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

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Let me summarize. Those are my observations. If you think I'm an anti-Roglič poster or raving pro-Remco fan, you're not that familiar with my posts, which is fine.

It is absolutely my opinion that if Remco didn't get COVID he would have won this in a walk. He was in imperious form, and the rest look very average. You're free to disagree.
He looked good and then looked equal to the leaders. How the next days finish would be a better basis for your faith in Remco. Fact is: he didn't finish the race. Tears for him and many times more for Roglic's GT setbacks. Careers are made of what you actually do, however and this race's history is about to be written.
 
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There was an article on Sporza recently with lefevere being unhappy with rumours around Remco and Ineos. I haven't really heard any new rumours but rather just noticed an increase in the negative opinion on QS being a good team for Remco by the general public.

According to lefevere he had talks with Remco and his "agent" (dad) about this to push down these rumours because it made people "nervous". By people he means himself and sponsors I guess.

I am of the opinion that Remco has to leave QS to achieve his total potential. At this point he has mainly won races despite being at QS, rather than because of his team. Kind of an opposite situation to Roglic who has been saved by his team a couple of times.

I dont really understand the focus on the national championships. ITT is almost a certainty if Wva isn't riding it anyway. The road race isn't suitable and he should never domestique. Then there are rumours around the baloise tour.. why bother with it even.
 
He looked good and then looked equal to the leaders. How the next days finish would be a better basis for your faith in Remco. Fact is: he didn't finish the race. Tears for him and many times more for Roglic's GT setbacks. Careers are made of what you actually do, however and this race's history is about to be written.
Obviously. My post was a response, I’m not on a mission to prove what might have happened.
 
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He would’ve won by 5-10min if he was a bit better than his Vuelta level.
That is a bit much no? I would assume he wouldn't have attacked with a lead of 1min+ .
He might have pushed on the days Roglic/Almeida dropped if he were still with that group and capable. But those were not the points in the race anymore to make such big gains.

Maybe if he was somehow behind and capable it would be entertaining. (but then how would he have gotten behind..)
 
but many legends are made by what they didn’t do, but could’ve done. Jan Ullrich and Franck Vandenbroucke for example, their legends are bigger than the results.

“What could’ve been” is one of the greatest discussion in sport.
Tour de France, Olympic Champion, Olympic silver medalist (would probably have been gold if not for the wind), Junior world Champion, 2x World Champion (TT), Vuelta, 5x Tour de France podium, 2x Tour de Suisse, Stage wins in all Grand Tours, it's not so bad. I think the assessment that his legend is bigger than his results is partly because the expectations were so incredibly high after 96/97, people remember him losing to Armstrong more than what he did achieve.