The Lombardia's that Pogacar keeps winning and Evenepoel keeps Grupettoing are also very conveniently under 250km.
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Feel free to include them, lol. "Conveniently"... As if it's some conspiracy between some guys on the forum and the people at RCS.
Also great insights as to why Evenepoel keeps grupettoing Lombardia. His 2020 crash+comeback had nothing to do with it in 2021 i'm sure. Him crashing last year also had nothing to do with that. The equivalent of stating Evenepoel beat Pogacar in Liège last year.
It's not deliberate or anything, it's just a bit of lucky statistics.
Sure, just like it's too bad San Sebastian, which Evenepoel won twice with Pogacar at the start, is not 250km. Last year the Lombardia that Pog won, was only 8km longer than the San Sebastian Evenepoel won.
The surprising truth about how much Remco Evenepoel's World Championship gold paint weighs
The deep gold Specialized bikes used by the Belgian this week look like heavy metal – but what does that paint really weigh?
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This would, if even remotely an appropriate weight addition allow them to use other parts to approach the UCI minimum weight. It's nice to have options and Specialized knows that a cash cow losing a race to interweb speculation might be a bad marketing move. Nice post.The surprising truth about how much Remco Evenepoel's World Championship gold paint weighs
The deep gold Specialized bikes used by the Belgian this week look like heavy metal – but what does that paint really weigh?
Remco is also a hors categorie rider, so you can't put it past him. I look forward to an epic battle.
He definitely might. There’s no reason to think Pogacar is better than Evenepoel in such long races
Whatever the outcome today, once again it is total chaos without communication. The current generation lack any tactical awareness when there is no sporting director yelling in their ears what to do. Evenepoel has benefitted from this in worlds and Olympics, now it’s Pog. Not taking away anything from their victories, but racing once a year with different rules is weird.
I am just kicking myself for letting people on this forum making me believe it would be close. Remco is a good rider, Pog one of the greatest ever
I'm probably going to be ridiculed by the Pog fanclub (and I would actually understand it) but I don't think this was Remco at his best and I think if Remco was at his best it would have been a suicide attack by Pog and Remco would have caught him eventually.
I don't mean to say Remco at his best would have beaten Pog if it was a straight up duel in the last 50k but I do think that Pog attacking at 100km would have made sure Remco could catch him.
Also Team Belgium being a bit (or a lot) stronger would have been nice.
I don't mean to say Remco at his best would have beaten Pog if it was a straight up duel in the last 50k but I do think that Pog attacking at 100km would have made sure Remco could catch him.
Also Team Belgium being a bit (or a lot) stronger would have been nice.
He looked absolutely dead in the final lap, making me think I was correct in assuming his base level is not high enough so shortly after Tour/OG decompression to compete here. Still in all, this was a brain dead race from his part. Completely out of position when the fireworks started with Asgreen and Kelderman. He only has himself to blame for that.
Though his team didn't help much either (hello, Wellens). Still, they never should have been brought into that position.
Though his team didn't help much either (hello, Wellens). Still, they never should have been brought into that position.
Evenepoel clearly didn't have his OG legs. Pogacar wins by 35s ahead of classics Behemoth Ben O'Connor.
My assessment prior to GB was that he'll be better in Italy than he would be here. After Paris he had to start from virtually 0 again. A few weeks to a month is not enough time to build top end form again, especially not in a 6 to 7 hour race. Lombardia might hit just right, otoh.
It's the typical Olympic year blues.
Dissapointed in the belgium team. I was expecting a Team Time Trial alongside the Dutch after Pogacar went. I know it was 180 km in, but i felt like they should have been able to ride as a team for longer, bringing the gap down more.
That said, the belgian squad at least tried. Once they were gone the rest just started solo riding after Pogacar. Which is mind-boggling. Had they worked together the peloton would have had a small chance. Now they had none. If 15 riders ride as a team after Pogacar this could have ended differently. In their bullheaded thinking of not wanting to give up their own chance, they basically were giving up their own chance...
As for Evenepoel, he rode a solid race, finishing 5th but could never take up arms against Pogacar in this race. I genuinely hope today's effort will help his form. Give him a slight boost. Whilst Pogacar instead of going into a ruse from winning the WC gets a slight dip from decompression. Otherwise the upcoming italian races won't be exciting to watch. Here's hoping Evenepoel can compete (&win) in Lombardia. But the odds are def. against him after today.
That said, the belgian squad at least tried. Once they were gone the rest just started solo riding after Pogacar. Which is mind-boggling. Had they worked together the peloton would have had a small chance. Now they had none. If 15 riders ride as a team after Pogacar this could have ended differently. In their bullheaded thinking of not wanting to give up their own chance, they basically were giving up their own chance...
As for Evenepoel, he rode a solid race, finishing 5th but could never take up arms against Pogacar in this race. I genuinely hope today's effort will help his form. Give him a slight boost. Whilst Pogacar instead of going into a ruse from winning the WC gets a slight dip from decompression. Otherwise the upcoming italian races won't be exciting to watch. Here's hoping Evenepoel can compete (&win) in Lombardia. But the odds are def. against him after today.
That 37kg gold bike weighing him down.
Not the best day today, as everyone expected him to be 2nd strongest on this lap. And definitely not the smartest, that only happens when he doesn’t have the legs.
Nothing to do against Pogi here.
Not the best day today, as everyone expected him to be 2nd strongest on this lap. And definitely not the smartest, that only happens when he doesn’t have the legs.
Nothing to do against Pogi here.
Remco and everyone got their arse kicked today, from 100 km out, not even Merckx... I've never seen anything like this.
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