But the comparison was about what he is.
Is he as of now quite a lot better than Spilak as a climber?
Not as a climber, perhaps, but he has a few other qualities that Spilak didn't...
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But the comparison was about what he is.
Is he as of now quite a lot better than Spilak as a climber?
It's about as meaningful as compaing him to Bambi. It's trolling 101 but some people find it funny, and that's basically where it ends. Spilak did not win one ITT in his pro career. The joke is that he was "good at one week stageraces" but not at GT's. Evenepoel only did one GT so far after a big injury and messed up winter preparation, but the jury has decided. Spilak in his entire career, won 3 one week stageraces, counting the one won by Valverde before his suspension (which by your logic in the GT podium topic, shouldn't count). Evenepoel, at age 22 after missing the better part of a year due to an injury, has already won 7, with maybe later today his 8th. Evenepoel already has over double the amount of pro wins and more medals at WCC than Spilak had after retiring.The distributions of their strengths seem quite different to me, so I don't think the comparison is very meaningful, nor do I think it's true that Evenepoel is quite a lot better (as a blanket statement).
Is there even anyone taking this Remco - Spilak comparison so seriously?
It's just a joke, obviously quite degrading for Remco as he's much bigger talent than Spilak, but it's still just a joke.
On the one side there are haters overusing the term of "Belgian Spilak", but on the other side there are Remco lovers taking all of this too seriously.
Do you think Pidcock is a better climber than Tim Declerq? What are their best climbing performances? Tim Declerq has more notable climbing performances at pro level.What are the best climbing performances of Evenepoel, what are the best climbing performances of Spilak? Do I think the former are quite a lot better than the latter? No. That's all.
I'm quite sure his performances in the baby Giro was better in absolute terms than anything Declerq has done. Some of his Vuelta performances are better too.Do you think Pidcock is a better climber than Tim Declerq? What are their best climbing performances? Tim Declerq has more notable climbing performances at pro level.
Since when is the baby giro pro level? He barely dropped Henri Vandenabeele, and that was 2 years ago. Which climb in the Vuelta did he even finish ahead of the peloton? But good to see you completely missed the point.I'm quite sure his performances in the baby Giro was better in absolute terms than anything Declerq has done. Some of his Vuelta performances are better too.
Indurain clone
If than means he'll win the Tour 5x I'll gladly take that.
Spilak retired years ago, so I’m pretty sure Remco is better as a climber right now.But the comparison was about what he is.
Is he as of now quite a lot better than Spilak as a climber?
As long as Remco wins the GC in these races I don’t think he needs to bother much about the stages.In the mean time the cycling pros are learning how to win stages when Remco races; sit in his wheel and in the last 500m sprint. Easy enough...
In the mean time the cycling pros are learning how to win stages when Remco races; sit in his wheel and in the last 500m sprint. Easy enough...
Got it, thank you.The joke is that Spilak was a 1 week stage race master, but couldn't do anything in GTs
in this thread every page is a gift. When will we reach 1000?I wish I never explained the "joke". Could have saved us this 2 page long discussion.
Gotta give respesct to Evenepoel.
He's already in Lil Richie Porte territory