Remco schooled everyone at Worlds. I don't see the point in suggesting Tadej was not well prepared for the event. He was, just not as much as Remco, end of story. Pogacar then went on to repeat at Lombardia against a rider Evenepoel pretty much dominated at the Vuelta, so he clearly was good, as Montreal already demonstrated, but October isn't April (although neither was it for Remco). This is likely why Tadej in a post season interview said the Belgian is a "very strong rider, perhaps even a bit stronger than me." Next season QS won't make the mistake of bringing Remco to a TA clearly not at adequit weight/form to compete against the likes of Pogacar/Vingegaard, where he was schooled by the Slovenian on Monte Carpegna. Aparently they are sending him to San Juan in preparation for the UAE Tour, where Tadej will already be fine tuned since it is his team's title race. There we should see fireworks between them, with QS wanting to observe just what ammunition Remco has to fire at Pogacar, who surely will be dealing with a bigger fish than Yates this time. I don't know the course, but if there is any TT I'd put my money on Evenepoel for GC. And then they should face each other again at Tirreno, at which Remco should be decidedly in better form than at last year's event. Here the TTs will surely give him the edge for GC. The point is that the cycling world is going to see a Remco completely over his setback from Lombardia 2020, who will have developed in confidence and strength from his GT victory, and that's going to be a formitable force to reckon with for any competitor. Evidently QS knows this, which is why they are putting him against Pogacar already at the UAE Tour, if reports are correct. Indeed things will change, but I see no reason why Remco won't be an ugly beast to face next year and for years to come after what he demonstrated in latter 22.