He said he wouldn't race again this year, but he's participating in Memorial Vandenbroucke after all.
Remco never attacked at 75kms to go - He was merely one of around 15 riders who followed/marked the French move - Ultimately the French were crazy to pace that breakaway when Remco had two support riders in the move.Remco's only choice was to attack. He cannot win sprints against even the normal guys.
When he attacked 75 k from finish, the other favorites should have let him go alone and then chased him with all their teammates. No point in teammates wheelsucking Remco if they cannot follow him like a limpet without taking a turn, case in point Colbrelli, Ghys. If the favorites follow, he will not cooperate and attack again after some time and then it becomes like Granon and his teammate WVA wins the sprint. A lot of the favorite teams made a tactical error by putting riders in the break with Remco cooperating with him.
The Next WCC will be interesting as Belgium will stick to the same tactics while the others will have to be innovative. if they make it hard, it plays into Remco's hand and if not, then the sprinters dominate.
Honestly, no, this never occurred to me. It seemed like it was ridden at quite a leisurely pace until that group went away (the Mount Keira shenanigans notwithstanding).
Thanks to Senechal who was riding for... Bardet, right? not remcoRemco never attacked at 75kms to go - He was merely one of around 15 riders who followed/marked the French move - Ultimately the French were crazy to pace that breakaway when Remco had two support riders in the move.
It's Gilbert's last race, so he might want to be there specifically for that.He said he wouldn't race again this year, but he's participating in Memorial Vandenbroucke after all.
Tour of Norway in 2019 he got away with Hirschi on a flat stage and they were caught about 5km from the line.I was just wondering, has it ever happened that Remco couldn't finish off a solo once he started one (gets a gap of about 10 seconds solo)?
Out of the top of my head I can only remember his 100km+ solo effort in the Tour of Germany a few years back.
He wasn't solo in most of those races though, which was the question.Tour of Norway in 2019 he got away with Hirschi on a flat stage and they were caught about 5km from the line.
He got away in the Belgian RR in 2019 but was caught.
Adriatica Ionica 2019 he tried to get away on a mountains tage but blew up.
The aforementioned Tour of Germany in 2019.
Don't remember Montreal in 2019.
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He has only been caught when on a flat course save for Ionica in 2019. If the profile has any reasonably difficult climbs he's nearly impossible to catch once he's off the front.
That's true, but those are the pre-attack positions. He's usually accompanied by someone in his breaks until they usually pop.He wasn't solo in most of those races though, which was the question.
As pointed out, most of those weren't solo attacks. You did leave one out though. Burgos 2020, stage 1 IIRC. He had a big gap but Ineos put their entire team in front. He was then ordered to sit up.Tour of Norway in 2019 he got away with Hirschi on a flat stage and they were caught about 5km from the line.
He got away in the Belgian RR in 2019 but was caught.
Adriatica Ionica 2019 he tried to get away on a mountains tage but blew up.
The aforementioned Tour of Germany in 2019.
Don't remember Montreal in 2019.
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He has only been caught when on a flat course save for Ionica in 2019. If the profile has any reasonably difficult climbs he's nearly impossible to catch once he's off the front.
Maybe that jersey with the rainbow bands on it will help their confusion, and they'll realize they need to mark him.I have no problem with Remco attacking. Of course he should do that when nobody can ever catch him.
It just isn't particularly interesting to watch. And then I do get a little exasperated that the best riders never try to follow him, especially when he went away as softly as he did yesterday.
The best riders are going to have to learn to make better split second decisions. I think enough of them will that Evenepoel will singlehandedly change the way classics are raced. The top guys are going to have to move whenever he does, because they can’t rely on domestiques to ever bring him back.I have no problem with Remco attacking. Of course he should do that when nobody can ever catch him.
It just isn't particularly interesting to watch. And then I do get a little exasperated that the best riders never try to follow him, especially when he went away as softly as he did yesterday.
Well, Sporza rush-released this berserk little numberAre the media in Belgium going completely berserk about him now?
It's not gonna be easy to win a lot of tours. Vingegaard(specially in this tour) and pogacar are on another level at grand tours. And in my opinion, i believe uijtdebroeks and ayuso will be better grand tours riders than remco.How long before he wins the Tour de France? It's hard to imagine he won't win at least one or two.
Based on what? They haven't competed against each other. You may believe this. And you may indeed end up being right. However, this is no fact. It is only your hunch based on no actual data whatsoever....Vingegaard and pogacar are on another level at grand tours.
Based on what? Granted, at least this time you preface your statement with "in my opinion"... but right now this "opinion" is really just another personal hunch, what you clearly would want to happen. There appears to be just as good a chance (if not a better one) that Remco actually continue to prove your hunches wrong, as we actually have a lot of supporting data of him doing that -- proving many people's biases dead wrong.And in my opinion, i believe uijtdebroeks and ayuso will be better grand tours riders than remco.
Based on what? Based on what we know and his present weaknesses, it is actually likely he wins no more than two of the monuments. Things could evolve and he might manage one of the others eventually, but based on the facts as we know them right now, that is highly unlikely (particularly since he may never even ride some of the other monuments).Nevertheless, i bet that remco will win all of the monuments, a lot of one week races, and a couple of giro and vueltas, including giro 2023 until the end of his career.
I gave up of reading when you said "what you clearly would want to happen."Based on what? They haven't competed against each other. You may believe this. And you may indeed end up being right. However, this is no fact. It is only your hunch based on no actual data whatsoever.
Based on what? Granted, at least this time you preface your statement with "in my opinion"... but right now this "opinion" is really just another personal hunch, what you clearly would want to happen. There appears to be just as good a chance (if not a better one) that Remco actually continue to prove your hunches wrong, as we actually have a lot of supporting data of him doing that -- proving many people's biases dead wrong.
Based on what? Based on what we know and his present weaknesses, it is actually likely he wins no more than two of the monuments. Things could evolve and he might manage one of the others eventually, but based on the facts as we know them right now, that is highly unlikely (particularly since he may never even ride some of the other monuments).
you gave up reading when you had no answers.I gave up of reading when you said "what you clearly would want to happen."
I don't have patience to hysterical remco fanboys.
Thanks for posting the Gilbert video, very nice. I couldn’t make out his comment he made to (or about) Lefevre at the very end?
i couldn’t either. I could only infer based on the tone he said it.Thanks for posting the Gilbert video, very nice. I couldn’t make out his comment he made to (or about) Lefevre at the very end?
If this is his base form, we will see multiple seasons better than Merckx. We WILL be wondering if we will ever see another Evenepoel. Pog and Vingegaard cannot compete with this. Maybe Ayuso can, but he had BETTER learn how to ride a TT bike and yesterdaythe real (and frightening) question is whether from San Sebastian until now is just one heightened period of form for Remco or is it actually possibly his new "baseline"? this is in a sense where he would have been had there been no Lombardia crash...
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