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

[Krzysztof_O]

There is one very important aspect where Remco pre-2024 was clearly better than Pogacar pre-2024 and that is 'being talked about' as is proven by an undeniable statistic on this forum.

At 01/01/2024 the page counts for the threads were as followed:

• Pogacar thread: 385 pages
• Remco thread: 891 pages

As of now it is:

• Pogacar thread: 1600
• Remco thread: 1407

That is one very impressive leap by Pogacar but it's undeniable that Remco was clearly better at this pre-2024.

Spoiler

Yes, this is tongue in cheek, please don't attack me

Pogacar's leap of performance on the forum is fishy but nobody will remember that once he becomes the forum GOAT!

 

[dobrien]

I was doubting between using != and <>

You made the correct choice imho!!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Pogacar's leap of performance on the forum is fishy but nobody will remember that once he becomes the forum GOAT!

What happened after januari 2024 with his topic is too good to be true. Entire thread should be moved to the clinic for social doping!

 

[AmRacer]

What happened after januari 2024 with his topic is too good to be true. Entire thread should be moved to the clinic for social doping!

The Remco thread got most deleted posts, about 2,000 pages.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

The Remco thread got most deleted posts, about 2,000 pages.

Clearly a conspiracy / ploy by Cyclingnews.

 

[KoopaCycling]

It seems set in stone Lombardy will be final race of the season for Remco.
And i don't understand why..

Chrono is just a week away.

 

[Purito91]

There is one very important aspect where Remco pre-2024 was clearly better than Pogacar pre-2024 and that is 'being talked about' as is proven by an undeniable statistic on this forum.

At 01/01/2024 the page counts for the threads were as followed:

• Pogacar thread: 385 pages
• Remco thread: 891 pages

As of now it is:

• Pogacar thread: 1600
• Remco thread: 1407

That is one very impressive leap by Pogacar but it's undeniable that Remco was clearly better at this pre-2024.

Spoiler

Yes, this is tongue in cheek, please don't attack me

was that the time Mou entered the forum?
After that the thread exploded.

 

[Berniece]

It seems set in stone Lombardy will be final race of the season for Remco.
And i don't understand why..

Chrono is just a week away.

Because it’s not important and he deserves to go on holiday and focus on the new season

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Because it’s not important and he deserves to go on holiday and focus on the new season

He can rest after he's won the Tour!

 

[Berniece]

He can rest after he's won the Tour!

Only 9 more months

 

[YavorD]

He can rest after he's won the Tour!

...Down Under, no?
Australia is a good place to rest in January/February, yes.

 

[Berniece]

And because some believe that with good domestiques Evenepoel can win the Tour.

Can you quote these people? Haven’t read this anywhere

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Can you quote these people? Have read this anywhere

I think Remco could win the Tour if Pogacar and Vingegaard was to ride as his 100% dedicated domestiques

 

[Berniece]

For those interested, SOQ staff and teammates reflect back on working with Evenepoel. Great stories that show what an amazing rider he is.

https://www.nieuwsblad.be/sport/wielrennen/dartspijltjes-diamanten-benen-en-samen-familie-kijken-quick-steppers-over-hun-favoriete-evenepoel-moment/96268532.html

 

[KoopaCycling]

That's behind a paywall

 

[Berniece]

That's behind a paywall

Is it? My browser (Brave) seems to circumvent that automatically.

Here is another link.

https://archive.is/opkuu

 

[CyclistAbi]

Tadej Pogacar the new Eddy Merckx? Not according to Remco Evenepoel: “Merckx also won his time trials”

Remco Evenepoel may be gearing up for his final race in the colours of Soudal - Quick-Step, but that didn’t stop him from offering a playful — and pointed — comparison between two of cycling’s modern...

cyclinguptodate.com

Settled then.

 

[Berniece]

Tadej Pogacar the new Eddy Merckx? Not according to Remco Evenepoel: “Merckx also won his time trials”

Remco Evenepoel may be gearing up for his final race in the colours of Soudal - Quick-Step, but that didn’t stop him from offering a playful — and pointed — comparison between two of cycling’s modern...

cyclinguptodate.com

Settled then.

Even though he was joking, he's not wrong

 

[CyclistAbi]

@Berniece

Indeed Remco was joking. As for Lombardia i like on how Remco refuses to capitulate up front, that is some proper panache right there.

 

[Lurkerman]

Remco is a sweetie. I enjoy his footballer commentator/analyst perspective on things, and given his penchant for colorful expressions about all things broken if not outright missing, I hope he has the balls to become a cycling commentator in English once he packs up his bike, he can comment the races together with Geraint Thomas. It rubs some people the wrong way when he does a footballer-analysis of his mistakes in post-race interviews, but that's because there he just talks about his own race, I'm confident that he is as generous with everyone else in his life and so once he's a cycling commentator and the big sprinter drops on climb, he'll note how big boy either had forgotten to take off his rain jacket or had a puncture off-camera. He said on LRCP that he'd just be them if he wasn't a pro cyclist, and being an analyst is to also be a hypeman, which is to say, to live in partial delusion, as your act is predicated on the belief that there is anything to analyze in the first place. I wonder if he's trying to get off social media some more or if he did already accomplish this, I seem to remember Pog joking with Watt Police about his own weight on Twitter in the middle of the night of TdF 22

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Remco is a sweetie. I enjoy his footballer commentator/analyst perspective on things, and given his penchant for colorful expressions about all things broken if not outright missing, I hope he has the balls to become a cycling commentator in English once he packs up his bike, he can comment the races together with Geraint Thomas. It rubs some people the wrong way when he does a footballer-analysis of his mistakes in post-race interviews, but that's because there he just talks about his own race, I'm confident that he is as generous with everyone else in his life and so once he's a cycling commentator and the big sprinter drops on climb, he'll note how big boy either had forgotten to take off his rain jacket or had a puncture off-camera. He said on LRCP that he'd just be them if he wasn't a pro cyclist, and being an analyst is to also be a hypeman, which is to say, to live in partial delusion, as your act is predicated on the belief that there is anything to analyze in the first place. I wonder if he's trying to get off social media some more or if he did already accomplish this, I seem to remember Pog joking with Watt Police about his own weight on Twitter in the middle of the night of TdF 22

Is it by chance Lurkermam?

 

[Lurkerman]

What happened after januari 2024 with his topic is too good to be true. Entire thread should be moved to the clinic for social doping!

The more interesting fact is that Remco's thread has 5M views, whilst Pog's got only 4M. In short, the Remco thread is a better read, as I'm sure all lurkermen can confirm

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

The more interesting fact is that Remco's thread has 5M views, whilst Pog's got only 4M. In short, the Remco thread is a better read, as I'm sure all lurkermen can confirm

Well i barely post in the Pogacar thread...

 

[KoopaCycling]

It will take a miracle, but a Lombardy win would mean so much more for Remco than it would for Tadej.
Same was true for the EC RR imo. Against my own, more rational sense, i'll be hoping for a Remco win tomorrow.

 

[houtdffan]

It will take a miracle, but a Lombardy win would mean so much more for Remco than it would for Tadej.
Same was true for the EC RR imo. Against my own, more rational sense, i'll be hoping for a Remco win tomorrow.

It's not impossible. He was a half step below Pog last week and 3 ahead of the rest of the peloton

It's not impossible Pog is past peak whereas Remco is at peak this week, similar to Amstel (just dont choke int he sprint if that is the case)