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

[Drew]

Who else won a WC RR and a WC TT to begin with?

Olano.

 

[Unchained]

Lesson number one for young riders..don't let your numb skull family be your manager..

 

[Ulle97]

So is it correct to say that Remco won't race now before the Vuelta?

Just some training and maybe reconnaissance of key climbs?

 

[houtdffan]

So is it correct to say that Remco won't race now before the Vuelta?

Just some training and maybe reconnaissance of key climbs?

yep, altitude then Vuelta

 

[Peter von]

Lesson number one for young riders..don't let your numb skull family be your manager..

It is funny we often portray professional agents as predators and they steal money and all that.

But some of the top agents that earn top euro(more on football than cycling), seems to also have very happy clients. Despite being loathed by fans and teams.

 

[rghysens]

Olano.

Who also won a GT.
So Remco is only 2 LBL better than Olano.
Not thát great

 

[Lexman]

Lefevre wrote in Het Nieuwsblad that the team could be :
Jan Hirt
Mattia Cattaneo
Louis Vervaeke
Pieter Serry
James Knox
Andrea Bagioli

but it can be change ...

 

[Big Doopie]

Lefevre wrote in Het Nieuwsblad that the team could be :
Jan Hirt
Mattia Cattaneo
Louis Vervaeke
Pieter Serry
James Knox
Andrea Bagioli

but it can be change ...

Not great for the TTT.

 

[Big Doopie]

Who also won a GT.
So Remco is only 2 LBL better than Olano.
Not thát great

Comparing an entire career with a 23 year old.

The word “disingenuous” comes to mind.

 

[houtdffan]

send Alap there as the 8th. Alap was actually good as a dom last year

 

[red_flanders]

Comparing an entire career with a 23 year old.

The word “disingenuous” comes to mind.

I just assumed they were being facetious…

 

[yaco]

Not great for the TTT.

You are not going to lose much time in in a 14 km TTT.

 

[Riek s]

You are not going to lose much time in in a 14 km TTT.

Loosing 20s to Roglic/ vingegaard wouldn't be good and nothing he can do about.

 

[Red Rick]

Loosing 20s to Roglic/ vingegaard wouldn't be good and nothing he can do about.

It was 14s in 23km last year. I doubt a lot that it's gonna be 20s this year.

 

[Berniece]

Not great for the TTT.

The WC ITT winner will cover that

 

[Riek s]

It was 14s in 23km last year. I doubt a lot that it's gonna be 20s this year.

I consider last year SQS stronger with Cavagna and Van wilder over Cattaneo.
While i consider JV a lot stronger this year with Vingegaard, Baarle, Tratnik over Rohan Dennis.

 

[joseph89]

I consider lat year SQS stronger with Cavagna and Van wilder over Cattaneo.
While i consider JV a lot stronger this year with Vingegaard, Baarle, Tratnik over Rohan Dennis.

Cerny & cattaneo = cavagna & van wilder

 

[DNP-Old]

How good the individuals are says just about nothing about how good it operates in a TTT. Froome, Thomas, Kwiatkowski, Castroviejo, Bernal, Rowe, Poels and Moscon put a mere 3 seconds into Gilbert, Alaphilippe, Gaviria, Richeze, Declercq, Terpstra, Jungels and Lampaert over 35 kilometers. That same Sky team lost a TTT to Goss, Gerrans, Impey, Tuft, Albasini, Clarke, Lancaster, O'Grady and C. Meyer. Movistar would regularly win TTTs in La Vuelta.

 

[Riek s]

How good the individuals are says just about nothing about how good it operates in a TTT. Froome, Thomas, Kwiatkowski, Castroviejo, Bernal, Rowe, Poels and Moscon put a mere 3 seconds into Gilbert, Alaphilippe, Gaviria, Richeze, Declercq, Terpstra, Jungels and Lampaert over 35 kilometers. That same Sky team lost a TTT to Goss, Gerrans, Impey, Tuft, Albasini, Clarke, Lancaster, O'Grady and C. Meyer. Movistar would regularly win TTTs in La Vuelta.

yes, typically explosive guys tend to do well in a TTT. Guy like Alla, Gilbert, Gerrans, Impey, Ogrady, ...
That and of course tactics/how they ride together/form of the people.

But I don't see any explosive guys in the SQS group either. I think they need at least 2 people to hang on for dear life. All in all i think Roglic/vingegaard will have taken time on stage 1 of the Vuelta . I hope all of you are right and it won't be 20seconds.

Cerny & cattaneo = cavagna & van wilder

Cerny isn't listed in the post above though. I do see him listed on PCS start list, so yeah he could be good addition for the team in general.

 

[DNP-Old]

yes, typically explosive guys tend to do well in a TTT. Guy like Alla, Gilbert, Gerrans, Impey, Ogrady, ...
That and of course tactics/how they ride together/form of the people.

But I don't see any explosive guys in the SQS group either. I think they need at least 2 people to hang on for dear life. All in all i think Roglic/vingegaard will have taken time on stage 1 of the Vuelta . I hope all of you are right and it won't be 20seconds.



Cerny isn't listed in the post above though. I do see him listed on PCS start list, so yeah he could be good addition for the team in general.

It's a circuit with a fair amount of turns on a short distance. The team that wishes to push the turns the hardest, has a good chance of winning. I see about three sections where real time trial specialists can unleash their power. Otherwise, there isn't much room to really gain much time. It's a bit like Glasgow in that sense. Every time you're up to speed you'd have to brake again because there's a turn coming up.

https://img.aso.fr/core_app/img-cycling-vue-jpg/1/16687/0:0,1500:2122-960-0-70/c65e7

 

[gregrowlerson]

First rider to win a Grand Tour, a Monument, 🌈 RR & 🌈 ITT 🤩🤩

Don't forget Classica San Sebastian.

 

[Monte Serra]

First rider to win a Grand Tour, a Monument, 🌈 RR & 🌈 ITT 🤩🤩

Only if you consider Tour de France Femmes or Giro Donne not to be a Grand Tour. Otherwise Anna van der Breggen and Annemiek van Vleuten went before Remco. And Annemiek even was able to win San Sebastian.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Only if you consider Tour de France Femmes or Giro Donne not to be a Grand Tour. Otherwise Anna van der Breggen and Annemiek van Vleuten went before Remco. And Annemiek even was able to win San Sebastian.

Why would you consider a one week race s Grand Tour?

 

[Berniece]

Why would you consider a one week race s Grand Tour?

I would ask why would you compare women with men? Women's cycling is not as popular for girls as men's cycling is for boys. There isn't the same crop of people that get into the sport.

 

[Big Doopie]

Remco confirms the end of his season...but the CN paywall doesn't let us see...



Here's hoping he still plans to go to Lombardia.

Ah, quick Google tells me Lombardia and Chrono des Nations.

Cool. Me happy.