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

[kingjr]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1672988714274832386

View: https://twitter.com/sporza/status/1672988714274832386

 

[houtdffan]

Remco went from being pathetic at sprinting to perhaps the best GC sprinter

He does not lose sprints any more

 

[Eeslliw]

Remco went from being pathetic at sprinting to perhaps the best GC sprinter

He does not lose sprints any more

Pogi beats him in a sprint 10/10 times.

 

[JosefK]

Remco keeps getting better, bit by bit. Great race, today.

 

[RedheadDane]

Maybe a journalist should ask him if he has something against the design of the regular QS jersey.

 

[Bonimenier]

Pogi beats him in a sprint 10/10 times.

If he for once can follow Remco in races they do together, he can prove it.

 

[jmdirt]

Congrats RE!

 

[Didinho]

Sprinter Remco at it again. Take him to the Tour already. Looks ready for the green jersey.

 

[Red Rick]

Weren't people saying in the race thread Segaert is a really bad sprinter?

Honestly the notion that he's suddenly the best GC sprinter without having to ever beat Pogacar is pretty ridiculous.

 

[Berniece]

Honestly the notion that he's suddenly the best GC sprinter without having to ever beat Pogacar is pretty ridiculous.

Not in this thread

 

[Riek s]

Weren't people saying in the race thread Segaert is a really bad sprinter?

Honestly the notion that he's suddenly the best GC sprinter without having to ever beat Pogacar is pretty ridiculous.

Yeah Segaert isn't the fastest. Still suprising he won after all the work he did. (he was also the big motor of the group before, segaert or campenaert as well).

Neither Remco nor Pogocar beat each other in a sprint. (Altough i have very much confidence that Pog wins the sprint 9 out of 10)


edit: in the interview Remco stated he rides the Vuelta if he feels he can be 100% by then. otherwise he will do the classics. (Which probably aligns with a previous poster who said that remco is build for 1 day races. I think he feels that himself that he can do better in classics @ 95% than in a GT at the same fitness level.)

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Weren't people saying in the race thread Segaert is a really bad sprinter?

Honestly the notion that he's suddenly the best GC sprinter without having to ever beat Pogacar is pretty ridiculous.

Let the die hards have their fun.

 

[Salvarani]

Great one-day racer!

 

[houtdffan]

Pogi beats him in a sprint 10/10 times.

Now prove that.

What is Pog's speed vs Remco's speed in these sprints? Can Pog sprint from as far out as Remco can? Can Pog lead out a sprint from distance and still win?

 

[kingjr]

Now prove that.

What is Pog's speed vs Remco's speed in these sprints? Can Pog sprint from as far out as Remco can?

View: https://youtu.be/LsD9E5EcMtE?t=81

 

[houtdffan]

View: https://youtu.be/LsD9E5EcMtE?t=81

impressive sprint, though it came just after a small hill so Pog should have won that one

 

[kingjr]

impressive sprint, though it came just after a small hill so Pog should have won that one

He also wasn't sprinting against Alec Segaert.

 

[Riek s]

In those classics (long ones, Montreal isn't that long), being fresher makes a big difference. (ask VDP , Boonen, WVA). (Hence never say 10 out of 10)

 

[nightowl]

In those classics (long ones, Montreal isn't that long), being fresher makes a big difference. (ask VDP , Boonen, WVA). (Hence never say 10 out of 10)

Montreal is 220km and ~5000m of climbing so it’s not exactly a quick Sunday coffee ride. Pogi won that sprint most likely because it was after a long hard race, and he has a pretty good track record in those.

Having said that, I do agree with you though that you never know what might happen at the end of a long classic - typical sprinting ability often goes out the window

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Weren't people saying in the race thread Segaert is a really bad sprinter?

Honestly the notion that he's suddenly the best GC sprinter without having to ever beat Pogacar is pretty ridiculous.

Evenepoel just makes it a longer sprint. On average he starts his sprint 75km from the finish, where as Pogacar waits until 50km from the finish.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So what's next for Remco: the Tour?

 

[Valv.Piti]

So what's next for Remco: the Tour?

I think that has already been debated here and many other places enough by now: no, he isn't riding the Tour.

Great win!

 

[Riek s]

Evenepoel just makes it a longer sprint. On average he starts his sprint 75km from the finish, where as Pogacar waits until 50km from the finish.

So he waited 45km to long today?

It kind of makes sense, because if he felt super, he probably would have followed WVA in the beginning.

edit: Just saw that they averaged 47,814km/h over 232,8km

So what's next for Remco: the Tour?

Classica San Sebastian

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

So he waited 45km to long today?

It kind of makes sense, because if he felt super, he probably would have followed WVA in the beginning.

Evenepoel spoelt na "wat proberen" teleurstelling van tijdrit door: "Maar eerste uren was ik super slecht"

Waar een wil is, volgt een gekleurde trui. Remco Evenepoel heeft zijn zinnen gezet op de Belgische driekleur na een teleurstellende tijdrit. Eentje die hij een jaar lang onder zijn regenboog mag dragen. "Een mooie back-up", lacht hij. "Kampioen van je land worden, dat doen er niet heel veel."

sporza.be

"Super bad" in the beginning.

 

[Andre]

Super Remco today