The key message is that his forearms are more aero than a skinsuit, given that he is shaving the hair on his arms every time before a TT.
View: https://youtu.be/LS7PSE0-3nw?t=6000
Remco just saved me a lot of money for a skinsuit. I am currently looking for my wife's ladyshave and will go 5s faster on my local training ride tomorrow.
On a more serious note, I really like his take on some of the races we have all seen and discussed, sometimes giving away some insights, and him being open and clear about a lot of things:
1. going up Jebel Hafeet at 7W/kg with Adam Yates
2. saying his Algarve TT was one of his best while we all know he pushed 392W average because he accidentally posted his power data for a short time on strava
3. saying he felt he had more left than Bilbao in San Sebastian on the last climb so he was more confident he had more energy left than Bilbao for the sprint
4. explaining why he was suffering in the World's and was subsequently out of the race
5. recalling he got dropped by Roglic at Sierra de la Pandera because he underestimated the climb
6. talking about his issues following wheels on downhills
7. admitting many mistakes in his come-back after his Lombardia crash and regretting having re-started in the Giro, and suggesting that he didn't want to do the Tour as his prep. would be equally bad (a bit better but still, not good enough)
8. clearly showing great respect for Tadej and Jonas (and all other GC riders) and while not explicilty saying so, I feel Remco knows his current place in the pecking order and while he clearly wants to beat Jonas and Tadej in GC races, he knows he shouldn't speak about that ambition too much but just try to show it first in the races.
9. him being open about the purpose of his youtube channel (to self-promote his image)
10. him considering avoiding taxes by moving to Andorra or Monaco without any sense of shame.
etcetera etcetera.
What he didn't speak too much about, was the sometimes strange atmosphere in the Belgian team that for sure was there in / after Leuven WC, the same with regards to Wollongong with Remco hardly ever training with the rest of the team and this behaviour continued in Glasgow but to a lesser extend.
What I found a bit strange was Remco talking about Alaphilippe as a mountain domestique, while it is rumoured Alaphilippe is talking with other teams about a transfer, so this is, at the moment, only applicable for the Vuelta?
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