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

[Peyroteo94]

Congratulations young man. Another amazing performance and clearly the best Time Triallist in the world!

 

[Didinho]

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Congratulations to Remco for becoming the new champion of the World Mauritius!

 

[McLovin]

Why no power meter?

 

[Peyroteo94]

Ahahahah

 

[steffr222]

Didn’t connect as far as I understood @McLovin

 

[KoopaCycling]

Just heard remco say in an interview he will do some italian races.
Unless he misspoke, i think we can assume he intends do more than just WC and Lombardia to finish the season.

 

[Unchained]

Looks like a little garden gnome!!

 

[shadowrider]

Evenepoel lost a few seconds due to the stress before the start and the lack of his power meter (and a extra 2 or 3 seconds due to Roglic). Also not pushing hard anymore the last 100 m.
I think Evenepoel would have won with 15 seconds in ideal circucumstances. Enough to have a deserved win. But as I predicted, Evenepoel would be good but not at his best. So, not an ideal starting point to challenge Pogacar next sunday. Although Evenepoel will probably add two or three climbing and/or punchrides the next few days, that won't be enough to reach his toplevel.
I wonder if Evenepoel will try to jump at the wheel of Pogacar, once or twice..... to be blown away and even explode. Or not react (hoping other riders will react), hoping to have one "cartouche" at the end to climb the podium. I guess the first scenario.

 

[Extinction]

Evenepoel lost a few seconds due to the stress before the start and the lack of his power meter (and a extra 2 or 3 seconds due to Roglic). Also not pushing hard anymore the last 100 m.
I think Evenepoel would have won with 15 seconds in ideal circucumstances. Enough to have a deserved win. But as I predicted, Evenepoel would be good but not at his best. So, not an ideal starting point to challenge Pogacar next sunday. Although Evenepoel will probably add two or three climbing and/or punchrides the next few days, that won't be enough to reach his toplevel.
I wonder if Evenepoel will try to jump at the wheel of Pogacar, once or twice..... to be blown away and even explode. Or not react (hoping other riders will react), hoping to have one "cartouche" at the end to climb the podium. I guess the first scenario.

Evenepoel won the TT, so now he rolls up "without pressure". So I'd stay calm and attack with two laps to go. The rest is history.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Because he declined to ride in the European Championship, the blue stripe, which represents Europe, has been removed from his jersey.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

We don't know that much. He had no power meter and was a bit cooked at the end but he couldn't distance Ganna either on the first climb.

I think it was a very strong version of Ganna out there today. If we remove Remco from the list Ganna was absolutely dominating and completely smashed a bunch of very good TT'ers. Also taken into account that Affini in third had very questionable help from the moto and the team car driving like just behind him.

Barely beating a Ganna this strong isnt not impressive.

 

[shadowrider]

Evenepoel won the TT, so now he rolls up "without pressure". So I'd stay calm and attack with two laps to go. The rest is history.

But Pogacar will probably attack himself with two laps to go. Who knows, even with almost three laps to go. One can hope Pogacar will not be at his toplevel (Strade Bianche, Liège, Tour de France...) to have a nice competition. But it's also clear the opponents of Pogacar (Evenepoel, VDP, Roglic etc.) are good but not in topshape either. And the most impressive rider of the last weeks, even months, Hirshi, seems to be past its highest level.

 

[Berniece]

What a phenomenon, stressful start, no power meter, and still only 1m71cm against the best powerhouses of the world.

 

[steffr222]

After today I really think he will be in a very good shape on Sunday. Still it’s questionable if that’s enough to beat Pogacar, who I expect to be in a perfect shape.

Guess a lot will come down to race tactics… even if I don’t see any rider on their level. Too hard for MVDP, Hirschi is no way a contender if he’s on his Luxemburg level, also no Roglic etc.

 

[rallybanana]

What a phenomenon, stressful start, no power meter, and still only 1m71cm against the best powerhouses of the world.

At 24 years of age he is probably not going to grow any higher.

 

[Extinction]

But Pogacar will probably attack himself with two laps to go. Who knows, even with almost three laps to go. One can hope Pogacar will not be at his toplevel (Strade Bianche, Liège, Tour de France...) to have a nice competition. But it's also clear the opponents of Pogacar (Evenepoel, VDP, Roglic etc.) are good but not in topshape either. And the most impressive rider of the last weeks, even months, Hirshi, seems to be past its highest level.

When I wrote the "rest is history" I meant an open book, as in nobody can know the outcome. Pogacar's 9+ minute gap at the Tour means physiologically he is stronger, but on a single day Remco can play his cards. Royal Flush? Full House? Who knows. Pogacar's superiority has meant that Remco will have to produce something special and Pogacar will have to have a weakness. In the meantime, someone else could take advantage of their rivalry.

 

[Extinction]

I think Remco being a better rouleur is not a very sure assumption. Being better on flat TT doesn’t necessarily translate to being a better rouleur - it could only mean that on a TT bike his CdA advantage outweighs Pog’s absolute power surplus. However, put them both on a road bike where CdA is bigger for both, it may not be so anymore. I don’t think we have an example of Remco out-rouleuring Pog but I’m open to be corrected.

If the gap is 10 secs and you are Remco, either you are totally blown or you have strategically held back. In the latter case, he gets back on terms and likely loses the sprint. But after 270+ km it's open.

 

[Berniece]

Evenepoel lost a few seconds due to the stress before the start and the lack of his power meter (and a extra 2 or 3 seconds due to Roglic). Also not pushing hard anymore the last 100 m.
I think Evenepoel would have won with 15 seconds in ideal circucumstances. Enough to have a deserved win. But as I predicted, Evenepoel would be good but not at his best. So, not an ideal starting point to challenge Pogacar next sunday. Although Evenepoel will probably add two or three climbing and/or punchrides the next few days, that won't be enough to reach his toplevel.
I wonder if Evenepoel will try to jump at the wheel of Pogacar, once or twice..... to be blown away and even explode. Or not react (hoping other riders will react), hoping to have one "cartouche" at the end to climb the podium. I guess the first scenario.

I think he’s in great shape. Defeated Oliviera, Tarling and McNulty in better time than last year. He also rode faster than last year while this had more altitude and wasn’t much shorter.

 

[topt]

aero rules

 

[red_flanders]

OG double + WC double + Lombardia would be incontestably more awesome than TDF + Giro + LBL.

"Incontestably"? Gonna...contest that a bit.

It would be a remarkable achievement, but we're a long way from him winning the WCRR and Lombardia. If it should come to pass, I think reasonable people could absolutely disagree on which was more impressive.

 

[Andre]

OG double + WC double + Lombardia would be incontestably more awesome than TDF + Giro + LBL.

I've been saying the same thing

 

[AmRacer]

OG double + WC double + Lombardia would be incontestably more awesome than TDF + Giro + LBL.

Add Catalunya, 22 wins where of 12 GT stages, and Montreal to the equation.

 

[stekelegel]

Add Catalunya, 22 wins where of 12 GT stages, and Montreal to the equation.

If Evenepoel adds WC and Lombardia he will have had his best year ever and a truly remarkable, unprecedented achievement.
But Pogacar's year has allready been better, winning the double GT and almost anything else he rode. If he adds the WC, you can say it maybe is teh greatest year ever.
It's like running or jumping a world record, only to see your opponent go even higher / faster.

 

[Bolder]

If Evenepoel adds WC and Lombardia he will have had his best year ever and a truly remarkable, unprecedented achievement.
But Pogacar's year has allready been better, winning the double GT and almost anything else he rode. If he adds the WC, you can say it maybe is teh greatest year ever.
It's like running or jumping a world record, only to see your opponent go even higher / faster.

If they get to the line together at the Wcrr, forum will explode