Really? What that we’ve seen indicates anything but major champion with multiple classic and GT wins? I know we don’t know for sure how he’ll do in a GT but wouldn’t you actually be shocked if he doesn’t compete for the win in his first ones?
Mainly talking about GTs. And mainly talking about among the top GT riders.
Well yeah, that's going to evolve over time. When you said "no idea" that's what make me ask.
Part of me hopes he isn't a dominant climber (like Bernal or Pogacar), but needs to go in the attack in mid-mountains, where he's shown some very exciting things already in the past (think of Adriatica Ionica, San Sebastian, Tour de Pologne etc), with long-ish range attacks to take back 1 to 2 minutes. Last thing i hope is for him to become an obnoxiously boring rider like Roglic. Sitting in the wheels of his doms, until 400 meters of the finish, rack up the boniseconds and wait for the ITT. Three years ago i thought Roglic was one of the most exciting riders to look out for in the future. Now i hope he loses every race he enters.
He's gonna be trash over 3 weeks obviously cause all those intermediate flat stages aren't hard enough for him to be recovery rides and he struggles with rest days you heard it here first.
Yeah you just need to add a couple of 0s to the length of his attacks.
I don't know if W/kg is really the question. In Burgos he was still 2kg above his goal weight. For a rider his size, that's a lot of margin at 61kg. Summer 2019 he said the lab results of his then latest FTP said he pushed 450W. Assuming that is over 20 minutes, then he should theoretically be able to push around 427W for an hour, which is immense for his weight. Your theory was actually put to the test in Burgos, where the lead-up to the climb was raced hard in the crosswinds, and all the skinny climbers were completely dead. No Kuss, Sosa, Yates... to be seen. They all cracked early on the climb.
Belgian superstar physiotherapist Lieven Maesschalck, (who treated sportsroyalty such as Wout van Aert, Eden Hazard, Luca Modric, Frank Vandenbroucke, Johan Musseeuw, Justine Henin...) where Remco is currently rehabilitating, says he is amazed by Remco's progress and has no doubt he will come back stronger than before. Can't tell you more, since the rest is behind a paywall
I don't know if W/kg is really the question. In Burgos he was still 2kg above his goal weight. For a rider his size, that's a lot of margin at 61kg. Summer 2019 he said the lab results of his then latest FTP said he pushed 450W. Assuming that is over 20 minutes, then he should theoretically be able to push around 427W for an hour, which is immense for his weight. Your theory was actually put to the test in Burgos, where the lead-up to the climb was raced hard in the crosswinds, and all the skinny climbers were completely dead. No Kuss, Sosa, Yates... to be seen. They all cracked early on the climb.
This kind of observation really surprises me. I think he’ll podium first time and would be stunned if he hasn’t won one in a few years. I really don’t get what people think will stop him.
Could be, sure. That’s about the only thing I think.
It does surprise me that people put a cap on him. The only thing he’ll never be good at is sprinting but beyond that there very few races he cannot win.
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