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

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Exactly like Madonna 1999. Absolutely no difference between the two cases. None whatsoever.

You know, it‘s the passion, the passion of the Tifosi. Since Pantani, no one was adored by the Tifosi like Remco was/is…

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

my partner had a minor respiratory virus last week. it wasn’t Covid or influenza, so chances are it was one of the viruses grouped together as the cold. She felt almost normal. It made basically no difference to her normal life. However she wears a fitness tracker and for a few days her resting heart rate, including when sleeping was consistently 10 bpm above her norm and her heart rate elevated much more quickly when she underwent any kind of exertion. This is very common with a large range of viruses even when the carrier borders on “asymptomatic“.

These guys are in the top 0.1% of endurance athletes. The sport is centrally about cardio vascular endurance. The margins are very fine. I don’t think most people appreciate just how much of a disadvantage even the kind of illness, like the common cold or a minor stomach issue, riders regularly push through actually is. Evenepoel doesn’t have the common cold. He has Covid. It’s a testament to his mental strength that he won a GT TT before testing positive. His doctors would be insane if they let him spend the next two weeks trying to win the Giro d’Italia.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

The point I was making COvid is very mild now , milder than the flu and yet riders ride on with the flu

And all Covid hit the sick exactly the same. Thank you doctor.

 

[peterfin]

An answer to a tweet by Patrick Evenepoel (his father) indicates that the risk of heart problems was part of the decision to abandon the race. So it safe to assume that he has a serious symptomatic infection and that rest is what he needs now and not exposure to one of the most brutal sports in one of the most brutal races.

 

[Netserk]

my gf had a minor respiratory virus last week. it wasn’t Covid or influenza, so chances are it was one of the viruses grouped together as the cold. She felt almost normal. It made basically no difference to her normal life. However she wears a fitness tracker and for a few days her resting heart rate, including when sleeping was consistently 10 bpm above her norm and her heart rate elevated much more quickly when she underwent any kind of exertion. This is very common with a large range of viruses even when the carrier borders on “asymptomatic“.

These guys are in the top 0.1% of endurance athletes. The sport is centrally about cardio vascular endurance. The margins are very fine. I don’t think most people appreciate just how much of a disadvantage even the kind of illness, like the common cold or a minor stomach issue, riders regularly push through actually is. Evenepoel doesn’t have the common cold. He has Covid. It’s a testament to his mental strength that he won a GT TT before testing positive. His doctors would be insane if they let him spend the next two weeks trying to win the Giro d’Italia.

Do you think the UAE doctors are insane?

 

[steffr222]

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[Taxus4a]

For me it was quite strange it was the team who did this routine test....if he feel well , you dont make a test like this...he is the only one of the team..quite strange IMO. He wanst at his level this last days after his crashes. It is a good level, but maybe not to win a hard mountain race like Il Giro to recent podiums of le Tour like Thomas or Roglic.
I dont say he is not positive...I dont know, but you dont make the test of you are really interested to have him at the race.

 

[Bonimenier]

Do you think the UAE doctors are insane?

Do you believe Evenepoel and Ayuso are/were equally sick or is that just the narrative you want to push?

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

yet you are obliged to quit cycling

he isn’t obliged to quit.

 

[bNator]

You have no idea what you are saying! Do you know that covid is a virus? Do you know that even if you don't have symptoms, your immunity system starts fighting the infection since day 1? Do you have know the amount of energy that your body spend fighting an infection? What do you think happens to your body when you are doing a 200k stage in bad weather at the highest competitive level while your body has to spend energy fighting a virus? It´s not like you are having flu and go to work driving your car!

Not to be nitpicking or saying he should race (it’s his and his team‘s decision), but what do you think a flu is? It‘s a virus.

 

[Izzyeviel]

covid hasn't magically become mild, nor is it 'just the flu'.

whoever told you that is lying to you & you're an idiot for believing it.

 

[Taxus4a]

But so much for all the experts who said he peaked too early or the crashes affected him... none of it was true. Guy was battling Covid and still best everyone in the TT.

why you know that?? you can have covid and dont note anything negative. But a crash is aleways a crash, and he had 2, and he was thinking even to leave the race that day...they say next day. Remco continues..as a new..so it was the posibility of no continue.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Not to be nitpicking or saying he should race (it’s his and his team‘s decision), but what do you think a flu is? It‘s a virus.

as viruses go, it can be quite debilitating and unlike covid, its actually quite mild.

 

[bNator]

covid hasn't magically become mild, nor is it 'just the flu'.

whoever told you that is lying to you & you're an idiot for believing it.

Covid can be easier than a flu. I’ve experienced it three times, and while once it was pretty tough, once I was asymptomatic. That being said, there’s not nearly enough data to guarantee there won’t be a long-term damage (in case of stressing your body) even if you have it in easier form…

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Question now is, will the whole SQS team now leave the Giro?… (Due to the knock-down of their common motivation)

 

[HelloDolly]

he isn’t obliged to quit.

But you dont know that ....
it was a routine test
Different teams have different protocols it would seem

Time will tell how he feels about it

 

[houtdffan]

An answer to a tweet by Patrick Evenepoel (his father) indicates that the risk of heart problems was part of the decision to abandon the race. So it safe to assume that he has a serious symptomatic infection and that rest is what he needs now and not exposure to one of the most brutal sports in one of the most brutal races.

It's clear he was sick. Nobody would be riding in near freezing conditions with an open jersey if they weren't running a massive fever

Now, what does this say about the others in the race. Rog lost 3 seconds over the past 2 days to a clearly very sick Remco

 

[Bonimenier]

Question now is, will the whole SQS team now leave the Giro?… (Due to the knock-down of their common motivation)

Nah, most of their team can try to get something out of a breakaway. Especially with Ineos now leading the pack there should be quite some stages going to the break. Ballerini can try to sprint for wins, even though he will not succeed.

 

[Izzyeviel]

I watched an interview post TT, I thought he did sound like he had a sore throat.

 

[Panda Claws]

I wouldn't risk my career at 23
Even slight lasting damage could mean the difference between winning GT's or not

 

[bNator]

It's clear he was sick. Nobody would be riding in near freezing conditions with an open jersey if they weren't running a massive fever

Now, what does this say about the others in the race. Rog lost 3 seconds over the past 2 days to a clearly very sick Remco

One possible takeout is that they are a bunch of losers. Another one is that Remco is not clearly very sick but has developed some symptoms and is now Covid positive…

 

[groogster]

People go to work with Covid now .. and even the flu.....jesus who died and made you head of healthcare

My issue is if you are not too sanctimonious to listen to is sure quit if you are ill ...its your body ..no one is saying no to that but alot of covif now is very mild yet you are obliged to quit cycling but not other sports where testing isnt routine .

Forget the symptoms, your body still has to fight an infection, that means that your body has to spend energy to do it.
Do you seriously are comparing going to work with a "flu" to compete at the highest possible level in sports while having a "flu"?
So, I will ask you once again... have you ever ride a bike to do 200k at full speed while having a "flu"?

 

[Peyroteo94]

Cycling could be way bigger if we weren't let down so often. At this moment I really think he will not have a duel between Pog and Vinge

 

[Panda Claws]

Cycling could be way bigger if we weren't let down so often. At this moment I really think he will not have a duel between Pog and Vinge

I can't handle another Vinge victory

 

[bNator]

Cycling could be way bigger if we weren't let down so often. At this moment I really think he will not have a duel between Pog and Vinge

I have been waiting for Roglic and Pogacar to battle it out on the Tour again for almost three years. It looks like it won’t happen… It really does suck. As a Rogla fan I am gutted that Remco got Covid. Not just because now it takes something away from the victory (should it come to that) but it’s just not the same now in terms of spectacle, is it?

Makes you respect those 5 time Tour winners even more, just to be able to stay in form and out of trouble at the same time for so many times…