Each stage, obviously. Total of 3hrs 30min.You mean Stelvio stage only, right?
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Each stage, obviously. Total of 3hrs 30min.You mean Stelvio stage only, right?
I hope that doesn't happen because I really enjoy the Olympics but it would be great to see him in the Tour and it would also give an extra 6 weeks or so to build strength and condition post injury compared to targeting the Giro.According to Lefevre: if the olympics gets cancelled, Remco will go to the Tour.
Does this mean that his primary plan is Giro + Olympics?According to Lefevre: if the olympics gets cancelled, Remco will go to the Tour.
No Olympics +
No Remco at the Giro
I'm gonna cry.
I've actually been waiting for someone to dominate the Giro for a long time.Probably better. Remco in good health would dominate your beloved Giro in a way you could not bare.
The guy is an immense talent, but has never even startet a GT. I wouldn't be suprised if he wins if he enters, but dominate? I'm not so sure about that. Given the route design is good, I guess he would be attacked from all sides by the top climbers in the peloton.Probably better. Remco in good health would dominate your beloved Giro in a way you could not bare.
I hope that doesn't happen because I really enjoy the Olympics but it would be great to see him in the Tour and it would also give an extra 6 weeks or so to build strength and condition post injury compared to targeting the Giro.
The guy is an immense talent, but has never even startet a GT. I wouldn't be suprised if he wins if he enters, but dominate? I'm not so sure about that. Given the route design is good, I guess he would be attacked from all sides by the top climbers in the peloton.
Well, to be honest, after watching Poland, Burgos and Lombardia up until the moment he crashed, it's hard to think of him doing anything else but dominate. That stagewin in Poland was simply demeaning and derogatory. Tossing Carapaz, Yates, Fuglsang, Majka around. If he can do that over 3 weeks as well... I think Evenepoel is the kind of guy that would either not even make the top 10, or win the whole thing by minutes. Can't easily see him win a GT by 45 seconds. In Adriatica Ionica, we saw he doesn't care about 4th place.The guy is an immense talent, but has never even startet a GT. I wouldn't be suprised if he wins if he enters, but dominate? I'm not so sure about that. Given the route design is good, I guess he would be attacked from all sides by the top climbers in the peloton.
Well, to be honest, after watching Poland, Burgos and Lombardia up until the moment he crashed, it's hard to think of him doing anything else but dominate. That stagewin in Poland was simply demeaning and derogatory. Tossing Carapaz, Yates, Fuglsang, Majka around. If he can do that over 3 weeks as well... I think Evenepoel is the kind of guy that would either not even make the top 10, or win the whole thing by minutes. Can't easily see him win a GT by 45 seconds. In Adriatica Ionica, we saw he doesn't care about 4th place.
I think it might be premature to send him to the Tour next year.
If Ullrich could finish second in 1996 in his first GT (and would have won had he not imploded on the Iseran MTT), Remco should have no issues. Much better talent than was Ullrich
If Ullrich could finish second in 1996 in his first GT (and would have won had he not imploded on the Iseran MTT), Remco should have no issues. Much better talent than was Ullrich
Amazing recovery.
If Ullrich could finish second in 1996 in his first GT (and would have won had he not imploded on the Iseran MTT), Remco should have no issues. Much better talent than was Ullrich
The guy is an immense talent, but has never even startet a GT. I wouldn't be suprised if he wins if he enters, but dominate? I'm not so sure about that. Given the route design is good, I guess he would be attacked from all sides by the top climbers in the peloton.
The discussion was about him riding the Giro, not the 2021 Tour.agreed. even if he proves to have three week recovery, i think it would be belittling Pog's immense talent and ability to be even better next year.
Just give me some Robobasso Evanepoel in 2021 and we will be hardchilling.I've actually been waiting for someone to dominate the Giro for a long time.
Last time it happened was 2013 but half the mountain stages were either cancelled or mutilated.
I'll take a truly dominant performance a la Contador 2011 over the shenanigans of the past few years (Finestre 2018 excluded, obviously).
But yeah Remco not riding the Giro would obviously be much easier to accept than no Olympics.