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

[repre]

The health benefits of exercising are kinda backed up by a few million scientific studies

Exercising is not a sport...

 

[CyclistAbi]

Good luck doing a GT with too low body fat percentage.

 

[Extinction]

Good luck doing a GT with too low body fat percentage.

Exactly and that's why they won't go too low on a calculated regime basis, because it's counter produtive. End of story, so no need to regulate it, unless...

 

[Ilmaestro99]

After the mythical contador 'he's having good sensations' and the mythical froome 'numbers in training', now we will have the mythical remco 'at the optimal weight'.

 

[Froome]

After the mythical contador 'he's having good sensations' and the mythical froome 'numbers in training', now we will have the mythical remco 'at the optimal weight'.

After all the talks, i still not understand what is the perfect weight of remco.

66? 63? 62? 61.5? 61.57674347 kg?

 

[red_flanders]

This thread has never been stupider than when discussing another man’s weight.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

This thread has never been stupider than when discussing another man’s weight.

You're just trying to divert attention because you fear at one point we'll start discussing your weight. Admit it.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

After all the talks, i still not understand what is the perfect weight of remco.

66? 63? 62? 61.5? 61.57674347 kg?

It depends on if he wins or not.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

It depends on if he wins or not.

I don't know about you, but i didn't think 68kg is his ideal weight, just because he won races early '22.

The issue with Evenepoel is that he is a TT'er, a classics rider, and a GC/GT rider. and that his ideal GT weight will greatly differ from his ideal long flat TT weight. I'm sure that's easy enough to understand.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Can he fluctuate his weight so much as to be ideal for the races he targets, against the route, and against the competition he faces? There's never much talk about other riders and their weight, only this lad. I can't understand the obsession with his weight all the time.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Can he fluctuate his weight so much as to be ideal for the races he targets, against the route, and against the competition he faces? There's never much talk about other riders and their weight, only this lad. I can't understand the obsession with his weight all the time.

There was some talk about Pogacars weight in relation to his Flanders/Tour attempts, with Vingegaard weight is also a Thema (but it’s about how light he is, not that he’s heavier for other targets of course). For Geraint Thomas weight is also a major subject, he’s spoken a bit about it in his podcast for example.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Can he fluctuate his weight so much as to be ideal for the races he targets, against the route, and against the competition he faces? There's never much talk about other riders and their weight, only this lad. I can't understand the obsession with his weight all the time.

Which riders? You see Pogacar, Vingegaard or Roglic beating Ganna and Tarling in a 50k flat TT to claim the rainbow jersey? I sure didn't, lol. Let me know when Vingegaard goes for a 270km WCC RR and ITT after winning LBL and then we'll talk. Ok? Or when Van der Poel wins the Vuelta.

 

[AmRacer]

Which riders? You see Pogacar, Vingegaard or Roglic beating Ganna and Tarling in a 50k flat TT to claim the rainbow jersey? I sure didn't, lol. Let me know when Vingegaard goes for a 270km WCC RR and ITT after winning LBL and then we'll talk. Ok? Or when Van der Poel wins the Vuelta.

Who's the reigning Olympic TT champion?

 

[AmRacer]

Which riders? You see Pogacar, Vingegaard or Roglic beating Ganna and Tarling in a 50k flat TT to claim the rainbow jersey? I sure didn't, lol. Let me know when Vingegaard goes for a 270km WCC RR and ITT after winning LBL and then we'll talk. Ok? Or when Van der Poel wins the Vuelta.

So you're saying Remco isn't competitive enough to win TdF?

 

[Salvarani]

Can he fluctuate his weight so much as to be ideal for the races he targets, against the route, and against the competition he faces? There's never much talk about other riders and their weight, only this lad. I can't understand the obsession with his weight all the time.

Great point.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Who's the reigning Olympic TT champion?

Why are you asking this and why do you think it is relevant to the discussion? You think the Olympic TT was a long flat TT?

So you're saying Remco isn't competitive enough to win TdF?

I think i'm saying you need to read before responding.

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

There was some talk about Pogacars weight in relation to his Flanders/Tour attempts, with Vingegaard weight is also a Thema (but it’s about how light he is, not that he’s heavier for other targets of course). For Geraint Thomas weight is also a major subject, he’s spoken a bit about it in his podcast for example.

If i rember correctly VdP was also aiming to be a couple of kg lighter when he was preparing MTB event compared to road/cyclocross.

 

[red_flanders]

You're just trying to divert attention because you fear at one point we'll start discussing your weight. Admit it.

Holding at a svelte 92 kilos. Discuss!

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Holding at a svelte 92 kilos. Discuss!

More context needed. How tall are you?

 

[red_flanders]

More context needed. How tall are you?

1.89 meters

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

1.89 meters

I think your optimal race weight could be maybe 83,763 kg.

 

[red_flanders]

I think your optimal race weight could be maybe 83,763 kg.

Actually sounds about exactly right TBH.

 

[Elos Anjos]

More context needed. How tall are you?

194cm.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

If i rember correctly VdP was also aiming to be a couple of kg lighter when he was preparing MTB event compared to road/cyclocross.

Van Mol told Terpstra he could win RVV if he lost 2kg. A year later, Terpstra lost 2kg and guess what he won...

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Actually sounds about exactly right TBH.

In this thread we are all experts on optimal race weight based on little information, so I’m not surprised.