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

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If Contador only managed 2nd in the Vuelta, did he have a worse season than Terpstra in 2014?
 
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Because you rate Liège that highly or expect more for the rest of the season from Evenepoel?
He's going to win NC TT and WC TT. We have to wait for WC RR, I don't think he'll win that this year. He will probably win San Sebastian again.

Then depending on his schedule Vuelta or Lombardia. If he podiums at the Vuelta, I feel he had a good season. Not great, not the best, but a regular good season. Knowing the amount of bad luck he had, I think that's pretty good.
 
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3rd at Paris-Nice, behind Pog and Gaudu, but still a great start to the season with the wins at Basque Country and Dauphine.
Yes, I looked too quickly on PCS. He was 2nd on the last stage and final GC is right above it. Mixed it up.
 

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Hmm.

Statistics can be construed in many ways, but PCS has Remco 2nd in points for 2023. And only a fraction behind god Pog.

In his successes, one can add two stages and the pink jersey after 9 days in the Giro. Yes, it is really unfortunate that he fell ill.

So has it really been that poor?

Side note: is this the only rider thread that attracts so many non-fans to post? I really wonder if they simply chose to stay away from the thread they would not be so bothered by the “fandom” in it. Save your dislike for the more general race threads and chances are you won’t be as bothered anyway. It seems a real effort to go into another rider’s thread to simply rail against their fans. It’s an odd need.
 
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Hmm.

Statistics can be construed in many ways, but PCS has Remco 2nd in points for 2023. And only a fraction behind god Pog.

In his successes, one can add two stages and the pink jersey after 9 days in the Giro. Yes, it is really unfortunate that he fell ill.

So has it really been that poor?

Side note: is this the only rider thread that attracts so many non-fans to post? I really wonder if they simply chose to stay away from the thread they would not be so bothered by the “fandom” in it. Save your dislike for the more general race threads and chances are you won’t be as bothered anyway. It seems a real effort to go into another rider’s thread to simply rail against their fans. It’s an odd need.
I'm trying real hard. But it's almost impossible to resist ;) Look at it from a different perspective. How boring would the world be without us? How boring would it be without you? We need each other:)

Come to Rogla thread and tell us he's a negative rider. We need posts! :)
 
If we took Remco's year up to TDS last year, he would have had worse results than this year. (only a single LBL win. (im considdering 2 stage wins + wearing pink > winning norway and 3rd TDS > 11th TDS).
At the end of the year he was the one with the strongest year (adding Vuelta/WC RR and Classica).

so what is the debate here?
 
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I'm trying real hard. But it's almost impossible to resist ;) Look at it from a different perspective. How boring would the world be without us? How boring would it be without you? We need each other:)

Come to Rogla thread and tell us he's a negative rider. We need posts! :)
Conservative and boring riders, get a conservative and boring amount of posts /jk :)
 
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If we took Remco's year up to TDS last year, he would have had worse results than this year. (only a single LBL win. (im considdering 2 stage wins + wearing pink > winning norway and 3rd TDS > 11th TDS).
At the end of the year he was the one with the strongest year (adding Vuelta/WC RR and Classica).

so what is the debate here?

also winning UAE Tour plus 2 stage wins in Catalyuna plus 2nd overall
 
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Romain Bardet about Remco on L'Equipe

"I have always greatly appreciated the boy, both a bicycle genius and a very modest person. He is on another planet in terms of cycling but I feel on the same wavelength when I chat with him"
Future mountain dom!

That's actually quite interesting. Bardet is a very cerebral guy, at least in the interviews I've read.
 
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He lost 1 minute due to the crash and now keeps the same pace as Van Aert. So he is fine I think. Normally he will be 3rd if we extrapolate the times. Van Aert gold, Segaert silver and Evenepoel bronze.