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

[peterfin]

Ullrich did +3 min in the TdF of 1997 beating Virenque (2nd) and Riis (3rd). It was a 55 km ITT. So it's not impossible (although that tour in the EPO period is obviously a question mark).

 

[houtdffan]

Ullrich did +3 min in the TdF of 1997 beating Virenque (2nd) and Riis (3rd). It was a 55 km ITT. So it's not impossible (although that tour in the EPO period is obviously a question mark).

That was an MTT, however, up and down a climb. Still, an exceptionally impressive performance by Ullrich (that climb also would have favored Remco as it was something like 14km at 5.5%)

 

[houtdffan]

Regarding Remco the first week, I actually think he needs to pour it on. Rog not on good form. He should seek to gain 15-20 seconds on stages 4 and 7. 8 and 9 represent the best chance to gain larger time as the walls at the end of stage 8 should be sufficient to drop a struggling rider for more than a minute

 

[Panda Claws]

I'd love to see Remco in a 60km ITT

Could he repeat Indurain at Luxembourg and beat the entire field by 3 minutes?

Forum would explode.

Even 2012 Wiggins' "I have to put Froome in his place" Stage 19 TDF ITT had him gain 'only' 1'16" on Froome over 52 km, and 1'50" over L.L. Sánchez in 3rd.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Who even wins a normal ITT by 1 minute in 30km?

Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta 2022 Stage 4 (ITT) results

Remco Evenepoel is the winner of Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta 2022 Stage 4 (ITT), before Stefan Küng and Ethan Hayter. Remco Evenepoel was leader in GC.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[LesDiablesRouges]

You are belgian right? I guess you don't have access behind this paywall either?

Waarom Evenepoel bewust anderhalve kilogram meer weegt dan in de Vuelta

Remco Evenepoel is met een lichaamsgewicht van 63 kilogram droog aan de haak begonnen aan zijn jacht op de eindzege. Dat is anderhalve kilogram meer dan vorig jaar aan de start van de Vuelta. Een bewuste keuze, zo blijkt.

www.hln.be

But from the title and what can be read: Remco weights 63kg, 1,5kg heavier than the Vuelta and that was a deliberate choice. (that part is behind the paywall).

So i'm guessing you aren't to far off with the 61-62kg.


Maybe he is a bit heavier so he can be fresher for the 3rd week? (but that would mean his climbing will be a impacted as well). (and hopefully not for those measily 40km flat TT)

That's the plan. You actually want to carry a little bit of extra weight to protect against the elements and burn as continue on through the race so you'll have enough energy to be strong in a treacherous third week. He'll likely be 61kgs towards the end of the race. Had he started at 61kg he'd be 59kgs at the end and be at much more risk for illness and wearing down.

Granted 63kgs is still great shape, but in a race where he'll be burning 10,000 calories per day it's been calcualted so that he is peaking in week three.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

That's the plan. You actually want to carry a little bit of extra weight to protect against the elements and burn as continue on through the race so you'll have enough energy to be strong in a treacherous third week. He'll likely be 61kgs towards the end of the race. Had he started at 61kg he'd be 59kgs at the end and be at much more risk for illness and wearing down.

Granted 63kgs is still great shape, but in a race where he'll be burning 10,000 calories per day it's been calcualted so that he is peaking in week three.

I very much doubt he is going to lose 2kg throughout the Giro. He isn't carrying an excess of fat, most of that weight is muscles to begin with. Riders losing that much weight throughout a GT, those are stories of decades past and only mean they started out of shape. Maybe he could lose half a kg, but not 2.

 

[Riek s]

Lets hope its a bit of baby fat in that case

 

[kn0s]

Hyootherical, how much would he out into peak Pog and Vinegar today, and hence over the 70km?

That's a lot of speculation. Think they would lose about the same as the other GC guys today. Now 3 week Vingegaard is another kind of monster. But first day he is nothing too special. Pog could probably do like a Gana effort. It's my guess.

 

[Pantani_lives]

I was going to say, "Rome is still far," but it's actually not so far if they travel in a straight line.

 

[peterfin]

That was an MTT, however, up and down a climb. Still, an exceptionally impressive performance by Ullrich (that climb also would have favored Remco as it was something like 14km at 5.5%)

Indeed. I do remember Ullrich going for another +3 min win during a TdF but crashing or having a technical issue. Not sure which ITT it was.

I have always seen a parallel between Ullrich and Remco, who looks a bit like pocket version of him (and a better version). Maybe it is just because I was a fan of Ullrich as well.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Still not too enthusiastic about Remco‘s GC chances for this Giro.

Maybe in Spain he got to meet few „discotheque bodybuilders“, who noticed his nice quads, and persuaded him to go pumping iron, every afternoon. Remco then changed training to pumping iron (to impress the ladies), and to only spending half an hour of endurance work every day (on the gym‘s spinning bike).

Explains his strong 21-minutes ride of yesterday.

Ah, too bad Brett Lancaster (Giro 2005) or Ashton Lambie weren’t there, yesterday.

I think Remco is the new prologue specialist. He stomps it like Cancellara or David Millar did. In the high mountains of this Giro, my money is on TGH and Jay Vine, actually.

Remco‘s side quads also look really good, to me. Result of hours on the leg press, I‘d say. Remind me of Big Ramy‘s quads seen from the side. Ramy‘s and Remco‘s side thighs look like as these guys were about „giving birth to triplets“, as a fellow bodybuilder once called it…

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Still not too enthusiastic about Remco‘s GC chances for this Giro.

Maybe in Spain he got to meet few „discotheque bodybuilders“, who noticed his nice quads, and persuaded him to go pumping iron, every afternoon. Remco then changed training to pumping iron (to impress the ladies), and to only spending half an hour of endurance work every day (on the gym‘s spinning bike).

Explains his strong 21-minutes ride of yesterday.

Ah, too bad Brett Lancaster (Giro 2005) or Ashton Lambie weren’t there, yesterday.

I think Remco is the new prologue specialist. He stomps it like Cancellara or David Millar did. In the high mountains of this Giro, my money is on TGH and Jay Vine, actually.

Remco‘s side quads also look really good, to me. Result of hours on the leg press, I‘d say. Remind me of Big Ramy‘s quads seen from the side. Ramy‘s and Remco‘s side thighs look like as these guys were about „giving birth to triplets“, as a fellow bodybuilder once called it…

There are rumors Evenepoel didn't go to Teide for endurance training, but because he wanted to see if he could lift the mountain. No word on whether he succeeded, but since he left Tenerife, Strava segments seem to have moved a few meters.

 

[Riek s]

his bike:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1655114823925919745

View: https://twitter.com/RenaudB31/status/1655114823925919745

 

[Black Betsy]

Mission uncork effortlessly Prosecco done! Live to ride another day!

 

[wirral]

Remco cements his position as Le Patron with the correct Groves call.

The thread title therefore has to stay.

 

[Nick2413]

Still not too enthusiastic about Remco‘s GC chances for this Giro.

Maybe in Spain he got to meet few „discotheque bodybuilders“, who noticed his nice quads, and persuaded him to go pumping iron, every afternoon. Remco then changed training to pumping iron (to impress the ladies), and to only spending half an hour of endurance work every day (on the gym‘s spinning bike).

Explains his strong 21-minutes ride of yesterday.

Ah, too bad Brett Lancaster (Giro 2005) or Ashton Lambie weren’t there, yesterday.

I think Remco is the new prologue specialist. He stomps it like Cancellara or David Millar did. In the high mountains of this Giro, my money is on TGH and Jay Vine, actually.

Remco‘s side quads also look really good, to me. Result of hours on the leg press, I‘d say. Remind me of Big Ramy‘s quads seen from the side. Ramy‘s and Remco‘s side thighs look like as these guys were about „giving birth to triplets“, as a fellow bodybuilder once called it…

You remind me of some YouTuber I used to have come up on my feed called Luimarco. Always on about the “quadzilla” bodybuilders. Feels like you got your descriptive style from him.

 

[Ricco']

Will Oumi be cheering at the roadside in every stage?

Will she have a dedicated icon on the PCS live profile like they do with their campervan?

 

[Lequack]

 

[red_flanders]

Still not too enthusiastic about Remco‘s GC chances for this Giro.

Maybe in Spain he got to meet few „discotheque bodybuilders“, who noticed his nice quads, and persuaded him to go pumping iron, every afternoon. Remco then changed training to pumping iron (to impress the ladies), and to only spending half an hour of endurance work every day (on the gym‘s spinning bike).

Explains his strong 21-minutes ride of yesterday.

Ah, too bad Brett Lancaster (Giro 2005) or Ashton Lambie weren’t there, yesterday.

I think Remco is the new prologue specialist. He stomps it like Cancellara or David Millar did. In the high mountains of this Giro, my money is on TGH and Jay Vine, actually.

Remco‘s side quads also look really good, to me. Result of hours on the leg press, I‘d say. Remind me of Big Ramy‘s quads seen from the side. Ramy‘s and Remco‘s side thighs look like as these guys were about „giving birth to triplets“, as a fellow bodybuilder once called it…

If you’re serious, you can do better. If you’re trolling…you can do better.

 

[Oldermanish]

I very much doubt he is going to lose 2kg throughout the Giro. He isn't carrying an excess of fat, most of that weight is muscles to begin with. Riders losing that much weight throughout a GT, those are stories of decades past and only mean they started out of shape. Maybe he could lose half a kg, but not 2.

Or they were the tales of old where almost everyone was on the same "form" and likely got a subtle message from the UCI to knock off the obvious abuse.

 

[Oldermanish]

Yeah......No. A pink hat maybe.

 

[Berniece]

Will Oumi be cheering at the roadside in every stage?

No, she has to start studying for her exams

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

You remind me of some YouTuber I used to have come up on my feed called Luimarco. Always on about the “quadzilla” bodybuilders. Feels like you got your descriptive style from him.

In German „Tour Magazin“ forum (pro cycling category), there once was a writer who opened his thread with „Is Michael Rich a bodybuilder?“…

Rich is a former Gerolsteiner rider, known for his body full of muscles.

The rider wrote about having been in his local gym, where he showed few young boys pictures of Rich. The boys said, Rich looks like a bodybuilder. They then were sure that, with some full body gym muscle training and short sessions on the gym spinning bike, they would be able to get Rich‘s body and his performance on the bike very quickly.

The thread became legendary very quickly. The initial writer was very funny. He replied to all the sceptics with something like, „Can‘t you think of more?“, and „That‘s not smart either!“…

He just joined the forum to report about his Michael Rich gym experience. It remained one of the funniest threads there. Sadly the forum doesn’t exist any more…

 

[Salvarani]

Still not too enthusiastic about Remco‘s GC chances for this Giro.

Maybe in Spain he got to meet few „discotheque bodybuilders“, who noticed his nice quads, and persuaded him to go pumping iron, every afternoon. Remco then changed training to pumping iron (to impress the ladies), and to only spending half an hour of endurance work every day (on the gym‘s spinning bike).

Explains his strong 21-minutes ride of yesterday.

Ah, too bad Brett Lancaster (Giro 2005) or Ashton Lambie weren’t there, yesterday.

I think Remco is the new prologue specialist. He stomps it like Cancellara or David Millar did. In the high mountains of this Giro, my money is on TGH and Jay Vine, actually.

Remco‘s side quads also look really good, to me. Result of hours on the leg press, I‘d say. Remind me of Big Ramy‘s quads seen from the side. Ramy‘s and Remco‘s side thighs look like as these guys were about „giving birth to triplets“, as a fellow bodybuilder once called it…

I think you are on to something.