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

[Berniece]

With Remco making another comeback, what are everyone expectations this year?
Me personally I'd like for him to target winning the following (even though i'm not sure he'll even compete in half of these):

-Brabantse Pijl
- Romandy
- National TT
- UEC Road Race

+ Throw everything you got at TdF and see where you'll end up against Pogacar and Vingegaard.

winning anything else would be just gravy in my books after all that happened again.

World championship ITT and RR?

 

[KoopaCycling]

World championship ITT and RR?

Personally i rather see him do EUC + Lombardi combo than WC + Lombardi Combo (let alone WC + UEC + Lombardi combo). But Remco made it clear he wanst to do Kigali. Maybe all that travel might not affect him much. Just seems like a lot. And i think this year could be a nice opportunity to complete his jersey bingo card. It would be a nice career achievement. Ofcourse nothing is guaranteed. He might never win UEC Road Race, but this year seems like a good opportunity to maybe do so.

 

[Berniece]

Personally i rather see him do EUC + Lombardi combo than WC + Lombardi Combo (let alone WC + UEC + Lombardi combo). But Remco made it clear he wanst to do Kigali. Maybe all that travel might not affect him much. Just seems like a lot. And i think this year could be a nice opportunity to complete his jersey bingo card. It would be a nice career achievement. Ofcourse nothing is guaranteed. He might never win UEC Road Race, but this year seems like a good opportunity to maybe do so.

Does the route suite him for UEC? I also would like him to complete that bingo card, one of the only riders in the peloton that can. But a WC is a WC, he’s already vaccinated and it’s the biggest race in the fall.

 

[Froome]

He is training without any problems since the beggining of February, right?

If so, i think he can be in good shape on LBL.

 

[hayneplane]

With Remco making another comeback, what are everyone expectations this year?
Me personally I'd like for him to target winning the following (even though i'm not sure he'll even compete in half of these):

-Brabantse Pijl
- Romandy
- National TT
- UEC Road Race

+ Throw everything you got at TdF and see where you'll end up against Pogacar and Vingegaard.

winning anything else would be just gravy in my books after all that happened again.

Would like him not to focus on the ITT at all apart from in stage racing context as he has won it all already and he needs to get away from the nonsense concept of needing to be a little heavier to excel in the TT.

Euro Road Race could be a good one with the parcours this year.

 

[Berniece]

He is training without any problems since the beggining of February, right?

If so, i think he can be in good shape on LBL.

He started a week later, but that’s it. Smooth sailing from there

 

[KoopaCycling]

Would like him not to focus on the ITT at all apart from in stage racing context as he has won it all already and he needs to get away from the nonsense concept of needing to be a little heavier to excel in the TT.

Euro Road Race could be a good one with the parcours this year.

National TT ain't the same as European TT or WC TT. Lampaert, WVA and Segaert are solid competition but they ain't quite Ganna, Tarling (and in the future Pogacar). So he should not need to hold on to extra TT weight in order to compete.

UEC road race seems well suited for Remco looking at the parcours picture. Haven't checked the actual lenghts of those climbs and their gradients though.

 

[Monsi]

For context, the UEC RR is pretty much the Faun Ardeche (?) classic route, with the Saint Romain des Lerps (7 km 7%) climb and the short and steep climb after (2 km 10%). It takes place a week after Worlds.

 

[Monsi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1831795826622103873

View: https://x.com/laflammerouge16/status/1831795826622103873?t=XfCLnu6H_rconkzpo2hOWA&s=19


This is the UEC RR route.

 

[Berniece]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1831795826622103873

View: https://x.com/laflammerouge16/status/1831795826622103873?t=XfCLnu6H_rconkzpo2hOWA&s=19


This is the UEC RR route.

Thanks for sharing. Unfortunately Evenepoel isn’t riding it this year. Belgian director already said this isn’t feasible with all that travel

 

[Andre]

I hope Remco has by now recovered at least 95% of his form. Maybe he could enter Brabadtse Pijl at 100%

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[VayaVayaVaya]

I’d love to see Remco in MRS. On the Poggio, IMO, it would have looked completely different with Remco in the race. He’s not afraid to pull either so might have dropped Ganna at least on Cipressa. But on Poggio, I think he would have countered earlier than MVDP. They slowed significantly several times. Had Remco been there and countered, I could see him sneaking away or possibly him and Pogi breaking MVDP. Likeliest winner still MVDP but would be fun to watch.

 

[Red Rick]

Thanks for sharing. Unfortunately Evenepoel isn’t riding it this year. Belgian director already said this isn’t feasible with all that travel

That requires Rwanda to actually happen though.

Euro's is the same week as Emilia?

 

[KoopaCycling]

This is the last news I had read about it. So there was a different update since then, saying Remco is opting out?
(Pauwels is new belgian head coach)

Twee kansen om te scoren
Pauwels hoopt zijn landgenoot warm te kunnen maken voor deelname aan het EK. “Aangezien de wegkoers amper een week na het WK gepland staat, wil ik proberen een groot aantal renners te selecteren voor beide kampioenschappen. Als je eind september in topconditie bent, kan je die vorm ook een week later nog benutten. Het is alsof je twee kansen krijgt om te scoren.

“Er is nog geen beslissing gemaakt, maar dat is zeker een optie”, vervolgt Pauwels. “Remco is iemand die van speciale truien houdt. Hij is nog nooit Europees kampioen geworden, dus het kan zeker interessant zijn voor hem. Maar ook iemand als Maxim Van Gils kan op dat parcours zeker een mooie rol van betekenis spelen.

 

[hayneplane]

National TT ain't the same as European TT or WC TT. Lampaert, WVA and Segaert are solid competition but they ain't quite Ganna, Tarling (and in the future Pogacar). So he should not need to hold on to extra TT weight in order to compete.

UEC road race seems well suited for Remco looking at the parcours picture. Haven't checked the actual lenghts of those climbs and their gradients though.

Riding it as Tour TT prep I can get but I would hope he would not taper his form and training for it.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Does the route suite him for UEC? I also would like him to complete that bingo card, one of the only riders in the peloton that can. But a WC is a WC, he’s already vaccinated and it’s the biggest race in the fall.

I hope he does UFC at some point.

 

[Berniece]

This is the last news I had read about it. So there was a different update since then, saying Remco is opting out?
(Pauwels is new belgian head coach)

My bad, I was thinking of this, but apparently it’s only about the TT.

Serge Pauwels bijt van zich af: "Wellicht beter dat Evenepoel dat kampioenschap niet rijdt"

Eind september wordt in Rwanda het WK gereden. Een week later staat het EK in Frankrijk op het programma. De renners zullen niet gespaard worden, in de periode van 21 september tot en met 5 oktober.

www.wielerkrant.be

 

[rghysens]

With Remco making another comeback, what are everyone expectations this year?

Given his racing program, and that of Pog and Vinge, I´d say a lot of podium places, very few wins.

 

[Berflamand]

Riding it as Tour TT prep I can get but I would hope he would not taper his form and training for it.

I don't think he would ever taper his form and training specifically for the NC TT. As long as he's in decent shape he should always be able to compete for the win (although Van Aert's TT's have gotten a lot better recently).

Then again, I think he might skip it again this year if he wants to do a short altitude camp again between Dauphiné and Tour like last year.

However, he should have a good shot at the NC RR as it is in Binche so it'll probably be a hilly parcours.

Euro RR is interesting as it's definitely a parcours that suits him. There's also no jetlag to overcome in travelling from Rwanda to Belgium/Europe so I guess it should be doable.

 

[Lequack]

"At the moment that is simply not an option" - Soudal - Quick-Step honest about Remco Evenepoel 2025 Classics involvement

"At the moment that is simply not an option" - Soudal - Quick-Step honest about Remco Evenepoel 2025 Classics involvement

Across the season so far, we've already seen big performances from a number of the leading names in the peloton. One of the riders still notable yet to make a mark though, is Soudal - Quick-Step's dou...

cyclinguptodate.com

And another article from today.

Should Remco Evenepoel save Soudal Quick-Step in classics? “In the long run, you can certainly do that”

Moet Remco Evenepoel Soudal Quick-Step redden in klassiekers? "Op termijn kan dat zeker"

Interview Het was Jan Bakelants die het bommetje afgelopen week dropte in zijn column in HLN: met de huidige manier van koersen in het peloton maakt Remco Evenepoel ook kans in Milaan-San Remo. De 25-jarige olympische kampioen heeft met Luik-Bastenaken-Luik in 2022 en 2023 al twee...

www.wielerflits.nl

 

[Berniece]

"At the moment that is simply not an option" - Soudal - Quick-Step honest about Remco Evenepoel 2025 Classics involvement

"At the moment that is simply not an option" - Soudal - Quick-Step honest about Remco Evenepoel 2025 Classics involvement

Across the season so far, we've already seen big performances from a number of the leading names in the peloton. One of the riders still notable yet to make a mark though, is Soudal - Quick-Step's dou...

cyclinguptodate.com

And another article from today.

Should Remco Evenepoel save Soudal Quick-Step in classics? “In the long run, you can certainly do that”

Moet Remco Evenepoel Soudal Quick-Step redden in klassiekers? "Op termijn kan dat zeker"

Interview Het was Jan Bakelants die het bommetje afgelopen week dropte in zijn column in HLN: met de huidige manier van koersen in het peloton maakt Remco Evenepoel ook kans in Milaan-San Remo. De 25-jarige olympische kampioen heeft met Luik-Bastenaken-Luik in 2022 en 2023 al twee...

www.wielerflits.nl

Hopefully next year

 

[houtdffan]

does this mean we don't see Remco until LBL? Was there a setback or something?

 

[Berniece]

does this mean we don't see Remco until LBL? Was there a setback or something?

No, they are talking about cobbled classics.

 

[Andre]

Remco went on a Strava ride: 77 kilometers. 919 meters climbing. 31.9 average speed. Go Remco Go!!!

 

[KenFiamingo]

Remco's back in Belgium. Just saw him in Geraardsbergen.
I kept my car doors closed.