^^I thought it was interesting about how he fills his time, and some mistakes he made regarding rest and recovery. Sounds like it's a struggle -- as it should be -- to fill up his days, as a 19 year old. I mean, I certainly wouldn't have had the discipline to live like a monk when I was 19.
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LOL as we all know, being strong does not count for anything.
But at least he knows that he made some mistakes and hopefully will learn from those mistakes.
BTW, I can't wait for next year when he will reach Pogačar's age and start crushing the field just like the young Slovenian.
tobydawq said:
LOL as we all know, being strong does not count for anything.
But at least he knows that he made some mistakes and hopefully will learn from those mistakes.
BTW, I can't wait for next year when he will reach Pogačar's age and start crushing the field just like the young Slovenian.
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The entire interview:
https://www.hammerseries.com/latest-from-hammer/remco-evenepoel-q-and-a
The entire interview:
https://www.hammerseries.com/latest-from-hammer/remco-evenepoel-q-and-a
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=34270&p=2356677#p2356677Bonimenier said:
Riding Hammer Stavanger.
In yesterdays Hammer Climb, he showed himself, bridging the gap from the peloton to the break, solo. He joined the break right before the climb and got dropped immediately. Had to chase again, joined the break again a few KM before the next climb and got dropped again. He only managed to win 45 points. Ironically most points were won by Sam Bennett (the sprinter). DQS finished 7th.
In todays Hammer Sprint, he was again very active and won more points than Groenewegen, Bennett and Hodeg combined. DQS won this round.
Tomorrow Hammer Chase (TTT).
Video's on the Hammer website.
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Unfortunately, as evident from this video (https://twitter.com/HammerStavanger/status/1132323848295198720) Remco still has a lot to learn from the big boys.
In yesterdays Hammer Climb, he showed himself, bridging the gap from the peloton to the break, solo. He joined the break right before the climb and got dropped immediately. Had to chase again, joined the break again a few KM before the next climb and got dropped again. He only managed to win 45 points. Ironically most points were won by Sam Bennett (the sprinter). DQS finished 7th.
In todays Hammer Sprint, he was again very active and won more points than Groenewegen, Bennett and Hodeg combined.
DQS won this round.Tomorrow Hammer Chase (TTT).
Video's on the Hammer website.
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Unfortunately, as evident from this video (https://twitter.com/HammerStavanger/status/1132323848295198720) Remco still has a lot to learn from the big boys.
It is striking, the frequency with which he takes a tumble. Hope he never gets seriously injured.
In his defense, he used to be a football* player. They fall over on purpose all the time.
*That's soccer for all your silly Americans.
*That's soccer for all your silly Americans.
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But like i said in the "lesser known races" thread, we all knew this was going to be a problem. Yet i wonder if DQS is doing anything about it.
I think for the time being, all that excess babyfat is breaking his fall. He's crashed 5 times so far this season (to my knowledge), never injured.Mavic said:
But like i said in the "lesser known races" thread, we all knew this was going to be a problem. Yet i wonder if DQS is doing anything about it.
60 kilometers in the attack with Marc Hirschi, in Norway. Unfortunately, they got caught less than 5k from the finish by the 4th team that was chasing in the peloton (Ineos), after they had killed off 3 teams trying to catch them. Impressive ride today. At one point the peloton was torn in pieces due to the high pace. Still Hirschi and Evenepoel managed to stay ahead while their lead never was larger than 63 seconds.
Impressive ride indeed from both of them, but let's not forget the quality of the field in Norway (or lack of), and the peloton breaking up was mainly due to the crosswinds and the open field.
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A peloton breaking due to crosswinds, can only happen when they ride "balls out". That's the point. It's even very difficult to bridge a gap even with a small group, with crosswinds from peloton to peloton, but these two stayed ahead of the peloton the entire time. If it were somehow easy to stay ahead of a peloton in crosswinds, the peloton would never break into pieces to begin with, because it would be equally easy to just follow the pace, even if it meant riding in the wind in a new echelon.
And i think there is actually more quality in the peloton compared to some other races held not long ago. Don't forget, that since this is clearly a sprinters stagerace, all the sprinter teams have something to gain to bring the break back. Which was very clear today. Maybe Evenepoel would have had more luck with another rider that wasn't so close in GC as Hirschi (who was only 17 seconds down in GC).
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Evenepoel after the stage:
Short interview with Hirschi: https://video.eurosport.com/cycling/tour-of-norway/2019/hirschi-i-hope-this-is-the-first-of-many-battles-with-remco-evenepoel_vid1204918/video.shtml
Kazistuta said:
A peloton breaking due to crosswinds, can only happen when they ride "balls out". That's the point. It's even very difficult to bridge a gap even with a small group, with crosswinds from peloton to peloton, but these two stayed ahead of the peloton the entire time. If it were somehow easy to stay ahead of a peloton in crosswinds, the peloton would never break into pieces to begin with, because it would be equally easy to just follow the pace, even if it meant riding in the wind in a new echelon.
And i think there is actually more quality in the peloton compared to some other races held not long ago. Don't forget, that since this is clearly a sprinters stagerace, all the sprinter teams have something to gain to bring the break back. Which was very clear today. Maybe Evenepoel would have had more luck with another rider that wasn't so close in GC as Hirschi (who was only 17 seconds down in GC).
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Evenepoel after the stage:
Short interview with Hirschi: https://video.eurosport.com/cycling/tour-of-norway/2019/hirschi-i-hope-this-is-the-first-of-many-battles-with-remco-evenepoel_vid1204918/video.shtml
Remco is really showing them what's what at the Hammer Climb right now. All this sprinting crap doesn't matter if you just go solo.
Less than 15km left, he has 1m20s lead, Don't see them catching him, which means he'll clean out the points.
PS: is that the famous Kirby saying: "It's 6 guys in the chase on one guy in the front, if you think that's an uneven battle, you're absolutely right." :lol:
PS: is that the famous Kirby saying: "It's 6 guys in the chase on one guy in the front, if you think that's an uneven battle, you're absolutely right." :lol:
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What a ride. He's getting better rapidly. Already very good in Norway, but this was incredible.
Isn't the Hammer Series the race where Betancur destroyed the field and everyone thought he was back on track for world domination..?
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It was and Betancur went on to ride a very decent Tour before the Vuelta where he finally showed his 2013 shape on the same day he crashed out.King Boonen said:
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I think for someone of his talent his tour performance was fairly average.
Basically, great Remco is winning, but lets not get too carried away with this particular result.
Valv.Piti said:
I think for someone of his talent his tour performance was fairly average.
Basically, great Remco is winning, but lets not get too carried away with this particular result.
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