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

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Was LVE on a ITT bike?

Road bike. Nobody is on a TT bike, but of course Soudal Quickstep has special knowledge other teams do not have.

 

[KoopaCycling]

Remco will probably be the only who will ride a TT bike i think from the favourites.
And probably for a good reason. So much climbing...

 

[Salvarani]

I heard a "hybrid" type bike.

Maybe they have just made some modifications in the end.

 

[KoopaCycling]

I heard a "hybrid" type bike.

Maybe they have just made some modifications in the end.

From the interview it will be a black 'lighter' model, higher position and changed handlebars.
Also no full back wheel. i think.

Apparantly Remco has a good feeling about it, and the team 'thinks' he can pull it off.

At this point i'd almost become religious and start praying they actually know what they are doing.
But wait and see, wait and see...

I also hope they have a properly fine tuned back up bike in case something goes wrong. They should cause he is their leader but still...

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Remco will probably be the only who will ride a TT bike i think from the favourites.
And probably for a good reason. So much climbing...

They will outsmart everyone.

 

[Karl Merckx]

Vingo was also spotted on a TT bike

 

[Didinho]

At this point I just want him to start on his normal road bike. More to lose than to gain with trying something different he’s never ridden on, just for this 2-3km flat.

Ornlaybe with a disc wheel. Don’t know how much these weight?

 

[Berniece]

Road bike. Nobody is on a TT bike, but of course Soudal Quickstep has special knowledge other teams do not have.

So what does it matter that Plapp defeated LVE? LVE has been *** all TDF long after that crash.

 

[Salvarani]

Plapp has smashed that final part

 

[Berflamand]

They will outsmart everyone.

I think all of Vingegaard, Roglic and Lipowitz were spotted reconning this morning on a TT bike.

Doesn't mean they will actually start with the TT bike though...

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

So what does it matter that Plapp defeated LVE? LVE has been *** all TDF long after that crash.

It matters that Plapp is also a lighter TT specialist who pushes big numbers, and he set a big time on a regular bike. His team had to make he same consideration. The point is he didn't blow Van Eetvelt's time out of the water on a TT bike.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Did not recon the TT.

 

[Berniece]

Did not recon the TT.

They rode it last year, and they watched a video on their ipad. Yesterday I found it more ridiculous, today less so.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

They rode it last year, and they watched a video on their ipad. Yesterday I found it more ridiculous, today less so.

They did not do parts of the climb last year. And you always do a recon for a TT. Why not today? All the other guys also did this climb last year, and yet they are all doing a recon.

 

[Berniece]

They did not do parts of the climb last year. And you always do a recon for a TT. Why not today? All the other guys also did this climb last year, and yet they are all doing a recon.

I don’t why a recon is so important here. You are riding solo, the people that created the pace plan did a recon and perfected it to the numbers Evenepoel is pushing. He’s going to look down at his computer and push whatever they tell him to.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

They did not do parts of the climb last year. And you always do a recon for a TT. Why not today? All the other guys also did this climb last year, and yet they are all doing a recon.

Except for Pogačar, who was seen in Pau earlier today.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Except for Pogačar, who was seen in Pau earlier today.

Well, Pog doesn't have to compete against anybody anymore.

 

[houtdffan]

Did not recon the TT.

are these guys even a pro team?

 

[KoopaCycling]

It was to save the legs. Must have went deep yesterday

Though why not recon real quick on a moped or something.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He's going to get hammered in that final 1k on his TT bike.

 

[Berniece]

Bad winter is clearly showing now. I really don't understand why he so hard wanted to peak for the Ardennes classics. Not only was that bad, and now TDF is already over after 2 weeks because of his shitty base. Don't expect much at the end of the season either. Just another lost season

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Bad winter is clearly showing now. I really don't understand why he so hard wanted to peak for the Ardennes classics. Not only was that bad, and now TDF is already over after 2 weeks because of his shitty base. Don't expect much at the end of the season either. Just another lost season

Time to say goodbye to the amateurs at SQS.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

He’s gotta leave Quick Step.

 

[Prim]

That was painful to watch. One can only hope it leads to some positive change.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

First TT since Germany invaded Poland that Evenepoel does not finish inside the top 10.