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So, I'm curious, what you think are the other reasons for the lack of WT stage wins?no i said:
don't omit words to suit your bias, they have a meaning.
and yes he needed 3 years to participate in 5 WT stage races. Ayuso/Pog did 4 in the first year. So he effectively and by all means and measure did less WT stage races when he started)
(where you don't participate you cannot win)
Might happen again in case of Remco. Wouldn’t be surprised if he wins another WC in his careerImagine that, showing off your Rainbow bands in the Tour. Once in a lifetime opportunity.
Errr... Maybe his crash and the trajectory that followed? 2021 he was clearly not back in top shape. Then they had him start the '22 season weighing 200kg.So, I'm curious, what you think are the other reasons for the lack of WT stage wins?
(Cause this one is not good enough).
You don't think Evenepoel has any agency when it comes to that?Then they had him start the '22 season weighing 200kg.
Based on media/fan attention he gets more pressure then otehr riders just by going to the local shopEven a loss in the Tour would be better for Remco than another win in the Vuelta or especially no other GT this year. He needs the experience of the high pressure physical and mental situations that come from that.
Today a Belgian podcast (Wuyts & Vlaeminck) speculated about Remco's possible participation in the TdF.
I still have to listen, but apparently Serge Pauwels (performance coach of the Belgian Team) would have said it is not yet excluded Remco will participate.
Let's hope.
Anyway, on Saturday I spotted Louis Vervaeke on his bike (just a ride with wife and child), but it means he's no longer suffering from Covid.
Vervaeke tested positive after Remco, so I guess Remco should be fine right now as well. I know, everyone responds differently to Covid, but it's at least not a bad sign.
ASO doesn't pay riders to ride the Tour, they get pressured by sponsors to ride the Tour.so, was Lefevre just blowing smoke or did Prudhomme pay him off?
Their salary was a bribe all alongASO doesn't pay riders to ride the Tour, they get pressured by sponsors to ride the Tour.
- Not having a focus to really try and win one of the big 7 as a goal. (where i think dauphine is most prestigious. UAE/Benelux/Turkey/ I consider the lowest tier in WT)So, I'm curious, what you think are the other reasons for the lack of WT stage wins?
(Cause this one is not good enough).
Already been confirmed: no tour, no vuelta. No Dauphiné either, as it comes too soon.I hope they play the long game and not make same mistake that Declercq. Known steps method is at least 17 days heavily reduced recovery program if no cardiac problems. So this month goes there. At least. I hope they skip Tour right away and try to bring Vuelta nicely to the table if recovery goes ok.
Already been confirmed: no tour, no vuelta. No Dauphiné either, as it comes too soon.
When Dauphine starts he's got four days of normal training after covid if they go by the book.. Of course it depends if disease is above or belove the neck. It can be quite hard if no vaccine used at all, did SQS them at all?
I didn't know he was taller than her
Serge Pauwels, assistent coach for Belgian Cycling, just said he assumes what i already expected. Nothing has been decided, Lefevere is just fed up with the press asking him about Evenepoel and wants them to back off.Already been confirmed: no tour, no vuelta. No Dauphiné either, as it comes too soon.
Lefevere supposedly commented on this. He didn't divulge the amount (but he didn't deny it) but it wasn't for the Giro, it was a package deal for all RCS races and not just for Evenepoel. So that includes UAE Tour, Giro, Lombardia... but also MSR etc.Some Italian media are reporting that RCS payed Remco 1M to race the Giro. Take it with a grain of salt, but if that's true it's just absurd.
Lefevre will be mad once he finds out that they payed nearly all the money to the rider and he only got peanuts.