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

[Big Doopie]

Regarding what people say about Remco. In a Norwegian podcast before tour of Norway one of Ineos DS (Rasch) casually said that Remco struggles with efforts over 15 minutes. So Ineos maybe got surprised yesterday.

i assume climbing efforts.

cuz did he not watch LBL?

 

[peterfin]

Regarding what people say about Remco. In a Norwegian podcast before tour of Norway one of Ineos DS (Rasch) casually said that Remco struggles with efforts over 15 minutes. So Ineos maybe got surprised yesterday.

Tbh, I don't understand where that idea comes from. What evidence is there to support it? Why would a TT powerhouse also known for his long solo attacks "struggle with efforts over 15 minutes"?

 

[Red Rick]

Has to refer to climbs obviously.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Hilarious.
What difference is there between pushing 400 watts for an hour in an ITT / solo break or pushing it uphill, unless they thought Stavsro was at 3k altitude or that Evenepoel was still 68kg. lol
Guy got a silver WCC medal in a 65 minute ITT at the age of 19. For a team that is so advanced in the medical department, they didn't think him struggling last year had anything to do with the lack of base due to what had happened? DO THEY NOT READ THIS TOPIC???

Maybe covered already but is there a chance he will go to the Tour if Ala is not back in condition?

They have stated repeatedly he will not be going to the Tour and stick to the original plan, even if Alaphilippe doesn't make it.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Yes, we didn't know it at the time, but he was simply marking his territory.

It’s a wolf thing.

 

[Red Rick]

Hilarious.
What difference is there between pushing 400 watts for an hour in an ITT / solo break or pushing it uphill, unless they thought Stavsro was at 3k altitude or that Evenepoel was still 68kg. lol
Guy got a silver WCC medal in a 65 minute ITT at the age of 19. For a team that is so advanced in the medical department, they didn't think him struggling last year had anything to do with the lack of base due to what had happened? DO THEY NOT READ THIS TOPIC???


They have stated repeatedly he will not be going to the Tour and stick to the original plan, even if Alaphilippe doesn't make it.

I think they just watched Evenepoel climb this year, and untnil Norway he had done decidedly better on sub 10 minute climbs than 15 minutes or longer.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I think they just watched Evenepoel climb this year, and untnil Norway he had done decidedly better on sub 10 minute climbs than 15 minutes or longer.

Makes sense. Which is equally funny since before Itzulia he supposedly couldn't handle the short steep ones.

 

[Red Rick]

Makes sense. Which is equally funny since before Itzulia he supposedly couldn't handle the short steep ones.

Pretty sure that was the excuse when he would get dropped the steeper medium mountains.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Pretty sure that was the excuse when he would get dropped the steeper medium mountains.

In conclusion, 2020 never happened.

 

[Big Doopie]

Looks like QS work on his burst of speed has worked wonders after all.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Remco is a great rider but a arrogant and a dirty sportsman

 

[Big Doopie]

Remco is a great rider but a arrogant and a dirty sportsman

imagine if the roles were reversed…?

You and others would have totally taken Plapp’s side and complained that Remco was a sore loser raising his hand.

predictable.

note: if Baumann’s move yesterday was not considered illegal then this CERTAINLY was not. Lol!!

 

[Red Rick]

imagine if the roles were reversed…?

You and others would have totally taken Plapp’s side and complained that Remco was a sore loser raising his hand.

predictable.

note: if Baumann’s move yesterday was not considered illegal then this CERTAINLY was not. Lol!!

Bouwman took the normal lane though a curve and he just got there first. Schmid had to break because he took a dumb line and didn't even get to the apex first.

Evenepoel comes out of a corner into the final straight and then decides to deviate half the width of hte road because ofcourse he does.

 

[Big Doopie]

3 of 5 stages won on different terrain by different means.

very…dare I say it…merckxian!!

oh damn, I said it!!

actually Merckx did a lot of that even in secondary races, because he could.

 

[ppanther92]

Wait, Remco winning sprints now?

 

[kingjr]

Remco is a great rider but a arrogant and a dirty sportsman

There was more than enough space to the right.

Anyway, if Plapp had wanted to win the stage, maybe he shouldn't have made such a fool of himself when they were almost on Healy's wheel; he and Sheffield just started looking at each other and didn't know what to do. Hilarious stuff.

 

[Big Doopie]

There was more than enough space to the right.

bingo

And he gave up real fast and threw up his arm.

the kind of crap other riders would be absolutely ridiculed for.

but it was against big mean Remco, so all is good…

 

[KZD]

Too bad that he doesn't ride the Tour given the shape he is in and it would fit better than the Vuelta as he would have more time to prepare the World Championships

 

[Big Doopie]

Too bad that he doesn't ride the Tour given the shape he is in and it would fit better than the Vuelta as he would have more time to prepare the World Championships

hmm. I thought riders targeting the WC usually rode the Vuelta.

 

[Extinction]

I'd put him in the Tour without presure. Bar his accident he would have done the Giro in 2020 and the Tour last year, so why not get him back on schedule. It's not like doing the Tour versus doing the Vuelta would be more draining.

 

[Big Doopie]

I'd put him in the Tour without presure…

That would not even be in the realm of possibility, however.

 

[KZD]

hmm. I thought riders targeting the WC usually rode the Vuelta.

But not for GC unless we are talking about Valverde. The fact that the World Championships are on the other side of the world also doesn't help but at least in the TT he will always be a medal contender.

 

[Extinction]

That would not even be in the realm of possibility, however.

True, but he needs to get used to it. Let's see after ToS, if his form is really good then they'd be stupid not to. Plus it would do him well to experience the tts and climbs against the best.

 

[Big Doopie]

True, but he needs to get used to it. Let's see after ToS, if his form is really good then they'd be stupid not to. Plus it would do him well to experience the tts and climbs against the best.

i am of the mind that he needs to exorcise the bad experience of the Giro first. I don’t think hoping to do that at the TDF is the best idea. He needs to have a positive 3 week experience to build upon. The Vuelta provides the best possibility of that happening (and after all that’s what Pog did… ;-) ).

 

[Extinction]

i am of the mind that he needs to exorcise the bad experience of the Giro first. I don’t think hoping to do that at the TDF is the best idea. He needs to have a positive 3 week experience to build upon. The Vuelta provides the best possibility of that happening (and after all that’s what Pog did… ;-) ).

That's one way of looking at it, although he went into the Giro underprepared after a horrific accident. I thus don't see why, if he is in great shape and performs with the best in Switzerland, he should have to exorcise anything going into the Tour. If he is at the right level then just let him race.