The group was breaking up during the decent with a guy crashing so while Remco played it safe, he didn't really spare his legs for the final km either. He went clearly all out for Julian (for the win and bonies).
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He did a good job navigating the mess of blown riders in front of him, for sure. Looking at the finish he should have conceded some time to Primoz but the officials lumped everyone together back to Kuss.
As you say, no harm done, but Remco was badly positioned inside the last 1k. He should have been with Van Wilder. The question is why was he not? Even if the idea was to set up Alaphilippe, Evenepoel should have been taken as close to Rogilc as possible, regardless if the idea was to set up Ala for the win (which obviously failed).
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Remco took advice from Adam Yates on how to cool down
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Watching on my fone so hard to see numbers from largely a helishot.
so Remco with the same time as the winner today. Expect a monster peak for the TT with none except Primoz within the time limit.
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I guess I am not as positive as some here about today’s performance. I am hoping it was a choice. But it was eerily similar to that giro dirt hill finish where he came from way back to finish fourth behind Bernal.
If he is in CSS shape still, tomorrow seems a perfect test.
If he is in CSS shape still, tomorrow seems a perfect test.
It's a fresh 2 minute W/kg effort, Evenepoel has never contested these against the best in the world.
Campo Felice is way different, and frankly getting 4th there wasn't even bad.
Remco took advice from Adam Yates on how to cool down
He looks older than he is in this picture. Maybe it's the ice.
Don't see it as a major problem, he really was badly placed, and it was hard to move up in the beginning. If you see how roglic moves up.. that is not something remco will risk.
So him being back is different reason than in that Giro and even in that Giro, at that point is wasn't a problem of performance either.
edit: first time i could decently see him in one shot with Roglic.
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Icebath.What the hell is this?
Some dude already posted this on the previous page.Remco took advice from Adam Yates on how to cool down
This needs to be on every page.
No, the commentators were mistaking. You can read his bikenumber from a sideshot, 134.
Bow-Wow...then I must say Remco has really sharpened his bike handling skills...that was a great descent. Good job coming in 8th, hopefully he starts getting some time back soon.
Indeed, many notable riders shedded time where he didn't. Yates, Carapaz, Almeida, Rodriguez, MAL, Landa, Mintjes, Carthy, Wright, and a bunch of others. He's in good position for now.
So, i checked their sunglasses, and you can easily tell them apart by looking at their shades. Ilan's currently have a thick white frame, making it look a bit like 1980's ski goggles. While Remco has either a pair of sunglasses without a frame, or a slim/dark frame.
So, i checked their sunglasses, and you can easily tell them apart by looking at their shades. Ilan's currently have a thick white frame, making it look a bit like 1980's ski goggles. While Remco has either a pair of sunglasses without a frame, or a slim/dark frame.
So if at one point in the race they switch glasses, Remco might get away @ km 0 and only at the end of the stage the competitors will be informed it was Remco in the attack and not Van Wilder... smart!!
It´s almost crazy how alike they look. I remember the TT in TdS when van Wilder crashed. I was watching without sound and was convinced that it was Remco that had gone down, even to the point that when he was in the lead at the intermediate time check I thought he had recovered from the crash and would have had an even bigger lead if it hadn´t happened
No moves today.
Thought he might try on the final ascent but the one before hadn't been fast.
Thought he might try on the final ascent but the one before hadn't been fast.
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Clearly going conservative to see how long he can last on GC if he saves as much energy as possible. Either that or he is confident he can match best climbers…
Perhaps the thinking is stay as close as possible. Then go for the stage win in the ITT. If that puts him in a podium position then I guess he keeps fighting for GC the rest of the way, or until he has a bad day and loses huge time.
And, frankly, it boggles my mind that some want to see him fail in the mountains. He is the only real alternative to Rog. No one else comes close to having the all round abilities of Rog. In fact everyone else should be at minimum 2-3 mins off of Rog after the ITT. No way they are coming back from that. If you want a competition you have to hope that Remco can climb with the best and recover. You only need two top riders to make an exciting race as the TDF showed.
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He just said in an interview that other than TT he has not explored and doesn't know any of the stages. Is he for real?
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