I'm living on planet earth, where are you living is the real question. If you think him in the Giro '23 is in any shape or form comparable to now, that's quite funny. His form was indeed good, but he was 2kg heavier than now, not that far from his Dauphiné weight actually. It would probably have been enough with the TT's to win the Giro against a subpar Roglic, old man Thomas and Almeida, but comparable to now, not by a longshot.
I will also respond to your other drivle in this post, so i don't have to quote you multiple times. Since Vervaeke quit with Covid, Van Wilder has had a different role in the team. If you want to know how bad his form was going into the Tour, check the ITT and check Galibier. I never claimed he was in his best shape (i even said this early in the season), i merely (successfully) debunked your claims that he was out of shape. There's a big difference. So... how many times did you apologise to him? Because you expect me to apologise to the team nutritionist, lol. How about you start apologising to people on the forum you tried to mock or falsely accused of lying?
Evenepoel did not get boxed in. I guess on San Luca he just dropped because he wanted to get dropped. And on Pla d'Adet he actually was so slow that even a snail like Rodriguez outpunched him to react to Vingegaard, but he was not boxed in. And i guess Evenepoel was lying everytime when he said so himself that he got boxed in on numerous occasions. Must be. He should apologise.
Now Pogacar is equally strong / stronger on the flat... well that's possible in case Evenepoel burned himself on the climbs, sure. That's a bit like claiming Evenepoel is stronger on the climb because Evenepoel climbed faster in the first TT (because Pogacar overpaced on the flat and the first part uphill).
And you keep ignoring the elephant in the room. You claiming he could impossibly be this skinny, be at this weight and keep his power throughout 3 weeks. "Because of his metabolism". Remco is like Wout and Indurain... loooooool. In the meanwhile, you go kicking and screeaming about, making ridiculous claims while calling other people liars. What a joke. Keep attacking me to divert attention to the real discussion, haha.
You didn't react properly on my different remarks. What was to be expected.
But let's summarize.
At the start of the Giro 23, Evenepoel had the ideal shape (1 kg more than at the start of the Tour). That's how it was planned. Very strong in the first TT in order to take enough time to Roglic and Thomas. Strong enough in the climbing, indeed only against a subpar Roglic, old man Thomas and Almeida. If Pogacar and/or Vingegaard had participated in that Giro, Evenepoel would have done a different build-up and he would also have been at the start with less weight (climbing better but performing less in TT, as we could see during this Tour). The fact that you don't know this once again proves your questionable (scientific) knowledge of cycling. Which was also confirmed a few weeks ago when you insulted the Evenepoel entourage in a truly shameful way. Which is already intolerable among civilized people. Have you, as an insider
, confronted Evenepoel and his entourage with the awfull comments you made ? But anyway, in this way you also suggested that Evenepoel would perform poorly in the Tour, and in any case below his level, due to a completely wrong policy in terms of nutrition, weight management, way of training, etc. This was completely refuted by the facts from the first day of the Tour to the last.
There were others who had attributed Evenepoel a (slightly) lesser Tour. I expected/hoped for a top five. Also due to his much inferior descent qualities and the threat of a bad day and/or a crash. But for most of them the assessment was based on facts (past, intrinsic qualities). Not based on dislike of certain people or a total lack of (scientific) sports background.
We can also reverse it. Where would Evenepoel have finished in the Tour with a good nutritionist, expert trainers and without a crash diet
?). At the first place ? How many minutes ahead? Really ?
What about Van Wilder ? You already seem to be softening your claims. Suddenly it no longer has (just) to do with that one altitude trainingcamp before the Dauphiné (almost two months ago).The fact remains that Van Wilder intrinsically has the qualities to be just below the GC toppers and/or to be a top domestique. Being a quite good climber, quite a time specialist and a strong uphill sprint finisher. So, with the potential of a top 15/20 in the Tour. Or helping Evenepoel/Landa in what was left of the group of GC-riders in the last climb. One can only hope he will find his good legs after those difficult months. But also that he can now better assess his qualities and weaknesses.
A last time about the weight, but even more so the physique/built of Evenepoel. If you just look at Evenepoel visually, you see that he is a completely different type of rider than, for example, Vingegaard and Pogacar. He is heavier built, has more muscles in the upper body. Have you seen the arms like thin sticks of Vingegaard and Pogacar ? You seem to only look at the length when you refer to the unfair comparison with Indurain. Evenepoel has almost the lenght of a climber but also almost the built of a more classic rider (or a type Indurain). Something you don't see that often in the peloton. I have actually never known such a small (in lenght) rider who is a top TT rider. But is also a rather good climber ((not a topclimber) with his built.
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