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

[peterfin]

No problem! I view Remco the way I view soccer: I want to be a fan, I try to be a fan, I can occasionally get caught up in the moment, but I just can’t seem to get all the way there.

You will get there.

 

[Berniece]

The part are more take issue is with the team dynamics. Coming in and taking the former team leader’s spot as top dog and preventing him from riding the Tour just is what it is, the world keeps moving as people rise and fall, but the clunky comments to the press about Roglic and the 2022 Tour, the comments that he would have won the 2023 Giro (which his teammate Roglic won), and as far as I am aware zero effort to say anything positive about Roglic (whereas Roglic said a lot of really nice things) just doesn’t seem like good sportsmanship. Having said that, I think he just is not that guy. I’d prefer if he was more consistently classy. (Doesn’t mean I think he’s a bad person.)

I think you read articles that deliberately took things out of context for the clicks. As far as I know he didn't say anything bad about TDF 2022. The reason why he said: I was scared to mention it on stage, was because for Roglic that wasn't the best experience because of his crash. Sure the team won, but Evenepoel also understands that Roglic also missed an opportunity to win the TDF there. While also understanding that if they want to defeat Pogacar, it works better with two than a 1-on-1 fight.

 

[AmRacer]

I think you read articles that deliberately took things out of context for the clicks. As far as I know he didn't say anything bad about TDF 2022. The reason why he said: I was scared to mention it on stage, was because for Roglic that wasn't the best experience because of his crash. Sure the team won, but Evenepoel also understands that Roglic also missed an opportunity to win the TDF there. While also understanding that if they want to defeat Pogacar, it works better with two than a 1-on-1 fight.

Yeah, but there's a Jonas factor as well.

 

[red_flanders]

I don't think Remco said anything negative about Roglic. But i do think Roglic and his fans can feel that way.

Roglic fans are remarkably triggered by Evenepoel, as any long-time reader of either thread can see.

Never got why you can't like both guys for their respective outstanding qualities and critique both guys for their respective foibles.

Fandom can be so dumb.