- Apr 13, 2021
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- Jan 8, 2020
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I've read that Remco is at his same early season weight as in past years, however, looking at him on the bike he just seems fitter. Seeing him in the TT yesterday, moreover, his body appears more like a man than a boy. In other words, he's coming into physical maturity. It will be intersting to see how he climbs soon.
- Sep 12, 2022
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He's at his peak Ardennes weight already early in the season. At SOQ he might start the season at 65kg and eventually by the time LBL is around the corner he weight 63kg. Now he's already at 63kg.
Random numbers, I don't know his weight, but I think that's why you are seeing a difference.
- Jan 8, 2020
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- Jul 16, 2025
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I hate to say it but it's "just something" too often.
- Jul 16, 2015
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The team made loads of recruitments at a staff level presumably with a view to implementing a 'plan' which involved not having these sorts of days.
So I'd look at the team first and ask what they're doing here. It's their race schedule they've given him. It's their preparation.
So I'd look at the team first and ask what they're doing here. It's their race schedule they've given him. It's their preparation.
- Apr 13, 2025
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Remco isn't a climber. It shows in his physique and in how he struggles every time a climb reaches double digits.
Although I think he can have another Tour like the one in 2024, to do so he has to sacrifice and train more than others who are natural climbers.
That's why it's going to be very difficult for him to win the Tour or the Giro. Whenever there's a great climber, it's going to be very difficult for him.
On the other hand, Lipowitz is a very good climber; he's proven it even when it seemed like it wasn't his time yet.
The question at this point is whether it's worth dedicating entire seasons to the preparation he needs for the Tour, or if he should train for races like Flanders and Roubaix, overcoming his struggles in those types of races. Obviously, winning the Tour is paramount, but once Pogacar and Vingegard will retire (Remco debuted the same year), he has riders like Seixas, who is a naturally climber.
Although I think he can have another Tour like the one in 2024, to do so he has to sacrifice and train more than others who are natural climbers.
That's why it's going to be very difficult for him to win the Tour or the Giro. Whenever there's a great climber, it's going to be very difficult for him.
On the other hand, Lipowitz is a very good climber; he's proven it even when it seemed like it wasn't his time yet.
The question at this point is whether it's worth dedicating entire seasons to the preparation he needs for the Tour, or if he should train for races like Flanders and Roubaix, overcoming his struggles in those types of races. Obviously, winning the Tour is paramount, but once Pogacar and Vingegard will retire (Remco debuted the same year), he has riders like Seixas, who is a naturally climber.
- Sep 12, 2022
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Bad prep, as in, no heat training? When you look at Del Toro, he was soaking wet, looked like he threw 100L of fluids on himself during the last 10km's. Evenepoel didn't. We saw something similar in the Tour during Hautacam stage. Was dropped, went to the car, started putting ice cubes in his jersey and clawed his way back in the descent.
- Jan 8, 2020
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Yea, it's become apparent that a climb like today becomes his "race of truth".
- Jul 31, 2024
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I have to agree that remco seems to need to be in GT shape in order to be able be decent at a climb like today.
I would not say he can't win the Giro/Tour as a result. Tour especially does not have the steepest gradients.
Del Toro looked like a million bucks again. He knew this climb, and paced it perfect.
I am curious if he'll do an interview. Whereas Del Toro paced himself near perfect, Remco just blew himself up early.
I think he underestimated the climb. But even if he did not, he would have only been able to do damage control today. Maybe lose 1 minute instead of 2.
I'm also curious what remco will do on saturday. How he'll ride then.
I would not say he can't win the Giro/Tour as a result. Tour especially does not have the steepest gradients.
Del Toro looked like a million bucks again. He knew this climb, and paced it perfect.
I am curious if he'll do an interview. Whereas Del Toro paced himself near perfect, Remco just blew himself up early.
I think he underestimated the climb. But even if he did not, he would have only been able to do damage control today. Maybe lose 1 minute instead of 2.
I'm also curious what remco will do on saturday. How he'll ride then.
I agree that the Tour is the best GT parcour wise for Remco.
There are no monsters like Zoncolan, Mortirolo, Angliru, Gamoniteiro etc..
The problem is the opposition is the biggest at the Tour.
- Feb 20, 2012
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I did not overreact to the early season mickey mouse wins, but I will also not overreact now
Evenepoel has proven that he can climb really well on his day. But he has also shown over the years that he is somewhat fragile or vulnerable to even small bumps (heat, gradient, wrong pace, bad legs, or whatever), and it costs him.
I still remember the 2021 Lombardy, where he had something like a two-minute bonk. He climbed really well before those two minutes and climbed really well after those two minutes — but at the end those two minutes...
Remco’s palmarès is still superb, so it would be risky to take a totally different path. It’s easy to say that he should change everything and go to Roubaix, but what if he has those same two-minute bumps there as well? We don’t know what kind of weaknesses might appear if he changes everything.
- Sep 12, 2022
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I think so too, but it's his 8th professional season already. These things shouldn't be happening anymore.
- Jul 31, 2024
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- Jul 16, 2015
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If he needs to be in 'Tour' shape then they're doing his prep wrong. He was great on Lo Port in the Tour of Catalunya back in 2023 versus Rog so I don't buy the whole (Tour prep or bust) idea. There's something else.
I mean Evenepoel is just the athlete. At some point the people around him actually have to start earning their salary because today it looks exactly like "we hire one of the best riders in the world for millions and put a dossard on him. Job done".
- Apr 13, 2025
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I think that if it had been Liège today, Remco would have destroyed these riders with the same heat.
- Aug 13, 2024
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Can someone bring up the Remco meme where hype cycles through phases of sharp increase after .pro races and falls flat after world tour races? I can't believe I'm watching this again... No excuses anymore.
Still believe he's winning the Tour one day, of course.
Still believe he's winning the Tour one day, of course.
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