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for me, very unspectacular. Once Remco was dropped the whole race just died away. Without Remco it's just not the same excitement.
Go Remco Go!!!
Go Remco Go!!!
Would have been easy to give up after getting dropped and carrying heavy crash wounds. Chapeau for fighting to the end and salvaging a top 10.
Frustrating that we didn’t get to see if he could have hung in there incident free.
Frustrating that we didn’t get to see if he could have hung in there incident free.
He will continue with the team next year.
There was hope that he wouldn’t have too many issues from the fall, but unfortunately it did have an impact.
COVID in the Giro really *** up his season. Sure he got LBL and WC ITT, but he also wanted the Giro and Lombardia. In hindsight he shouldn’t have gone to the Vuelta.
COVID in the Giro really *** up his season. Sure he got LBL and WC ITT, but he also wanted the Giro and Lombardia. In hindsight he shouldn’t have gone to the Vuelta.
He needs to become better at avoiding completely unneccesary crashes like today.
Remco could have got second had he and Masnada simply drove the pace in the second group and not insisted upon the leeches working
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Yikes, the guy had a hard time even getting back on his bike after that crash and looked banged up. He also told Bagioli to ride for himself early on the Passo di Ganda when he realized that he didn't have the legs.
Not when he was already dropped hard on the climb. He did very well to get a top 10 spot after getting dropped on the climb, but he was never gonna bring back 40s to the main chasing group.
Jesus. Now is the best time to move to another team with better support (Ineos) and better pay (Ineos) and he decides to stays put🤦🏼♂️ He won’t win the big GT’s with this team.
Would have to agree and I think he is void of humility.. But today he got up off the ground, final monument of the year, bleeding and he chased really hard and I think he never thinks he can't win..my friend owns a little Chihuahua dog that thinks he is a lion..he also never gives up..
The front group was shipping time big time by not working, however. A well coordinated chase should have caught them
You are correct and his father/manager probably thinks the same but Remco is both a leader and a teamplayer so he likely feels a lot of responsability. I can imagine that the possible evaporarion of his team had an impact on him.
So Remco suddenly is the big „loser“ after these merger rumour weeks:
He stays at SQS. He won‘t get additional, strong helpers. The team wants to shift the focus more back to the Flandrien classics. No long-term future, Bakala quits at end of 2025.
All that is bad. Plus his Tourmalet stage nightmare at recent Vuelta.
At the moment, hardly anything points to Remco as 2024 Tour winner.
I think the move to Ineos would have been the best for him and for cycling.
I see what you mean Skijumper, but why wouldn't he get additional helpers? Landa is coming over, Van Wilder is super strong, Hirt is not bad, plus there are some more talented riders in Quickstep as well. I do agree that Ineos may have been a better fit.
Fast forward 10 years:
Remco's kid: "Dad, why do they call you "The Chihuahua"
Remco: #$#$#$@^#^%
Has the team actually cost Remco anything so far?
Potentially it could have during the Giro, but didn't, Covid struck.
Vuelta, Kuss stage? It's not the mountain goats that would have kept Kuss out of red, and he didn't lose the Vuelta that day either.
Tour 24? With Jumbo and UAE, now Bora too that will want to control, he won't need a train with Thomas, Arensman and Rodriguez.
And the team is not that bad either. Van Wilder is coming along slower than I originally thought, but in the end his Giro was good. Masnada seems to be coming back. Landa in Vuelta form is still good. Vansevenant is developing. There really is no need to change team now, especially if the GT-target 24 is the Tour.
Potentially it could have during the Giro, but didn't, Covid struck.
Vuelta, Kuss stage? It's not the mountain goats that would have kept Kuss out of red, and he didn't lose the Vuelta that day either.
Tour 24? With Jumbo and UAE, now Bora too that will want to control, he won't need a train with Thomas, Arensman and Rodriguez.
And the team is not that bad either. Van Wilder is coming along slower than I originally thought, but in the end his Giro was good. Masnada seems to be coming back. Landa in Vuelta form is still good. Vansevenant is developing. There really is no need to change team now, especially if the GT-target 24 is the Tour.
The net effect is more likely aggressive and chaotic attacking. You need a team that has the depth to get Remco back in the final action if he covers the wrong move or gets stuck behind a complacent pack. It's not going to be just one dimensional racing now.
No it isn't. Roglic at Bora already adds a team that is very likely to control/control/control.
Jumbo is not going to play any cards other than Vingegaard. All Remco has to do is follow him. The question here is not the team, it's Remco.
UAE might try with a second card, but well, Remco still has to stick to Vingegaard and if he isn't able keep up with the Boroglic train.
Jumbo is not going to play any cards other than Vingegaard. All Remco has to do is follow him. The question here is not the team, it's Remco.
UAE might try with a second card, but well, Remco still has to stick to Vingegaard and if he isn't able keep up with the Boroglic train.
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