First of all, it is you who are saying that it is my "wishfull fandream" (which is a good insult, by the way) that Evenepoel will dominate Pogacar, not me. And I'm not so dilussional, nor arrogant, as to think, let alone believe, that this will inevitably become the case. No, all I've been saying, and have been since his comeback, when so many were putting limits on his potential (that he couldn't climb, win a GT, let alone the Tour, etc.), is that, look, wait a minute, the kid has had a very serious setback, let's not jump to hasty conclusions, especially when it was all mostly driven by those who simply wanted to see him fail. In fact, all along I was not being governed by any particular bias, but only a rational assessment of the situation and you would have to either be stupid or in bad faith to say I was wrong.Evenepoel has progressed fantastically since his injury. He hopefully has more upside as that would be exciting for fans to witness. It is, however premature to expect him to "dominate" everyone. The kind of generational talent that used to have a grip on results for a decade are becoming a thing of the past and racing is becoming a situation of budget-driven team and a certain parity of form preparation by more and more riders. Results do the talking, as you have noted and Tadej has the depth that speaks for itself.
Your impressions and opinion are exactly those and there is very little to support the premise that " Tadej has been much more fortunate and thus will not improve significantly in the future." It may your wishful fandream that he will be dominated by Remco but he's not the only challenger out there. Moreover; I doubt you would ever hear that from any current GT competitor because they know what Tadej's done to them all and again, as you said: the results do the talking. He's not Egan Bernal with a remanufactured back or Primoz Roglic with a remanufactured shoulder.
Actually I was simply convinced that, despite an egregious mistake in bringing him to that Giro, QS knows what they are doing and what kind of talent they have in their possesion. Moreover, it was reasonable to assume that eventually Evenepoel would get back on the upward trajectory he was showing before the terrible Lombardia incident. Yet even I honestly didn't expect him to win the Vuelta, do a good performance yes, but win it no. The fact that he then went on to dominate Worlds has led me to conclude he, once again, goes beyond expectations and that, rather than overestimating his capabilities, the issue seems to be quite the opposite.
I recall before his setback a certain Landa at the Tour of Poland saying we'd better get some wins in now before this kid starts winning everything and thinking, now that's quite a statement. No less sensational was Valverde's assessment of him recently. I have heard other top level pros talk of Remco in terms of that type of talent that is born only "every 30 years" or so. If in today's cycling, as you say, being able to dominate for a decade has become less likely, all I'm suggesting is that we have yet to see peak Remco and that this is a frightful scenario for the competition in the forseeable future. But the level is so high in the sport right now that this doesn't guarantee winning multiple Tours in succession. Although it does suggest huge performances from him are still to come. Thus when people say he's won the Vuelta, but he won't beat Pogacar or Vingegaard at the Tour, I start reaching for my wallet and think how much I'm willing to bet on him.
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