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

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Oldermanish

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Ilmaestro99 said:
Someone like Colbrelli, who has a bit more passion for racing and is an intelligente road racer, would have gone to Australia, find Remco wheel and sit on it and win the world championships.

Instead Pedersen, despite having a great chance to win for his country and for himself on a course that suits him, in the best form of his life, decide to go holidays. He can't be bother to go on a first class flight to a nice part of the world and ride his bike whilst staying in top hotel, do a race etc. So weak mindset. Not a surprise that he keeps bottling the biggest races since his 1st World championships win. He could win a second and become a real great of the sport but he rather win some mickey mouse vuelta stages.
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He did state the reality of the situation and he knows his limitations. Not everyone showed up so why does he get the b*tch treatment for being honest?
 
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He has arrived in Argentina for his first race of the season, which he will of course win.

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tobydawq said:
Or Greg is now a Gran Fondo level rider.
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In the same interview he acknowledges that last year was bad and he said about his current form:

"I feel good. My level is better than in past years, I have also returned to my old training methods. Lots of hours and intensity. I have a new trainer: Stephen Barrett. He first phoned my trainer from at BMC, Max Testa. Max knows what's good for me: a bit of drilling. Apparently that's the only way to get me going anymore."

But yeah he's obviously not the rider anymore he once was.
 
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Berniece said:
WVA v. MVDP v. Pogacar => Strade Bianche
Remco v. Pogacar => UAE Tour
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I find myself annually hard pressed to give a *** about the UAE Tour. Not sure even Evenepoel can change that. For me it used to be really interesting to see him in the early races, any racing from him was interesting. Now after hitting all those targets last year, I don't have the same excitement for San Juan and UAE.
 
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I find myself annually hard pressed to give a *** about the UAE Tour. Not sure even Evenepoel can change that. For me it used to be really interesting to see him in the early races, any racing from him was interesting. Now after hitting all those targets last year, I don't have the same excitement for San Juan and UAE.
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Me neither, sure it's World Tour but so is Benelux Tour or that stage race in China. I also don't really care about those, because they mostly don't have the top field with them, and the race itself doesn't have the prestige of a Paris-Nice for example.

I'm going to watch though, I'm eager to see how he fairs against Pogacar after last year. Last time they did a stage race against each other was Tirreno, so things have changed a bit for Remco since then.
 
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Berniece said:
Me neither, sure it's World Tour but so is Benelux Tour or that stage race in China. I also don't really care about those, because they mostly don't have the top field with them, and the race itself doesn't have the prestige of a Paris-Nice for example.

I'm going to watch though, I'm eager to see how he fairs against Pogacar after last year. Last time they did a stage race against each other was Tirreno, so things have changed a bit for Remco since then.
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The Benelux Tour is awesome.
 
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Its a bit of a shame that Remco only rides LBL and Lombardia this year but I really hope he targets Strade, MSR and RVV in the next years. If there a rider capable of rivalling Pogačar in GT's + monuments at the same time its him.
 
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KZD said:
Its a bit of a shame that Remco only rides LBL and Lombardia this year but I really hope he targets Strade, MSR and RVV in the next years. If there a rider capable of rivalling Pogačar in GT's + monuments at the same time its him.
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Only one he has a realistic chance of winning in the next 2 years is Sanremo. I guess the team already has Alaphilippe as the attacking option and that's why he not there in 2023
 
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I know he suffered a lot in that stage in Giro 2021 but he was already fading a bit physically and he is better techincally now than he was back then. Profile wise I think its suits him better than MSR or RVV.
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I would agree about strade and MSR but still on the fence about RVV. Any time MSR isn’t a bunch finish he’s suited to it. RVV is more of a toss up, not only are the cobbles more technical for him but his light weight doesn’t help either.
 
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