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In the fantasy world, he always win easily. In reality, he is suffering to compete with the big boys
True but you can say the same of Merckx and Hinault with Zoetemelk of course. I still would say Zoetemelk was a better gt rider and climber and he only won one when Hinault had to abandon, but then Remco can take time in tt’s , well flatter ones he can.
But Remco is far away from someone like Nibali who also only won one party due to good fortune of the favourites dropping out but also good bike handling, much better climber, great strategist etc.
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He also lost LBL to Iglinskiy and the Vuelta to a 41-year-old. He was a lesser climber than Froome, who would have even less a chance of winning the Tour in this era than Evenepoel. He also lost the Olympics due to a bike handling error.
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He lost the Olympics, broke his collarbone, and said: "My risk, my mistake", which is a world apart from the mentality that where Evenepoel has a mental breakdown today because the most predictable result of terrible preperation happens.
Riders are a product of their era. It's fairly ludicrous to judge them as anything else. Like why didn't Roglic just push his 2024 Vuelta numbers when he debuted the Tour in 2017 is he just that stupid?
He was a lesser climber than Froome but he wasn’t left for dust like Remco against Pogscar and Vingegaard.
Nibalis bike handling was good enough that he pushed the favourites to crash in the dodgy opening week and made the most of what he had. He lost one big race due to his crash but he also won several due to being one of the best bike handlers in the peloton.
This is like saying Remco is a terrible time trialler because of yesterday…
Has Remco got anything in his repertoire to push pog and Vingegaard? Besides slightly better time trialling he doesn’t have anything he can use against those guys.
Have to disagree on Froome having a lesser chance than Remco in this era, I think he’d be somewhere on Vingegaard level vs pog but you can’t really say I suppose. He was pretty dominant for a long time in the tour.
A better team can increase his repertoire. Just look at how Pog and Vingegaard increased their repertoire by being in a team that has the tools to do so. Or better: look at the difference between the average rider in those teams versus their performance prior.
Good point, suppose also he could still do an Indurain and start winning the tour in his late twenties.
I just doubt his climbing in the high mountains, he can’t beat pog or Vingegaard there and would have to rely on them not racing or crashing out. Then you have guys like Lipowitz who are coming through and strong in the mountains.
He can win a tour I just don’t think he will.
Even so, Kelly was more dominant in one-week races like Paris-Nice.
Remco also struggles to win those races and in those mountain stages.
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If you're looking for straight parallels between era's, Roglic and Froome couldn't be more obvious. Vingegaard and Pogacar's dominance over the rest of the field is so much bigger than Froome's ever was it's not even funny
At least he can come much closer to them and his performance last year was better than Lipowitz current performance so I still see Evenepoel as a better climber. Anyway, if he keeps a win of the TdF on his bucketlist he needs to change team and has a lot of work to do (and probably needs some luck as well).
You could have a point the haircut was typical for entry into the military or prison? Does anyone know where Remco is?
As the 1st bolded part: That is not what happened.
Don't get me wrong, Nibali was a good rider, but he has a very… devoted following, who are prone to swooning over his abilities, making them seem larger than they were.
As to the 2nd: Based on what?
Yep, Remco was secondary objective anyway, they are just not a GT GC orientated team. So, either they part ways agreeing or Remco to stay till the end of his contract and after to move elsewhere in search of better opportunities. In this case better to invest in expanding the family in the 2026 season. Breaching contract without an agreement, that is not something i would advise, years of court battles are not worth it. At RBH IMHO Remco would have a good mentor if Rogla decides to stay, classics to remain a strong focus. At Ineos the GC expectations would be high from the get-go and who knows if that is a good thing for Remco ATM. So there is that.
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He needs a 90s route. Lipowitz would get mauled in the TTs those years
At that press conference, with Remco and Tim, on where they where upbeat about Remco being a lead out for Tim, chasing down Mathieu if i remember correctly, jokingly apologising for it, anyway, at that point i knew they don't know what they are doing in regards to GC.
IMO he is one of the Bigs for races he is suited. This year he was not suited for the Tour and only the most ardent believers thought it possible. He wasn't optimally prepared for most races and he now needs to take charge of how those things happen.
This races almost reminds me of TDS 2023 after he came back from Covid
Did he really have "allergies" at the Dauphine or was he actually sick? Something like Covid would explain why he had to rest after the Dauphine
Did he really have "allergies" at the Dauphine or was he actually sick? Something like Covid would explain why he had to rest after the Dauphine
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How are the ardent believers in Jorgenson's podium doing?
But sure, he got dropped at Soulor before 80 other guys because this Tour doesn't suit him. Oh. My. *******. God.
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In ITT? Do you even take yourself seriously?
They'd be sorry he got overused and clearly unwell from it. Last we checked he's still racing tomorrow in continued support of his teammate. Hopefully he's learned, too.
In the 90s there were 250-kilometer mountain stages.
Indurain holds the record for the La Plange climb, and on Hautacam, he's only 14 seconds behind Pogacar's time. He won because he also climbed incredibly with his corpulence.
Remco would lose time on those mountain stages.
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I’m not so sure Remco would’ve enjoyed those massive mountain stages from the ’90s…
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