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

[Valv.Piti]

CR is no joke. I think he's by far the most talented rider out of that 4-12th range, and being in 5th already for a rider like him is already quite impressive given the route so far. I think CR will be stronger than Remco today as well, at least the difference between them will level out, and C-Rod's biggest strength is exactly what necessarily isn't Remco's - great diesel climbing and great consistency. As for last year, C-Rod would easily have finished on the podium if he hadn't had that crash, so lets pump the brakes on that one. He was good last year, but has looked better so far in 2024, so its only natural his level should be a couple of percentages higher than 2023.

Podium is far from secure, but he can take a big step today obviously, but C-Rod is a genuine threat unlike all the other riders.

 

[Salvarani]

I think what is important is how deep Remco has had to dig in these stages and how he recovers, which is anyones guess atm. It is difficult to answer.

Judging by his comments he is talking about being better than Vinge, so sounds like he is hardly thinking about those behind him atm.

A bad day today and he will have to reconsider. Maybe chasing after the attacks from Pog/Vinge too many times and risk blowing up might come back to bite him.

C. Rod is steady as a rock and will likely get better relative to others. Today and stage 19 should suit him the best of what is left, where it is possible to lose minutes on a bad day.

 

[red_flanders]

Oh, he's thinking about folks behind him. We all saw that glance at the line today. He didn't like that there was anyone in sight at the end. But he's also a champion and thinking about what might be.

 

[James M]

Today is a big day for him. After this its only 2 mountains stages left with one TT coming where hes gucci.

 

[TrekCyclist]

I would really like to see Evi and Vingo work together and put pressure on Pogi on the penultimate climb today or stage 19. Not sure, if we are gonna see it, though.

 

[Prim]

I´m pretty sure he wants another stage win other than a TT. Both the Wednesday and Thursday stages are within the realm of possibilties considering his strengths imho. Especially the one to Barcelonnette. If he recovers well on Monday I hope he goes for it!

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

I am expecting him to lose some time to Rodriguez tomorrow (anything from 10 seconds to a minute doesn’t seem unrealistic) and really kickstart the battle for 3rd in the last week. So far everything been looking good for Remco, but Rodriguez looks better and better and the big mountains is where he shines.

Love to be proven wrong. Remco defending his third place like a boss and Landa is the best Spaniard!

 

[dazaau]

I am very impressed with Remco. Solid. Riding a fantastic tour.

 

[magliaroz]

He is not the first of the humans, he is the third (mini) alien!
And he is 2 years younger than Tadej so there is still room for improvement.

 

[Wvv]

Cum laude performances in the Pyrenees. Proud Belgian here. Let's get that white and final podium.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He is not the first of the humans, he is the third (mini) alien!
And he is 2 years younger than Tadej so there is still room for improvement.

16 months
But this is certainly something to build on.

 

[Peyroteo94]

He is not the first of the humans, he is the third (mini) alien!
And he is 2 years younger than Tadej so there is still room for improvement.

He is 15 months younger... Forget it mate, he is too far... maybe in other era he would be a multiple tour de france winner, not in this era with 2 aliens, both of them are top5 climbers of all times. This is like Messi vs Ronaldo in football

 

[The fridge in the blue trees]

Good Remco, no chance vs the big 2, but I expected Carlos Rodriguez to be much closer to him at this point, thought a stage like today could put Remco in trouble, but convincing third.
Problem is a bit that at this point it's hard to see him beating both Pogacar and Vingegaard anytime soon. They will have to weaken at some point, but when? Doesn't look in the near future.

Maybe go for the Giro once again next year? Unless Vingegaard goes for the double in 25...

Edit: But ok, with a better prep, no crash, this years experience, should get closer.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Good, not great. Needs to lose a kg and get a year under his belt to stand a chance.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He is 15 months younger... Forget it mate, he is too far... maybe in other era he would be a multiple tour de france winner, not in this era with 2 aliens, both of them are top5 climbers of all times. This is like Messi vs Ronaldo in football

You chose to correct him, but then you do it wrong. It's 16 months and 4 days. One year, 4 months. September 21st to January 25th.

And there is a lot of talk about Vingegaard's crash, but people seem to forget Evenepoel crashed too and his prep was also heavily hampered, as evident from his performance during the Dauphiné.

 

[Didinho]

Still impressive what he’s done today. A minute on everyone else. He would’ve signed for that before the stage.

Hope he can stay consistent in the last stages. But I guess even with a bad day he won’t lose 5min in this form.

 

[pihi42]

Can you please just change the title of this thread after the Tour?
by now, you are just mocking the young man who is an excellent bike rider.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Can you please just change the title of this thread after the Tour?
by now, you are just mocking the young man who is an excellent bike rider.

Thereis nothing wrong with the thread title and no there is no mocking of Remco.

 

[AmRacer]

Thereis nothing wrong with the thread title and no there is no mocking of Remco.

But you can put a 'not' in the title?

 

[kingjr]

Why is the title so important anyway? It is what it is, it's from 6 years ago, live with it.

 

[Red Rick]

But you can put a 'not' in the title?

I put this to a vote years ago, and the result was unanimous

 

[Snake]

Anagraphic gap is too small to believe he has a chance against the aliens, he can win the tour only in nibali style if something happens to the strongest dudes, this assuming another aliens won't came out of nowhere in the next years.


Better going for the giro next year

 

[houtdffan]

This the Remco that should have showed up at the Dauphine

He'd have been on track to contend had he been where he is now, 4 weeks ago

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Can you please just change the title of this thread after the Tour?
by now, you are just mocking the young man who is an excellent bike rider.

The thread title was given during his junior period. He was a better junior than Merckx.
There is never going to be another Merckx. Not even Pogacar. We are all aware, so was the thread creator.

This the Remco that should have showed up at the Dauphine

He'd have been on track to contend had he been where he is now, 4 weeks ago

He would for sure have been better. But i doubt he would have been thát much better, unless he would have been able to start the TDF even lighter. I think in order to really compete with Pog and Vinge here, a better preparation for sure is needed, but he'll need to lose a bit more weight anyway.

The good news is, he doesn't look anything like a skeleton yet, so it's not impossible to lose some extra weight.

 

[Rackham]

This the Remco that should have showed up at the Dauphine

He'd have been on track to contend had he been where he is now, 4 weeks ago

Seriously?

He'd need to find 2:51 on one climb versus Pog.

That's quite a bit. At some point you just have to accept there's no natural way that sort of gap can be closed.

No shame either. Evenepoel did a great climb. But what happened in front belongs in a different universe.