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

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Goal accomplished. Mature riding for 3 weeks. Will definitely gain a lot of experience from this. Hope he can take another step next year and be somewhat closer.

Now focus on the Olympics en World Champs.

Impressive Tour, Remco.
Agree, his best ever GT performance by a big margin, resolved any doubts re his GT ability. The top two are just so, so good that it'll be hard to catch them, but that's not a slight against his ability. Much to be proud of.
 
Not really. Its pretty easy to tell what riders fluked a podium or even a win. Lately, you can point at riders such as Hugh Carthy and Jack Haig for example off the top of my mind who are riders that podiummed, but it was obvious that was their ceiling in races where everything went right.

Then again, Tao G and Hindley won GT's. I thought they both were flukes in 2020, and while Tao hasn't performed really, he looked extremely good and ready to contest the win in 23 while Hindley won in 22

Haig and Carthy did not podium the TDF.
 
No way vingeegard will do giro next year, he wants the revenge with a proper preparation, surely he will go all in for TDF.

Remco should think well about his schedule next season, tour is tour but 9 minutes is just too much to believe he can have a chance to beat the alien(s).
I do think Jonas will do the Giro, he must try it at some point. And next year will be perfect.
 
No way vingeegard will do giro next year, he wants the revenge with a proper preparation, surely he will go all in for TDF.
Big mistake if he does will only get a bigger smackdown. I think Remco only will continue to close that gap I see no reason why not. His first year he nailed GT properly still only 24 I see no reason he wont decrease the gap to Vingegaard.

Great Tour from Remco btw. Love the way he rides. Panache, balls and hearth. Gratz on your Tdf podium and hopefully just the beginning of something great.
 
No way vingeegard will do giro next year, he wants the revenge with a proper preparation, surely he will go all in for TDF.

Remco should think well about his schedule next season, tour is tour but 9 minutes is just too much to believe he can have a chance to beat the alien(s).
We deserve to see the best riders in the biggest races. He should plan for the Tour.
 
Mindset....is one thing. Executing the plan is another thing.

Now he knows what is required to win or be closer to no. 1 spot. He was "best of the rest" by far and to be honest I did not expect it (especially in the mountains).

His attack attempt to get 2nd spot was expected since Vinge showed some vunerabilty but was stronger in the end.

He could do a lot in the future with better preparations and also stronger team.
 
I turned out to be right about Evenpoel guys and dont you forget that, I said this before the Tour. And Pogacar ofcourse.

Evenpoel did his best ever GT and I love to see it im even more encouraged from whats to come from him next years after this. Allez allez what a ride 24 years dont fool yourself and think he will just accelerate even more now.
He has unlocked the keys now.

Expect good things to come.
 
I haven't watched that many Tours for someone my age, but I've already forgot who finished 3rd in most of them. But I think I'll be able to remember this one for a long time. It's so....well 'commanding' is a wrong word since two other guys bossed him around, but you know what I mean, it's just a really good one.
 
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