'bitter' because there are two riders above him. Not just slightly above but seriously in a little world of their own. The worst part for Evenepoel is they're only 25 & 27 years old.

Evenepoel is now in the same situation Roglič was in, i.e. he needs something to happen to both of these guys to win the Tour. Otherwise he's going to be riding around France finishing third for five years straight.
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Feel ya. The other two are just crazy strong.

For me however, I didn't expect him to compete for the win, just not realistic. I have been happy to see him confident, consistent, and climbing like I thought he could in the furnace that is the Tour. He's answered a LOT of questions so far.

So many positives. Lots to grow from, physically and mentally. Really looking forward to seeing him on the podium this year. Fingers crossed. Big steps. Would love to see him pull out a win in the final TT, but that might not happen. That would be the icing on the cake.
 
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Logic-is-your-friend said:
Roglic is 9 years older than Pog, why on earth were people thinking he could still win the TDF? As we speak, there are people in the Roglic thread saying "he'd be 2nd now if he hadn't crashed out" lol.

Pog made a huge leap this year compared to last year. Vingegaard is supposedly (according to Visma) pushing his best watts, comparable to last year. It's Evenepoel's first TDF and his prep was hardly perfect, but for him it is apparently impossible to improve like Pog did, for him it's not possible to lose a bit more weight. In fact, in the race topic people are insinuating he should stop being a GC/GT rider, because he'll only finish 3rd. I guess whoever finishes off the podium should just go work in a factory or something.
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Neither Jonas or Pogs prep was perfect either.
 
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