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Logic-is-your-friend

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Berniece said:
SOQ really should start putting their eggs in multiple baskets. This would actually help Evenepoel's case too. They act as if they have the team like UAE to suffocate everyone on a climb, and then the power of Pogacar in Evenepoel to just ride away. That's not the case at the moment. Create chaos, and attack at the right moment.

Yesterday SOQ took charge, but everyone knows they just have to sit on Evenepoels wheel, who doesn't have the strength at the moment to drop everyone. Put others in the front group so you don't have to do anything, and make sure Evenepoel is near the front of the peloton. Then he can attack from behind instead of from the front.
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I have been saying this for ages. It would also show good will to your teammates and i doubt Evenepoel would win much less because if it, because either he could also profit from it, or a scenario like that only comes into play when he isn't strong enough to drop the peloton half way and solo to the finish to begin with. It would relieve stress, pressure etc.
 
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Well, he is not going to win this Tour de Romandie. Strangely enough his performance ended up better than expected. Once I saw him sliding during the first half of the final climb i was expecting worse. Remco slightly underestimating the levels of his fellow riders methinks during his last couple of interviews. Still a performance to build on.
 
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KoopaCycling said:
Well, he is not going to win this Tour de Romandie. Strangely enough his performance ended up better than expected. Once I saw him sliding during the first half of the final climb i was expecting worse. Remco slightly underestimating the levels of his fellow riders methinks during his last couple of interviews. Still a performance to build on.
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I certainly saw nothing that suggests he can't get another 3rd place in the Tour this year. Which is the best possible result even without his accident, provided the other two are at their usual level.
 
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My man really got a Mike Waltz style promotion.

However, similar level to last year Dauphinet. Let's see what he can do tomorrow, Almeida and more so Vine are not pushover in this type of TT, although Remco is still the favourite probably.
 
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Carbon copy of Remco at Dauphine last year . There , he also had to let go in mountains and found his own pace trying to limit the damage . And also there he was using that performance to build on his form towards TDF . This time he has twice the time to find his best possible shape towards beginning of July . He must feel that he can only grow stronger from here on . I am not disappointed and i doubt Remco is either .
 
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kingjr said:
I certainly saw nothing that suggests he can't get another 3rd place in the Tour this year. Which is the best possible result even without his accident, provided the other two are at their usual level.
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Yeah … I have the same feeling . Even the best Remco is no match against Jonas / Pogi in TDF . Without the accident in December , he must have felt that he could become stronger than last year and while that is still possible , somewhat , i doubt it will be enough . That too can become demotivating after a while …
 
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Didier_Bel said:
Yeah … I have the same feeling . Even the best Remco is no match against Jonas / Pogi in TDF . Without the accident in December , he must have felt that he could become stronger than last year and while that is still possible , somewhat , i doubt it will be enough . That too can become demotivating after a while …
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Best he can do is be in the best possible position to profit if Pogacar and/or Vingegaard crash out or have a really bad day.
 
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I don't know what to make of it. He decides to help Lecerf early on the climb. Drops 45 sec rather rapidly while watching if Lecerf can follow and then keeps dragging him and others for 7 km while slowly dropping a similar amount, still watching continuously if Lecerf follows. What would be his result if he would simply hang on without pulling? A 30-45 sec loss max? A potential 2nd place with a small chance of 1st if Almeida has an issue tomorrow? Who is making these decisions in the team? Remco himself?
Gigs_98 said:
This guy is actually never gonna win a one week WT race
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He won the UAE tour and Poland.
 
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peterfin said:
I don't know what to make of it. He decides to help Lecerf early on the climb. Drops 45 sec rather rapidly while watching if Lecerf can follow and then keeps dragging him and others for 7 km while slowly dropping a similar amount, still watching continuously if Lecerf follows. What would be his result if he would simply hang on without pulling? A 30-45 sec loss max? A potential 2nd place with a small chance of 1st if Almeida has an issue tomorrow? Who is making these decisions in the team? Remco himself?
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Feel like if Remco thought he had the goods, he'd have been racing for the win.
 
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Just rewatched part of it, and you can tell remco is talking with lecerf and guiding him along even before they lose touch. I'm not sure if Remco could have gone up that climb 45 sec faster though. Maybe he just let it run at the finish, but he did not look great at the summit. Like his legs were empty as well. At the moment Remco is solid, but not good/great. He looks to be on the level you'd expect him to be at the start of the season. Not at the level he should be for the spring classics. If the TdF can be considered the real start of his season he'll be fine methinks.

I just hope we get a nice fall season. And he ain't burned out, like he was after the olympics.
 
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Remco severly lacking in climbing. I understand he's been injured, but on the other hand, the accident happened begin December, we're May... I have serious doubts about the coaching of SQS.
 
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