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To be fair it was already clear yesterday that he was going to put up show today.
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Seems like maybe he'll be selected for the Euro Championships now. Someone update Vanthourenhout. 
By the way where's the routes of the Euros at?Seems like maybe he'll be selected for the Euro Championships now. Someone update Vanthourenhout.
In before Lefevre claims he was mentally weak, and is now back to form after Lefevre sent him to a gulag and is now taking all the credit for it?
Yup the camera crew is there anyway. ..Special episode on Belgian tv next week: Remco wins monumental cycling race, he is officially better than Eddy MerckxCan he now speak to the press again?
(his win was breaking news on belgian news apps
)But my comment goes further than just a win. I sincerely think it would do Remco immensely good to just be away from the press and all of that. Around people that not kiss the ground he walks on.
Because now expectations are again all high up again.…
But we will see, glad he put Lefevre in his place. Who said that we wont see anything of Remco this season?
the road race route is found here:
https://www.trentino2021cycling.eu/en/routes/detail/elite-men-road-race/
Big Doopie
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I haven't seen the race, but from what little I can glean on profiles, the climbs today were 4-5%? So maybe not all that different from this course. I think it's actually really well suited to his skill set.
Lefevre got his new Mick Rogers and Pecharroman all in one
King of the PCT one week stage race.
King of the PCT one week stage race.
The king of small stage races that no one cares about is back, beating superstars Van der Sande and Van der Lijke in the process.
Just kidding, wonderful performance today! So happy to see him back doing what he does best.
Just kidding, wonderful performance today! So happy to see him back doing what he does best.
He really needed a good hard day of racing like this. Needs a few more of these this year to get some good base form heading into next year
Just thinking about Remco, doesn't he have a very specific skillset, besides of TTing, of being capable of long range attacks and staying ahead of the peloton? This makes him very dangerous in hilly races.
This is very unique, but also it seems to me very limited in the nature of the races he's able to win. Not that he won't win, but things like a GT appear to need a different sort of riding.
This is very unique, but also it seems to me very limited in the nature of the races he's able to win. Not that he won't win, but things like a GT appear to need a different sort of riding.
Mostly the hilly races where hills are short enough that the majority of time is still on flat roads. In fact I think he's better on the flat on a road bike than in TTs compared to other riders. Make of that what you will.
Come on, what did Remco ever do to you to deserve that?!Lefevre got his new Mick Rogers and Pecharroman all in one
King of the PCT one week stage race.
"Rambo' Evenepoel single handedly destroys the peloton.
Hype train from the commentators
Lets see when everybody is present
Hype train from the commentators
Lets see when everybody is present
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i agree. (aside: why do you think i keep pushing for more TTs and hilly stages in GTs... ;-) ) i commented in the race thread that he has a habit of attacking on the flat or false flat (after other action has happened and he senses riders are catching their breath). think about it: Tour of Belgium 2019, San Sebastian 2019, Tour of Poland 2020 and now this. if he gets the gap, he can then take advantage of his CdA and TT away from a group that is either tired or unwilling to work together (or both).
the question is will he ever be able to do that against the likes of Van Aert, Pog or Rog...? i think we all know the answer right now. however, can he develop the strength to do it over the next few years...? Presumably, he has the potential (good grief, yes, that word!) to get even stronger. he is after all still very young despite the lost year.
the thing that I find exciting is that he actually wins like few riders do anymore, and that harkens back to a past that was of course better (tongue firmly in cheek).
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Super effort and love the full push to batter the field.
One thing that was striking was that he rode with controlled power on Kiddesvej doing the climb only a little quicker than the chasers but held in reserve the power to smash the false flat over the top and put huge time in on that section every lap much as Cancellara has done on the Paterberg transition in the RVV.
If he keeps improving there won’t be many hard one day races not in his compass but this does not answer anything about lengthy Grand Tour climbs.
One thing that was striking was that he rode with controlled power on Kiddesvej doing the climb only a little quicker than the chasers but held in reserve the power to smash the false flat over the top and put huge time in on that section every lap much as Cancellara has done on the Paterberg transition in the RVV.
If he keeps improving there won’t be many hard one day races not in his compass but this does not answer anything about lengthy Grand Tour climbs.
So the perfect course for him as he showed today and since he is not an elite climber nor muritor rider yet.
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