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

[Bavarianrider]

If He is serious about GTs He has to leave Lefevere. Lefevere has No clue about GC riding, never has, never will.

 

[memyselfandI]

Well Almeida took 15 days in a pink with DQS jersey - and team obviously. So maybe clue is there. It's nice intermediate goal for RE.. If he adjust just a bit so that he stays last 15 days of the race, it can be even better..

 

[spalco]

How did I get quoted with what 18 Valve said.

Strange. No clue. I might have edited around something, but I don't think so.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Strange. No clue. I might have edited around something, but I don't think so.

I had to make sure I didn’t say anything in my sleep since that post was way too knowledgeable and detailed for one of my posts.

 

[Offline]

Respect that he continues.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

This Giro is getting worse and worse for Remco as days go by.
Hopefully he'll finish the race without any serious setbacks.
Definitely a harsh lesson for him but it will make him realize his weaknesses.

 

[roundabout]

Any comments from the team on the weird ride on the Passo San Valentino?

 

[limak_]

Any comments from the team on the weird ride on the Passo San Valentino?

I have some inside info actually, so let me remind my earlier post from the stage thread:

As we know he's now here just for training purposes. Today he's got 4x10 mins repetitions at 400W (with 10mins recovery between). So expect him drop and undrop repetitively for the rest of the day.

Unfortunately one of his efforts came up on that descent and we all know how that ended up..

 

[Red Rick]

I have some inside info actually, so let me remind my earlier post from the stage thread:

Unfortunately one of his efforts came up on that descent and we all know how that ended up..

No the problem is that the descent is for recovery but Remcovery happens at 600W

 

[Riek s]

A possibility could be that they asked Remco to see if he can still be with the group to pace Almeida who was feeling good. Thus Remco pacing himself back to the group.
Other possibility was that Remco speed wasn't that far from the group, and he dropped on steeper section to keep his rythm and slightly got back to the group when the gradient eased.

 

[limak_]

No the problem is that the descent is for recovery but Remcovery happens at 600W

Poor guy anyway. I've been saying this for a long time that Giro is not the best place as a training camp for him. A smart man learns from his mistakes, I hope.

 

[Lequack]

Remco leaves the Giro

https://twitter.com/x/status/1397643661236703233

View: https://twitter.com/deceuninck_qst/status/1397643661236703233

 

[luckyboy]

Bernal can rest easy now then

 

[Panda Claws]

Unfortunate. Does anyone know if he was planning to race anything between now and the Olympics?

 

[Bonimenier]

Unfortunate. Does anyone know if he was planning to race anything between now and the Olympics?

He wasn't

 

[Blanco]

Poor guy anyway. I've been saying this for a long time that Giro is not the best place as a training camp for him. A smart man learns from his mistakes, I hope.

Yep, that old fool Lefevere, who doesn't know *** about GT racing, misguided this young kid to ride the Giro, the most beautiful, but also the hardest race there is. And not only to ride, but to ride to win it!
And he blames the press for the hype, disgusting!

 

[Panda Claws]

He wasn't

Unfortunately not many good races to ride between now and then either. Wonder if they'll end up having him ride the Belgium Tour again. It would be good to let him race something he can do well in as a confidence boost imo.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Likely a race Evenepoel will try to forget ASAP. Now i guess back to the drawing board. And to come back stronger.

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

I can't think of many realistic scenarios in which the Giro could have gone worse for Remco.

All that hype, the initial success, Almeida seemingly out of co-leadership from the very beginning... then all his weaknesses being exposed on the gravel, cracking on the first real mountain test, and finally totally dropping out of contention soon afterwards.

On top of that, a bad crash whilst descending that was eerily similar (but fortunately much less severe) of the Lombardia one. Finally, add all the regrets surrounding Almeida's own chances after he showed today what kind of legs he's actually brought.

On the bright side, he has all the justifications in the world for not meeting the crazy expectations, and from now on he can only improve...

 

[lenric]

Comparing him with Merckx only puts unnecessary pressure on him. By not meeting the unrealistic expectations, especially after his horrific crash and subsequent insufficient training, it can only put him under more pressure.

Hopefully he'll be able to motivate himself with this and come back stronger, whether in a hypothetical GT, classics or 1w race.

 

[Savant12]

Is he a better descender than Frank Schleck on a wet descent? If yes, he still has a chance of winning a grand tour.

 

[Riek s]

Is he a better descender than Frank Schleck on a wet descent? If yes, he still has a chance of winning a grand tour.

We don't know. his current descending is severely impacted by his crash from which he hasn't recovered yet. If he doesn't recover mentally he will be a lot worse than Shleck though

 

[spalco]

Unfortunate. Does anyone know if he was planning to race anything between now and the Olympics?

I'm not 100% i'd even pick him for the olympics now, when does the decision have to be made?

 

[Berflamand]

Regarding his ride on the Passo San Valentino, Keisse says that the plan was to go for the win today in the stage to Stradella and that Remco would drop early yesterday and ride his own pace to save strength but apparently his own pace meant that he 'accidentally' made it back to the peloton.

All in all I have to admit that I am disappointed with how the Giro turned out for him. In hindsight it's clear I had some unrealistic hopes and expectations fueled by the hype.

I do think however that it is a good thing he started the Giro. The Giro has clearly shown his weaknesses which in some other minor races might not have been so clear. Now both Remco, the team and the overhyped fanbase have had a clear reality check which should reduce some of the hype and makes sure Remco and the team can work on his weaknesses and overall base condition.

I'm fairly certain he will return stronger.

As for the Olympics I don't see them not picking him and I thought he is automatically selected because of his EC TT 2019 win.

 

[Red Rick]

They really need to give him clearer instructions. If the idea is to to take it easy, tell him you want him in the grupetto