Watch DQS rip echelons every single flat stageDoes this guy really want to win the Giro? He barely beat a mediocre domestique in a little Spanish race.
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Watch DQS rip echelons every single flat stageDoes this guy really want to win the Giro? He barely beat a mediocre domestique in a little Spanish race.
Or Almeida destroy the field on Etna.Watch DQS rip echelons every single flat stage
Maybe not but he wanted the stage, too. Sosa took that fair and square.He was racing for the overall win. No need to worry about Sosa.
Maybe not but he wanted the stage, too. Sosa took that fair and square.
I wonder if Quick Step will soon start to considder skipping Jakobsen in the Giro. With Evenepoel a more and more serious topfavoruite, likely to take the pink jersey many days it would be a big advantage with a full team comitted to him instead of Jakobsen with some leadoutguys also. Jakobsen could just take Hodegs spot in the Vuelta instead then.
Really important for the future of cycling in the next 15 years will be, that Evenepoel will not switch to a team with extremely strong domestiques (like Ineos) and that Evenepoel will not change his style of riding to a more conservative style a la Froome."It is going to be impossible to win anything in the coming years."
Mikel Landa on current results of Remco Evenepoel
"Va a ser imposible ganar algo en los próximos años". Mikel Landa por resultados actuales de Remco Evenepoel
El español Mikel Landa, del Bahrein Maclaren, ha afirmado que hay que "aprovechar antes de que los jóvenes cojan más experiencia" ya que si no va a ser "imposible ganar algo en los próximos años", en referencia a los buenos resultados de Remco Evenepoel. El ciclista vasco, que ha intentado arrebatatranslate.google.com
His current team will likely change focus to a large degree once he wins (or almost wins) the 2020 Giro. Flemish sponsors will be lining up in droves to make a series of TDF victories happen.Really important for the future of cycling in the next 15 years will be, that Evenepoel will not switch to a team with extremely strong domestiques (like Ineos) and that Evenepoel will not change his style of riding to a more conservative style a la Froome.
If he would do that, there would be definitly the potential for extremely boring races in the upcoming years...
We will see if he will be much better. Right now is on par with Bernal and slightly above Pogacar but margin will be increased as Remco become older. I hope this trio will have some epic battles at grand tours. Same with WWA and MVDP in classics.His current team will likely change focus to a large degree once he wins (or almost wins) the 2020 Giro. Flemish sponsors will be lining up in droves to make a series of TDF victories happen.
Boring racing is guaranteed IF one rider is so much better than the rest.
Not sure if he's on par with Bernal already (on a typical TDF course). Better than Pogacar? Could be. I don't know. I didn't think Adam Yates would drop him by that much. Slovenian nationals was more or less as expected, though. Not much between Roglic and him.We will see if he will be much better. Right now is on par with Bernal and slightly above Pogacar but margin will be increased as Remco become older. I hope this trio will have some epic battles at grand tours. Same with WWA and MVDP in classics.
I also want to make note, that a lot of people are hoping/expecting him to get weaker as a GT progresses. However, considering his aerodynamic nature in line with his big engine, it is quite possible exactly the opposite will seem to occur.
I think he's a clear cut above both Pogacar and Bernal in about everything we've seen him do except so far pure climbing (though last week he surprised me again)... but we haven't seen him in a GT with multiple mountain stages and multiple climbs per stage yet. I have no doubt that he will be "good" there too, but if he turns out to have one bad day, or doesn't cope with a rest day etc etc, that could change everything. He has proven to be very consistent in the past, so i'm not really counting on a bad-day-after-a-restday scenario, but you never know. He's never done more than 5 consecutive days of racing. (San Juan also has a rest day for only 7 days in total). But as far as potential to win stages, classics, 1 week stageraces and ITT's... i can't remember ever having seen anybody come close. If Cancellara could have really climbed, he might have, but since he was 15kg heavier he's also out. Pogacar has done more than double the kilometers as Evenepoel, but only has one win more (12vs13). My guess is, after the Giro, Evenepoel will have overtaken him in that regard.
Last year in this topic, we were debating if it were possible for him to have 5 wins each year... The year hasn't started properly and he's got 7 already: 3/3 GC's, 2/2 ITT's, 2/6 uphil finishes. And while the level at San Juan might have been debatable, at Algarve and Burgos it was not. He beat Ganna, Dennis, Küng, Schachmann in ITT's. He beat Martin, Carapaz, Chaves, Lopez, Costa, Yates, Landa, Soler, Mas... uphil. More and more he's riding as if top level pro's are the 2018 juniors he was racing.
I also want to make note, that a lot of people are hoping/expecting him to get weaker as a GT progresses. However, considering his aerodynamic nature in line with his big engine, it is quite possible exactly the opposite will seem to occur. Unlike most light climbers/GC riders, who suffer ever so slightly from a high pace on flat roads over three weeks, chances are this will not affect him nearly as much. He might deteriorate at a much slower pace compared to his competitors over the course of three weeks and might seem to get stronger (compared to his rivals). Furthermore, since he seems to have an extremely high base level and isn't that dependent on peaking, he may simply be able to maintain a high and extremely constant level throughout the course of a GT. I'm not saying this will turn out to be the case, but what i'm suggesting isn't wild speculation either.
In conclusion, i hope he never joins Ineos. But i have confidence he doesn't want to leave DQT anytime soon. He seems to like racing too much, and values other things over money from what i can tell.
PS: i also think he is a quick learner, and that he is picking up a lot of things at QuickStep that he would not have picked up as easily or as quickly at Ineos. We all know he had roughly no experience riding in a peloton (because he started late and because he always attacked from pretty much the start). I think at DQT he has learned and will continue to learn quite a lot. Going from bikehandling, positioning, tactics etc. Last year he crashed multiple times by himself. So far this year, he was only held up once by a crash (but wasn't involved in the actual crash).
I think he's a clear cut above both Pogacar and Bernal in about everything we've seen him do except so far pure climbing (though last week he surprised me again)... but we haven't seen him in a GT with multiple mountain stages and multiple climbs per stage yet. I have no doubt that he will be "good" there too, but if he turns out to have one bad day, or doesn't cope with a rest day etc etc, that could change everything. He has proven to be very consistent in the past, so i'm not really counting on a bad-day-after-a-restday scenario, but you never know. He's never done more than 5 consecutive days of racing. (San Juan also has a rest day for only 7 days in total). But as far as potential to win stages, classics, 1 week stageraces and ITT's... i can't remember ever having seen anybody come close. If Cancellara could have really climbed, he might have, but since he was 15kg heavier he's also out. Pogacar has done more than double the kilometers as Evenepoel, but only has one win more (12vs13). My guess is, after the Giro, Evenepoel will have overtaken him in that regard.
Last year in this topic, we were debating if it were possible for him to have 5 wins each year... The year hasn't started properly and he's got 7 already: 3/3 GC's, 2/2 ITT's, 2/6 uphil finishes. And while the level at San Juan might have been debatable, at Algarve and Burgos it was not. He beat Ganna, Dennis, Küng, Schachmann in ITT's. He beat Martin, Carapaz, Chaves, Lopez, Costa, Yates, Landa, Soler, Mas... uphil. More and more he's riding as if top level pro's are the 2018 juniors he was racing.
I also want to make note, that a lot of people are hoping/expecting him to get weaker as a GT progresses. However, considering his aerodynamic nature in line with his big engine, it is quite possible exactly the opposite will seem to occur. Unlike most light climbers/GC riders, who suffer ever so slightly from a high pace on flat roads over three weeks, chances are this will not affect him nearly as much. He might deteriorate at a much slower pace compared to his competitors over the course of three weeks and might seem to get stronger (compared to his rivals). Furthermore, since he seems to have an extremely high base level and isn't that dependent on peaking, he may simply be able to maintain a high and extremely constant level throughout the course of a GT. I'm not saying this will turn out to be the case, but what i'm suggesting isn't wild speculation either.
In conclusion, i hope he never joins Ineos. But i have confidence he doesn't want to leave DQT anytime soon. He seems to like racing too much, and values other things over money from what i can tell.
PS: i also think he is a quick learner, and that he is picking up a lot of things at QuickStep that he would not have picked up as easily or as quickly at Ineos. We all know he had roughly no experience riding in a peloton (because he started late and because he always attacked from pretty much the start). I think at DQT he has learned and will continue to learn quite a lot. Going from bikehandling, positioning, tactics etc. Last year he crashed multiple times by himself. So far this year, he was only held up once by a crash (but wasn't involved in the actual crash).
But what have we really seen him be better at so far other than TT? We can speculate but we haven't really seen real evidence that he's better than either at anything else, have we?I think he's a clear cut above both Pogacar and Bernal in about everything we've seen him do except so far pure climbing (though last week he surprised me again)... but we haven't seen him in a GT with multiple mountain stages and multiple climbs per stage yet.
Wednesday he starts in Poland.What's next for Remco leading up to the Giro?
DQS could look vastly different in 2-3 years, though, if Evenepoel bosses the Giro. A lot more like Ineos, although the classics will remain important. But maybe they won't be their #1 priority anymore... My guess is that Alaf will leave after next season, regardless of the team's budget at that point (which I think will be much higher than it is now if Evenepoel turns out to be a GT specialist - which is almost a certainty at this point.In conclusion, i hope he never joins Ineos. But i have confidence he doesn't want to leave DQT anytime soon. He seems to like racing too much, and values other things over money from what i can tell.