Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

[Logic-is-your-friend]

A few years ago, in his first season he was in a break with two other guys. According to one of them (De Bond) he had to push over 100 watts more in Remco's wheel than in the other guy's (Wallays) wheel.

Not the same thing but gives you an idea.

 

[Didinho]

A few years ago, in his first season he was in a break with two other guys. According to one of them (De Bond) he had to push over 100 watts more in Remco's wheel than in the other guy's (Wallays) wheel.

Not the same thing but gives you an idea.

And if Campenaerts couldn't hold his wheel on a flat course, you know the guy behind him is suffering.

 

[Andre]

Fantastic job by Quickstep today. Go Remco Go!!

 

[Extinction]

The worst thing about a concerted TTT effort is fading back to get hitched on again at cruise speed. When a small guy revs it up before or after your pull it's a calvary.

 

[Andre]

Remco takes the leader's jersey today with a superb uphill dash to finish second and gains more time on Yates and Bilbao. Go Remco Go!

 

[Peyroteo94]

He looks powerful. Never saw this explosive finish from Evenepoel before. He always was a diesel who destroyed everyone with a hard tempo, a little bit like robobasso. But that sprint was impressive, I wasn't expecting that. It is important for him to not lose those 5/10 seconds to a uphill sprinter like Roglic in the Giro.

 

[Wvv]

He looks powerful. Never saw this explosive finish from Evenepoel before. He always was a diesel who destroyed everyone with a hard tempo, a little bit like robobasso. But that sprint was impressive, I wasn't expecting that. It is important for him to not lose those 5/10 seconds to a uphill sprinter like Roglic in the Giro.

Take a look at last year's Vuelta stage 18 and ditto Tour of Norway stage 5.

 

[red_flanders]

Take a look at last year's Vuelta stage 18 and ditto Tour of Norway stage 5.

Yeah, if there's a bit of a hill to it, he can really hurt a small group at this point. He's changed a lot.

 

[Andy schleck]

He looks powerful. Never saw this explosive finish from Evenepoel before. He always was a diesel who destroyed everyone with a hard tempo, a little bit like robobasso. But that sprint was impressive, I wasn't expecting that. It is important for him to not lose those 5/10 seconds to a uphill sprinter like Roglic in the Giro.

He's got some explosiveness. He did a nice attack on Liege Bastogne Liege.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

...Tour of Norway stage 5.

And stage 1.

 

[Big Doopie]

I think it also is about freshness. If he is the freshest, and he is now more often than not, then he will beat the others who are exhausted…

 

[Barkintheeye]

I think it also is about freshness. If he is the freshest, and he is now more often than not, then he will beat the others who are exhausted…

Professional coaches expresses that the main difference among pro-riders is NOT max capacity (for different time periods i.e. power curve) but rather the % of the power curve after a couple of hours of hard racing, i.e. the ability to repeat hard efforts close to the optimal capacity.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

He's got some explosiveness. He did a nice attack on Liege Bastogne Liege.

No. Ive read the others just didn’t care and let him go. And no one peaked for that race, so irrelevant.

 

[Red Rick]

No. Ive read the others just didn’t care and let him go. And no one peaked for that race, so irrelevant.

You're mixing up.

The field was weak

 

[Andy schleck]

No. Ive read the others just didn’t care and let him go. And no one peaked for that race, so irrelevant.

You can make a explosive attack against a weak field.

 

[Andy schleck]

Jokes apart, the field was strong at LBL. Remco did a great ride. But this year he will be more marked when he does his attacks.

 

[Extinction]

Professional coaches expresses that the main difference among pro-riders is NOT max capacity (for different time periods i.e. power curve) but rather the % of the power curve after a couple of hours of hard racing, i.e. the ability to repeat hard efforts close to the optimal capacity.

It's called how fast you can recover after an interval and reproduce the same power, 1, 2, 3 times again until the elastic breaks. And this happens after repeated accelerations in the group that makes everybody tired, until someone with more in the tank surges ahead

 

[Big Doopie]

It's called how fast you can recover after an interval and reproduce the same power, 1, 2, 3 times again until the elastic breaks. And this happens after repeated accelerations in the group that makes everybody tired, until someone with more in the tank surges ahead

the amount of times he attacked and also closed down others in the worlds (and over 270+ kms!) and then still simply pulled away, may be evidence that no one does this better...

 

[Barkintheeye]

It's called how fast you can recover after an interval and reproduce the same power, 1, 2, 3 times again until the elastic breaks. And this happens after repeated accelerations in the group that makes everybody tired, until someone with more in the tank surges ahead

Fatigue resistance. Something most of the best riders have in abundance. If Remco is superior in this aspect I wouldn't know....

 

[Barkintheeye]

Jokes apart, the weak was strong at LBL. Remco did a great ride. But this year he will be more marked when he does his attacks.

Last year's LBL was something extra. Always great when somebody goes flat out at Côte de La Redoute. Maybe not the toughest hill on the course but arguably the most epic.

 

[frisenfruitig]

Jokes apart, the field was strong at LBL. Remco did a great ride. But this year he will be more marked when he does his attacks.

He was already being marked then as well though. Some favorites were foolishly too far back and they were all sprinting to get back on his wheel but got demolished. Honestly if he has one of these days like in San Sebastian then it doesn't matter if he's being marked or not.

 

[Extinction]

Fatigue resistance. Something most of the best riders have in abundance. If Remco is superior in this aspect I wouldn't know....

The best do, which is why they are champions.

 

[Bonimenier]

Jokes apart, the field was strong at LBL. Remco did a great ride. But this year he will be more marked when he does his attacks.

That exact sentence has been said numerous times over the last couple of seasons.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Jokes apart, the field was strong at LBL. Remco did a great ride. But this year he will be more marked when he does his attacks.

Yeah, they also didn't know who he was during the WCC.

 

[tobydawq]

Yeah, they also didn't know who he was during the WCC.

Who is he?