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

[Snake]

Remco, the rider who will be reconsidering his plans for July 2025 during week two of July 2024.

Maybe sooner, between basque and Liegi things will go very bad for him

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

"Remco is by far The Better Evenepoel"

His junior trainer (who had also trained his father) said he didn't get the genes from his father's side, but from his mother. So no contest.

 

[RedheadDane]

His junior trainer (who had also trained his father) said he didn't get the genes from his father's side, but from his mother. So no contest.

I think a genealogist would disagree.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Most fitting suggestion there ever was.

”Remco Evenepoel the Aaron Rodgers of Cycling”

 

[Salvarani]

”Remco Evenepoel the Aaron Rodgers of Cycling”

I see where you are going with this and I cant you say dont have a point.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

”Remco Evenepoel the bringer of Fire and Fury, One Man battling the Unbelievers ”

 

[Barnacle Bill]

The "Is Remco at his fighting weight?" thread

 

[Ripper]

Lol

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

I’m categorically against changing thread titles, so I’m disappointed.

 

[AmRacer]

The "Is Remco at his fighting weight?" thread

....mountain weight?..

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

....mountain weight?..

It all makes sense now. He has the weight of a nation on his shoulders. I've always said he could still lose weight in his upper body.

 

[hayneplane]

Itzulia is always a great race. Jonas away from the Tour is in the ranks of the mortals on his TT bike so I expect Remco to gain an early advantage but he will need a lead ahead of the final stage because Krabelin is a really brutal climb where I expect Vingegaard to demolish everyone.

 

[AmRacer]

Itzulia is always a great race. Jonas away from the Tour is in the ranks of the mortals on his TT bike so I expect Remco to gain an early advantage but he will need a lead ahead of the final stage because Krabelin is a really brutal climb where I expect Vingegaard to demolish everyone.

Remco hasn't been at altitude camp yet so Jonas will win easily.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

What a title! Fatco: God of McDonald's.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

What a title! Fatco: God of McDonald's.

Can't wait for Itzulia.
Burger King vs Fisher King

 

[houtdffan]

Itzulia is always a great race. Jonas away from the Tour is in the ranks of the mortals on his TT bike so I expect Remco to gain an early advantage but he will need a lead ahead of the final stage because Krabelin is a really brutal climb where I expect Vingegaard to demolish everyone.

its far from the finish though

That final stage is more like a CSS, which is Remco's wheel house

 

[hayneplane]

its far from the finish though

That final stage is more like a CSS, which is Remco's wheel house

True but we have seen the race change course decisively there in the recent past when Roglic wrestled the lead from McNulty with Pogacar on a leash working to try and help keep the GC lead of McNulty.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

its far from the finish though

That final stage is more like a CSS, which is Remco's wheel house

Stage is 90km shorter than CSS, which is a big difference.

 

[Froome]

its far from the finish though

That final stage is more like a CSS, which is Remco's wheel house

CSR*.

 

[rallybanana]

It all makes sense now. He has the weight of a nation on his shoulders. I've always said he could still lose weight in his upper body.

Belgium is not such a big country and doesn't have many mountains. Surely the weight of the nation is a lot less than other big cycling countries.

 

[witeken]

Pogacar only a few seconds faster than (63kg+?) Remco on 30min climb.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1770125885561049216

View: https://twitter.com/WattsinCycling/status/1770125885561049216

 

[AmRacer]

Pogacar only a few seconds faster than (63kg+?) Remco on 30min climb.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1770125885561049216

View: https://twitter.com/WattsinCycling/status/1770125885561049216

Did everyone went full gas the whole climb?

 

[Salvarani]

Did everyone went full gas the whole climb?

Exactly. Pog rode alone and even eased off in the end. Still faster than the group and the others sprinting for the win last year, in worse conditions.

Pog could have gone faster and in better conditions would have smashed the time here even more. It is not really comparable. Two different leagues.

 

[Froome]

Remco hasn't been at altitude camp yet so Jonas will win easily.

Jonas was at altitude camp in February. Itzulia is in April, he will not feel the effects of the altitude training camp he did in February.

 

[Slavique Nuke]

Pogacar only a few seconds faster than (63kg+?) Remco on 30min climb.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1770125885561049216

View: https://twitter.com/WattsinCycling/status/1770125885561049216

Pogacar slowed down considerably towards the end, he had time to stop the session on his computer early so that Remco could keep the Strava KOM, and then he started to celebrate. While last year the three sprinted for the stage win.

He could easily have beaten Remco's last year time by at least a minute in much worse conditions if he wanted to.