No evidence, huh? Pog's been riding since he was a kid, came onto the pro scene with meteoric rise, won his first Tour with a stunning performance on the penultimate day, then, last year, repeated in France, but, after dropping a watt bomb in the Alpes, was not the strongest climber in the Pyrennes. As we all saw at this year's Tour he met his match and not only because tactically he made mistakes, but because he had no margin to up his level from the previous two years.There's no evidence that pogacar will not get better or that remco will be even better next year. We don't know what will happen. You are just saying that because you're a big fan of remco. You are just saying what you want to happen.
Tadej is a phenomomal rider, but I honestly think he's at his best now, also because he is a very fast finisher and usually that doesn't leave much for improvement on the long efforts. And UAE has chosen to bring him to the pinnacle of the sport early in his career, knowing full well that he'll hit a leveling off plateau within 3 to 5 years.
By contrast Remco started relatively late in cycling, had a major setback early, initially came back in an ill-conceived manner and has not been rushed into the Tour, but put on a long-term development trajectory. Aside from a sensational Liege performance, the latter part of this past season showed his potential for growth is still quite there. QS must be banking on this, otherwise he'd be going to the Tour next year instead of the Giro. I bet QS is planning for Evenepoel to start to come into his maximum powers only when he goes to his first Tour likely in 2024. He will need that kind of firepower to win it. Yet it wasn't too long ago that some were saying he couldn't climb at World Tour level, winning a GT, they said, was out of the question. But then he prooved them wrong at the Vuelta and it wasn't over there with Worlds on the horizon. Now you don't do that in a season at 22 after walking on crutches a little over a year prior, if your potential for growth isn't there. While the fact that he hasn't done his first Tour yet and won't next year either, indicates to me that he still has a significant margin for improvement, otherwise QS hasn't a clue, which really isn't likely. It's far more probable that we simply have yet to see the top Remco.
I'll give Tadej the benefit of the doubt, however, and concede he may have some room to get stronger, although I honestly can't see it as very significant growth potential as he has already ridden three Tours.
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