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

[houtdffan]

A duel between Vegni and Gouvenou as to who can fit in the most time trial kilometers in a race, I'd like to see that. I'm hoping Remco goes to Il Giro, but if I'd be Gouvenou, I'm throwing > 100 kilometers of ITT in there. Doesn't just attract Remco, but could give you a chance at GC rider Wout.

Wout has no chance even with 200km of ITT

He'll still lose 15 minutes on any real mountain stage. He's not being allowed into the break every day if there is 200km of ITT

 

[Krzysztof_O]

i would put Remco at San Sebastián against anyone in the world. I think it is his most dominant performance to date.

He won't drop an in-form Pogacar on a 15-20 minute climb and has no chance against him in a sprint.

 

[houtdffan]

He won't drop an in-form Pogacar on a 15-20 minute climb and has no chance against him in a sprint.

since when has Pog ever done 7.25 W/KG over a climb of that length?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

since when has Pog ever done 7.25 W/KG over a climb of that length?

Lombardy climb is around 20 minutes, since when Remco can climb at 2000 m/h for such duration? (which is required for 7.25 w/kg). Even Pantani wouldn't do it.

 

[DNP-Old]

Wout has no chance even with 200km of ITT

He'll still lose 15 minutes on any real mountain stage. He's not being allowed into the break every day if there is 200km of ITT

Who said anything about having a chance to win?

 

[greyclouds]

Congrats kid, truly well deserved. Whatever your career takes you, you already wrote your name in procycling’s history.

 

[Pantani_lives]

I find it annoying that we can't make jokes anymore about the races that Remco could have won, because he's now actually winning them.

 

[Bolder]

Evenepoel could potentially be wasting his best year - or his best year relative to the opposition - on the Giro, like Dumo. I don't think he needs a lot of TT mileage to compete for a Tour win, considering the level he showed at the Vuelta.

Just not too many stages stages that are tailor-made for Vingegaard, maybe.

This Vuelta showed me that he's ready for the Tour, no matter the parcours.

 

[greyclouds]

I find it annoying that we can't make jokes anymore about the races that Remco could have won, because he's now actually winning them.

We still don’t know if can win a monum…grand t….grandíssima! We still don’t know if he can win grandíssima.

 

[Peyroteo94]

He should target the Giro next year just to give one more year to Quickstep to develop a team more inclined to stage races. Remco needs 2 top climbing domestiques.

 

[Oldermanish]

Today's cycling means u have to simultaneously time a peak form and an optimum minimum weight at once. This is difficult to do once let alone twice. Just look at Hindley and a lot of the other Giro participants. This can be attempted 5 years down the line once the behavior of his body is analyzed over the course of 5 GTs. Attempting such a thing immediately may lead to the next season getting affected or premature end to his career.

That is tough knowledge to gain and usually take the experience you've noted. The present day pressure for results messes with that opportunity for many riders. Teams can be quick to reload with replacement riders if you don't achieve the team goals first.
Remco's been in that treasured protected zone since he became a ranked amateur so he should make the best of his career. Coming back from his injury and now winning the Vuelta surely taught him a decade's worth of personal fitness wisdom.

 

[BigCoward]

2012 route and Remco is lining up for the TdF. And probably goes in joint favourite.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

He just finished a GT, he is now proven.

 

[Valv.Piti]

This guy indeed is a winner in everything in life.

Chapeau. Now we just await Thierry Gouvenou and Patrick Lefevre!

 

[Didinho]

He's just going to quit cycling. His big dream was to win a stage in a GT, done that.
Back to football, Anderlecht need him now more than ever.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Congrats on his maiden GT victory - the youngest Vuelta winner since 1961. A GT win + a monument win = great season, the best so far in 2022. The SuperGen (1996-2000) stronger than ever.
So Remco finally proved himself over 3 weeks, right? The Tour next year looks like a natural step for him, facing the two mutants. A lot can depend on GT parcours in QS schedulling process, methinks.

 

[Boes]

To start an entire new discussion. In the past I always thought he was not punchy enough to win races like MSR or Fleche W.
Seeing him outsprint guys like Mas and more importantly Roglic, I might have to reconsider.

More specific, the strive for 5, I always thought MSR would be the hardest as RVV is a possibility for him and perhaps Roubaix if he matures some more as a rider. Is it possible for him to win Fleche Walloon 1 and 2 is the strive for 5 a possibility?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Hasta la Fiesta, no?!

 

[Riek s]

To start an entire new discussion. In the past I always thought he was not punchy enough to win races like MSR or Fleche W.
Seeing him outsprint guys like Mas and more importantly Roglic, I might have to reconsider.

More specific, the strive for 5, I always thought MSR would be the hardest as RVV is a possibility for him and perhaps Roubaix if he matures some more as a rider. Is it possible for him to win Fleche Walloon 1 and 2 is the strive for 5 a possibility?

Don't see a problem wiht Fleche, just not in a sprint.

PR.. i don't even see him ride that one. Way to much at stake here.
RVV i see him ride it, just because he is a belgian. Winning it... something majorly should shift if that would be a possbility

The other classics he can all win them, whether he does that is also another matter

 

[Extinction]

MSR means a rocket launch on the Poggio and a dive down the descent. He will be able to do the former, but the latter needs to be seen.

Flanders he's got the power, but needs explosivity. Roubaix we need to see how he handles the pavé.

Amstel is doable, but nervous. Fleche he needs irresistable wattage on Mur d'Huy. Liege done.

Lombardia he can win by distacco.

 

[will-10]

I miss small-race Remco. Those were the days. This kid's too good now.

I'm never one to wish away all the other races, but man, Pog v Jonas v Remco at the Tour will be fun.

 

[Bonimenier]

There are still huge question marks whether he can do it in a real 1 week WorldTour stage race.

 

[houtdffan]

MSR can be won on the Cipressa. He would shred the peloton with an actual attack there

 

[memyselfandI]

MSR can be won on the Cipressa. He would shred the peloton with an actual attack there

That is actually very true. Just that WVA and Pidders and Mathieu..

 

[Gigs_98]

I'm honestly happy the days of discussing "but can he do it over three weeks?" are finally over. And I have to be super happy for Remco. With the new generation of superhumans around it's queationable if he can ever become the super star and Tour dominator people almost expected him to become after his junior career. But it's great to know that he won't ever be known as this legenary bust and he won't end up a tragic story of a young star who could never fulfill his potential. No matter what happens from here onwards, he will always have had a successful career.