Normally if the plan is for him to drop out he would lose half an hour immediately on the first couple stages to end speculation in advance. But with Remco you can't know.
Question.
How does anyone know that he lacks punch? AFAIK he hasn't actually had an opportunity to show it or not yet, he's usually ridden away from everyone beforehand.
It is indeed based on both his own words (going on tests as well as his own experience) as it is based on what you can see in the race. He spins a high cadence but not a big gear. In the juniors (and you can see this in the footage of Lunigiana, WCC RR or any other footage you can find of this period) he often tries to accelerate but he can never drop guys like that. He has to raise the tempo for a few miles, or on a section uphill, for a longer period and choke whoever is in his wheel slowly until they crack. It's the way he's done it in the juniors, and also in his first year pro, in Baloise Belgium Tour, in Adriatica Ionica, in San Sebastian.Question.
How does anyone know that he lacks punch? AFAIK he hasn't actually had an opportunity to show it or not yet, he's usually ridden away from everyone beforehand.
Link?
There is nice example in the tour of belgium 4th stage; Remco as the leader at the start of the last climb in the race has to let Tim Wellens ride; in no way he can follow him. In the first minute he looses about 50m (cannot remember exactly). But after about 5 minutes Remco catches Tim Wellens again.Question.
How does anyone know that he lacks punch? AFAIK he hasn't actually had an opportunity to show it or not yet, he's usually ridden away from everyone beforehand.
The test Walter is talking about is from when he just started cycling, nearly 3 years ago. He had just turned 17 and only started cycling a month or two before.I'm sure he can do more than 9 w/kg for a minute. I can do that.
I refer to test 2018 somewhere april.The test Walter is talking about is from when he just started cycling, nearly 3 years ago. He had just turned 17 and only started cycling a month or two before.
It would actually surprise me is he gets 11w/kg in one minute. Because he is really really slow in short efforts.Right, that makes more sense. I imagine Remco is capable of more like 11 w/kg right now. That's very good, but not top-tier punchiness that Alaphilippe possesses.
The test he took, with the Belgian juniors, where he climbed 15 seconds slower than 3 year older Lambrecht on Ballon d'Alsace was from 2017 (the year Lambrecht lost Tour de l'Avenir to Bernal with 69 seconds). Here is an article from 2018, posted by 18-Valve. (pithy), where Bomans talks about that test "l'an dernier" (last year), meaning 2017. But you are correct and he must have done another test a year later as well. He talks about it here in an article posted by DNP-old: 7W per kg, on the entire climb (23 minutes) how i understand it. All his Strava records seem to have been wiped though (at least i can't find any from either year).I refer to test 2018 somewhere april.
Update: there are no strava data of him in 2017 I think. So no idea how to get to 1 minute test info of Remco 2017.
Tenth of January, team presentation.Btw is there any news on when DQS will announce their riders program?
The test he took, with the Belgian juniors, where he climbed 15 seconds slower than 3 year older Lambrecht on Ballon d'Alsace was from 2017 (the year Lambrecht lost Tour de l'Avenir to Bernal with 69 seconds). Here is an article from 2018, posted by 18-Valve. (pithy), where Bomans talks about that test "l'an dernier" (last year), meaning 2017. But you are correct and he must have done another test a year later as well. He talks about it here in an article posted by DNP-old: 7W per kg, on the entire climb (23 minutes) how i understand it. All his Strava records seem to have been wiped though (at least i can't find any from either year).
Tenth of January, team presentation.
The Belgian cycling team also does 1 minute tests. But I cannot find back that test result on strava now; Remco was here a lot slower then the better juniors (10 seconds if I remember). Just to say he is slow....The test he took, with the Belgian juniors, where he climbed 15 seconds slower than 3 year older Lambrecht on Ballon d'Alsace was from 2017 (the year Lambrecht lost Tour de l'Avenir to Bernal with 69 seconds). Here is an article from 2018, posted by 18-Valve. (pithy), where Bomans talks about that test "l'an dernier" (last year), meaning 2017. But you are correct and he must have done another test a year later as well. He talks about it here in an article posted by DNP-old: 7W per kg, on the entire climb (23 minutes) how i understand it. All his Strava records seem to have been wiped though (at least i can't find any from either year)
Actually, it can also be used in exactly the same way in English. Look at the third definition in the link below:Ah ok, it doesn’t make any sense in English. Unsympathetic means something totally different.
It is frequently used that way in reference to fictional characters, i.e. likable characters are sympathetic characters and unlikable ones are unsympathetic characters.Bizarre. I’ve not heard it used in that sense in my lifetime.