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

[Salvarani]

He made it looked like an easy win and the finale was perfect for him.

Hard to tell if it is just because he is good to go while others may need more time to race themselves into form.

Nevertheless a great start and if nothing out of the ordinary happens, then this race should be a wrap.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1488940149048320000

View: https://twitter.com/CyclingGraphs/status/1488940149048320000

1800+ VAM (on a moderately steep climb) and almost 7 w/kg: this looks like a very good effort, even if only 10.5 minutes long.

 

[Lequack]

So he's winning the Vuelta this year?

 

[Bonimenier]

So he's winning the Vuelta this year?

He has never lost in Spain so he kind of has to

 

[stonerider]

What are you talking about. He is facing Valverde in his prime. I am ready for the 2022 Remco hype!

For all we know, Valverde has kids older than Remco.

 

[red_flanders]

So he's winning the Vuelta this year?

You really are yanking this thread's chain, aren't ya?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So he's winning the Vuelta this year?

This 10-minute, partially anaerobic effort has little in common with 3-week race endurance but it signals that Remco should be very strong at least on moderate climbs.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

We saw today what we saw watching Wout, when Wout returned from his season break after 2021, and did his first cyclocross races of 2021/2022: both, Remco and Wout, obviously did this jump, this increase of performance, between seasons 2021 and 2022. I hoped Remco would do this jump, and today he confirmed he did this jump.

I would say: let‘s switch on the Remco hype again… He will show us dozens of nice races, before he reaches the finish line of this year‘s Vuelta…

Today, Remco‘s attack looked like Pogi‘s attacks look like

 

[Big Doopie]

For all we know, Valverde has kids older than Remco.

perhaps for all valverde knows as well... ;-)

 

[Lequack]

This 10-minute, partially anaerobic effort has little in common with 3-week race endurance but it signals that Remco should be very strong at least on moderate climbs.

This is not even his final form.

 

[Big Doopie]

This is not even his final form.

Come now, don't you know how it works when he wins?

Remco has been targeting and training to be at his very top for this specific race.

His opponents are simply using this as training, are not really trying, and stopped for coffee.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

This is not even his final form.

Agree. He will get better over the next months. He also probably will lose ca. 2kgs, I would say.

 

[Boes]

So he's winning the Vuelta this year?

All aboard the hype train!
We can get back to bashing him when he crashed next race.

 

[Walter1234]

1800+ VAM (on a moderately steep climb) and almost 7 w/kg: this looks like a very good effort, even if only 10.5 minutes long.

It is always strange to make graphs but there is no reference on where the data comes from.
Best source is his strave post: https://www.strava.com/segments/12977190?filter=overall
That only gives a VAM of 1737...

 

[Volderke]

Come now, don't you know how it works when he wins?

Remco has been targeting and training to be at his very top for this specific race.

His opponents are simply using this as training, are not really trying, and stopped for coffee.

What you're saying is that everyone in the same race as Remco doesn't even bother trying. He's just too good.

I got it!

 

[Red Rick]

It's a bad climb for good W/kg estimations.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

It's a bad climb for good W/kg estimations.

You mean it's a good climb for bad W/kg estimations?

 

[Red Rick]

You mean it's a good climb for bad W/kg estimations?

Also that. Mostly because it had this little descent in it, I think it should give an underestimation.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Last part of the stage seems to be missing from his Strava.

Valencia stage 1 - Remco E's 165.2 km bike ride

🥇🐺💙 #1

www.strava.com

 

[hayneplane]

He needs to be facing Rog and Pog.

These small races are too easy for him

That will be exciting to see but can’t blame him for them starting their seasons later

 

[Red Rick]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1488931064026439688

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1488931064026439688?cxt=HHwWkIC55b-636kpAAAA


Evenepoel likely around 6.6. Good but not crazy

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1488931064026439688

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1488931064026439688?cxt=HHwWkIC55b-636kpAAAA


Evenepoel likely around 6.6. Good but not crazy

Some dude supposedly saw Evenepoel's Strava power data before he deleted it, saying 423W for the climb. Assuming he is a bit heavier (62-63) than his normal weight (61), that would still put him at 6.8 to 6.7 W/kg. If those guys of Cycling Graphs are using his "mid season" weight (61) then that would indeed mean over 6.9W/kg.

EDIT:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1488959696715321344

View: https://twitter.com/Samuele19665287/status/1488959696715321344

 

[Wvv]

A translated snippet from an interview in Het Nieuwsblad today:

I didn't know you were so explosive. On the contrary: wasn't that your weakness?
“In the past I struggled a few times on such steep arrivals, yes. We worked very hard on it over the winter. I think I showed that today that I improved those lesser points. It was a ten minute climb. That used to be not my best part, but today I was able to release some of the best climbers in the world here. We will try to continue this trend.”

Is it true that you have more muscle mass than last year?
“Physically I have changed a bit, yes. After that fall in the Tour of Lombardy (in August 2020, ed.), my body was never really able to rest. Now I really did nothing for a month. I have grown some muscle mass in a natural way. I've done very little fitness, but I've worked a little more on the sprints and a little more on minute values. If you want to start off in a race, you just have to be able to ride at full speed for a minute or two. That laid the foundation for my victory.”

 

[tobydawq]

A translated snippet from an interview in Het Nieuwsblad today:

I don't believe that he has "done very little fitness". What does he even mean by that?

 

[Red Rick]

I don't believe that he has "done very little fitness". What does he even mean by that?

Probably means he did very little work in the gym.