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If he didn't come across as a geezer tech dinosaur I'd buy it.
wouldn't mind remco giving up the red to the break.
would love him in team speedsuit and belgian colors for the ITT.
would love him in team speedsuit and belgian colors for the ITT.
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I think that would be the best thing they could do.
Adam Blythe seems to think Remco is too emotional and wouldn't handle it well. Man that guy is a tool...
Think they will try to let it go to a non-gc rider, but ofcourse these guys are also further back. (Also Patrick also alluded that would be the plan). If it works out is another story, sine most of others are far up in GC already.
I do think they have an ally in Mas/Movistar who is not that far from Remco and probably doesn't want the others to gain time on him again. I think they still see Remco with a question mark over 3 weeks, so the probably don't want to gamble to much, at least with the relative small timegaps atm.
I do think they have an ally in Mas/Movistar who is not that far from Remco and probably doesn't want the others to gain time on him again. I think they still see Remco with a question mark over 3 weeks, so the probably don't want to gamble to much, at least with the relative small timegaps atm.
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That’s all his ruse so you wouldn’t think it actually is him.If he didn't come across as a geezer tech dinosaur I'd buy it.
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I feel like he'd be way more offensive than that account...
Remco was really impressive today, not only on the final climb, but also on the flats and climbs beforehand. He‘s liked by many, also in this forum, so I already expected the forum to celebrate his great ride…
He‘s now in the pole position… We of course cannot know if he is able to maintain for the rest of the race. Still 2.5 weeks to go, and insanely hard stages to come, until the Saturday before Madrid.
Remco is a racer who completely deserves his every success, because he almost always rides offensively, hardly ever hides, and rather works too much in the races than too less. He still seems to accept to waste some energy, now and then - he‘s obviously just too passionate about racing. A pleasure to watch, entertaining, and good for cycling.
The aggressive racing style of the likes of MvdP and Remco has influenced and changed modern pro cycling. In a good way!
Congratulations to Remco after today. Sad for Primoz, but happy for Remco
He‘s now in the pole position… We of course cannot know if he is able to maintain for the rest of the race. Still 2.5 weeks to go, and insanely hard stages to come, until the Saturday before Madrid.
Remco is a racer who completely deserves his every success, because he almost always rides offensively, hardly ever hides, and rather works too much in the races than too less. He still seems to accept to waste some energy, now and then - he‘s obviously just too passionate about racing. A pleasure to watch, entertaining, and good for cycling.
The aggressive racing style of the likes of MvdP and Remco has influenced and changed modern pro cycling. In a good way!
Congratulations to Remco after today. Sad for Primoz, but happy for Remco
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Obviously a great job by Remco today. A long way to go but Remco has made a huge statement and is now the favorite. Still needs to stay on his bike and not have a bad day for the next two weeks. But the way he rode off the front and no other GC contender could follow up is very compelling.
I expected this stage to ended up the way it did and I’m foreseeing Remco dominance until the itt stage. He might have more than 2 minutes at that point over the 2nd. The only question is will he cope with 3 weeks and that Sierra Nevada stage? If he does he’ll Win it, if he cracks he might not even finish in the top 3. Nevertheless he’s the most exciting rider atm.
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Sierra Nevada is a gradual, Remco diesel climb much like today was
Could be an epic ass whipping that day
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Who changed modern cycling was Contador. The greatest achievement from Contador is not the Tour, it's his legacy.Remco was really impressive today, not only on the final climb, but also on the flats and climbs beforehand. He‘s liked by many, also in this forum, so I already expected the forum to celebrate his great ride…
He‘s now in the pole position… We of course cannot know if he is able to maintain for the rest of the race. Still 2.5 weeks to go, and insanely hard stages to come, until the Saturday before Madrid.
Remco is a racer who completely deserves his every success, because he almost always rides offensively, hardly ever hides, and rather works too much in the races than too less. He still seems to accept to waste some energy, now and then - he‘s obviously just too passionate about racing. A pleasure to watch, entertaining, and good for cycling.
The aggressive racing style of the likes of MvdP and Remco has influenced and changed modern pro cycling. In a good way!
Congratulations to Remco after today. Sad for Primoz, but happy for Remco
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Condator just wasted power out of the saddle, Remco efficiently drops everyone in the saddle.
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Very interesting that by Naichacas estimation he basically mirrored his Gaustatoppen performance in Norway (6.5w/kg for 30 minutes). Obviously different stage and everything but I wonder if that was the plan, to ride the same watts and see who can stay with him. Lefevre said after Norway that these were Remcos best numbers, so I reckon they were confident that if he felt good and could do these again they'd do a lot of damage to other GC guys.
Fantastic performance and I hope he goes on the offensive again on saturday. Stage and climb should suit him again so better deal these blows early instead of riding defensively.
Huh?
Do you mean his dq? Cuz that’s really the only thing he brought to cycling in my eyes.
Good performance on stage 6.
P.S. The word in the ploton is only Remco skipped the icy bucket bath today.
P.S. The word in the ploton is only Remco skipped the icy bucket bath today.
As far as gradients yes it suits him but my question mark is around the high altitude (around 2.500 meters) and the fact that at that point we have already 2 weeks of race
He has another climb that's dangerous, but there anyone can crack and lose time, at stage 9 (Les Praeres climb) despite being only 3.8k long has gradients of 15% and 16%. The GC guys that reach that final climb with more energy saving can do damage
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Yep. Sunday's climb is the one he needs to get over. It's a slightly longer and steeper version of Mende
Of course, if he has San Sabastien form, he'll handle it fine. He curb stomped the Peloton on a similar climb in San Sabastien
Not as though by any means, there were only 300 meters with a gradient around 15% the rest of the climb, which was 2k long if i recall correctly, was around the 10%. And the oposition this time will be stronger in numbers (Roglic, Sivakov, Yates, Hindley, Mas, Almeida, O'Connor, Tao). Let's wait and see but very hyped for the next stages this weekend
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I feel like the whole gradient/diesel thing is maybe a bit off with regard to Remco, I hear a lot of commentators saying shallower climbs are better for him. Thing is, he's done really well on a lot of pretty steep climbs. On steeper ones where he hasn't done so well, I wonder if it's just that he wasn't on the best of form at that point. I mean I'd agree he's not the TOP TOP guy for very long, very steep climbs, but not many are. Subjective of course, but I generally feel this is a bit overstated and maybe we just don't have enough data points about a 22 YEAR OLD to know what he's really capable of. Could be wrong. We'll see.
Climb was 3.8 at 10.6% in San Sebastien. Not quite as steep as Sunday's, but just as long
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