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

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Just checking in to see what Remco complained about today.

 

[jmdirt]

If Remco didn't know that he was racing for the win, I blame the team. He is riding his ars off and not counting as the break gets caught and dropped. The team should have made it very clear in his ear that he was at the front.

 

[SHAD0W93]

If Remco didn't know that he was racing for the win, I blame the team. He is riding his ars off and not counting as the break gets caught and dropped. The team should have made it very clear in his ear that he was at the front.

100%, and fault of him and the team but mostly the team. They can see who’s in front of there is someone else hike Evenepoel or any other rider is doing their thing. It’s the same reason there’s so many coaches in NFL in order to see everything. They had one job and failed, just have to learn from it to be better. Same with the team complaining about the finish of stage 3 yet not telling Evenepoel.

 

[IndianCyclist]

He certainly is box office, no dull day with the kid!

Usually when he's this disappointed/annoyed he comes back with a vengeance.

I'm already excited to see what he has in store!

With Remco, they have facial expression, gestures, crashes, a no holds barred mouth and of course insane capability/incapability to climb depends on which side and rabid fans & haters plus drama(on and off the bike) which makes for all the news worthy material that they need. In fact i can bet that he has contributed to more news that the entire Jumbo Visma team this Vuelta. He is a one man news making machine and he is taking on the Jumbo Visma team almost single handedly.

 

[bNator]

No shame in losing out today, as he was forced to do all the work on the last climb AND lead out the sprint. Roglic's lead out man, however, had the Slovenian been forced to take up the pace, Remco probably wins. Once again Rog's modus operandi is effective, but without panache, something which simply characterizes his way of racing. The important thing is Remco looked good. On to tomorrow.

Leave Rog alone. I can assure you his fans love his way of racing. Rather than worrying about Rog’s panache, focus on your 10 years younger guy being able to stay with him in GC.

 

[bNator]

I don't know if it's the crash or something else but he doesn't look on the same level as last year, didn't he dropped everyone on a similar climb in 2022?

The level is the same as last year. This year, the competition is much stronger - which is exactly what many of us were pointing out before the Vuelta but were quite aggressively silenced by some of the guys here.

This year, Remco is fighting peak Roglic, Vinge (not peak, but still Vinge), 1 year olderAyuso… Last year, there was only Mas to beat…

I actually think he’s doing pretty well so far.

 

[Oldermanish]

Kuss rides dom, and Roglic and Vingo attack Remco. Kuss has no distorted dreams of winning this bike race.

Kuss has two and one third GTs in his legs this season and leads by several minutes over Remco. He doesn't have to do much but survive unless a pivotal moment occurs and he knows his season is done. That can happen but Remco is the one that needs to deal with a full hand of other contenders that are ahead and just behind him on GC.
Welcome to the Big Leagues, Mr. Evenpoel.
And this is GT lite compared to France. His team will be tested and he'd better "focus" as one of this other fans mentioned on another rider's thread. He's good but has to prove he can go this 3 weeks.

 

[Volderke]

Press headline has “Remco rages at missed opportunity…”

I guess that’s all the haters read as it confirms their bias. He absolutely did not “rage”. Lol!

he raged, but mostly in the English press interview, which doesn't help improving his carefully polished image through his recent youtube videos.

In the Flemish interview for Sporza, he was much more joking, laid back...

But if I may give some critique: He still missed some relativism / self-criticism: he shouldn't blame anyone else but himself and admit he was an idiot sandwich. He should delay any interviews in the first 15 minutes after finishing a race as his competitiveness / post-race adrenaline are in the way of a balanced take on the matter of the day.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

The TT will be an important stage for dynamics of the second half of the race. Remco is looking strong again so likely he'll put some time into Vingo and Rogla but how much? Another key question: will Kuss limit his loss and remain a victory candidate?

 

[Lexman]

He said he rode the whole stage without power meter, anyone knows why ? if broken is there's no possibility to chang or the reserve doesn't have the power meter?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

He said he rode the whole stage without power meter, anyone knows why ? if broken is there's no possibility to chang or the reserve doesn't have the power meter?

It's a known fact that cyclists go faster without power meters.

 

[shadowrider]

He's heavier. Last year he was nearly in untenable shape. He was 60.5 -61kg, which is the perfect weight but on a razor's edge in terms of increasing potential for getting sick and losing some power.

Agree, but less than 1 kg.

 

[shadowrider]

He said he rode the whole stage without power meter, anyone knows why ? if broken is there's no possibility to chang or the reserve doesn't have the power meter?

Evenepoel started with rain tyres, changed his bike before the final. Without power meter.

 

[shadowrider]

If Remco didn't know that he was racing for the win, I blame the team. He is riding his ars off and not counting as the break gets caught and dropped. The team should have made it very clear in his ear that he was at the front.

As a journalist of a Flemish tv-station confirmed. It was nearly impossible to communicate using radio during the final ascent. They had the same problems. The small group of favorites caught up with the fugitives one by one. Without radio impossible to know as a rider if whether there were any riders ahead

 

[Red Rick]

As a journalist of a Flemish tv-station confirmed. It was nearly impossible to communicate using radio during the final ascent. They had the same problems. The small group of favorites caught up with the fugitives one by one. Without radio impossible to know as a rider if whether there were any riders ahead

Breakaway was within a minute like 15 kms before they hit the final ascent.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's a known fact that cyclists go faster without power meters.

Also if you can't do a no fibre diet like Vingegaard, you have to lose that extra weight in a different way.

 

[shadowrider]

Breakaway was within a minute like 15 kms before they hit the final ascent.

So what ? In the hectic of the final impossible to evaluate. Anyway. The favorites still cought up with fugitives in the final climb. If the radiocommunication doesn't work, it's impossible to known what the actual situation in the race is. But judging otherwise lying in your armchair is all too easy

 

[Red Rick]

So what ? In the hectic of the final impossible to evaluate. Anyway. The favorites still cought up with fugitives in the final climb. If the radiocommunication doesn't work, it's impossible to known what the actual situation in the race is. But judging otherwise lying in your armchair is all too easy

Judging is easy because figuring out the right decision even based on the incomplete information provided is pretty easy.

 

[Snake]

The level is the same as last year. This year, the competition is much stronger - which is exactly what many of us were pointing out before the Vuelta but were quite aggressively silenced by some of the guys here.

This year, Remco is fighting peak Roglic, Vinge (not peak, but still Vinge), 1 year olderAyuso… Last year, there was only Mas to beat…

I actually think he’s doing pretty well so far.

to be fair Mas still there and he didn't lost a meter yesterday, pretty much same as Almeida and Soler, last year he destroyed the field on a similar climb

 

[topcat]

Sprintgate is amusing but does it really matter? A 4 second difference. A mon avis, Remco and Rog looked like they had more in the tank yesterday, Vingo and Ayuso looked on the limit. If everyone stays healthy and illness free, Remco will have a lead on all after the tt. The race will be decided on the real mountain stages. (Kuss will lose time in the tt and fade.)

 

[Panda Claws]

Leave Rog alone. I can assure you his fans love his way of racing. Rather than worrying about Rog’s panache, focus on your 10 years younger guy being able to stay with him in GC.

Not often in cycling do you see someone being 23 years old being expressed as an advantage.

 

[Savant12]

I hope they remember to tell Remco that there's no downhill after the final climb or he might just keep going.

 

[rghysens]

I hope they remember to tell Remco that there's no downhill after the final climb or he might just keep going.

Not if they put some barriers and a spokeswoman at the finish.

 

[Extinction]

Leave Rog alone. I can assure you his fans love his way of racing. Rather than worrying about Rog’s panache, focus on your 10 years younger guy being able to stay with him in GC.

Don't tell me what to focus on. I don't tell you. Thanks

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Let me complain for Remco today: The way they decided to finish today was ridiculous. I love the Vuelta, too bad it's being run by a team of clowns.