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

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Remco could win 6 stages in this year's tour, be up in the GC by 15 minutes, and some here would still be saying they expect Vingegaard to make up the difference in the final ITT.

The Remco Derangement Syndrome gets worse every time Remco wins a race
If something happens in the final ITT like what happened in the ITT of last year Tour, no way Remco wins the final ITT.
 
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I have good news : Remco didn't break his scapula, only his collarbone.
The information that came from his father in that podcast that his shoulder was completely fine after examination, now seems to be completely false or highly inaccurate at best. Evenepoel mentioned after today's crash that his shoulder was bleeding and he hoped the plate in his shoulder hadn't shifted. If they needed to bolt in a plate, i think we can safely say there was at least something wrong after the crash in Pais Vasco.
 
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Yes. But i'd have peak Pog and Jonas above Remco in Nice
I think Roglic as well.

Evenepoel simply hasn't done many really mountainious ITTs in good form, but I think the gap in results for him between hilly and flat ITTs is too big to ignore. Even in hilly ITTs he tends to be better on the faster sections, and his descending on the TT bike isn't the best either.
 
Id have Evenepoel over Pog in Perugia and I wouldnt think twice about it
I think Pogacar now is the closest person to Ganna and Evenpoel in TT ahead of Tarling after he clearly worked more on it as been said. How close or if hes better maby not maby but im confident hes neck and shoulders above rest along with Evenpoel and Ganna.

Pog chilled duo to the next stage on last TT in giro and was very close to Ganna it was kinda surreal. And im not sure Evenpoel even beats ganna on such a fast TT 53km/t + i doubt it really but guesswork.

Evenpoel is a TT specialist not trying to take anything away from him hes beyond brilliant there that goes without saying even.
 
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I think Pogacar now is the closest person to Ganna and Evenpoel in TT ahead of Tarling after he clearly worked more on it as been said. How close or if hes better maby not maby but im confident hes neck and shoulders above rest along with Evenpoel and Ganna.

Pog chilled duo to the next stage on last TT in giro and was very close to Ganna it was kinda surreal. And im not sure Evenpoel even beats ganna on such a fast TT 53km/t + i doubt it really but guesswork.

Evenpoel is a TT specialist not trying to take anything away from him hes beyond brilliant there that goes without saying even.

What are you smoking?
 

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statistics Ganna is ahead of Remco above 53km/t TT's ? Or am i wrong i might be wrong.

Chill out not trying to discredit Remco and TT hes the world champ deservedly its all good but hes also kinda a specialist just like Ganna.
 
Then it's proven that he'd have won the one to Combloux as well.

Or only as proven as Van Wilder being a better TTer than Armirail?
If Netserk says it's proven, then it must be so. Unless... you wouldn't be dusting off the old strawman, would you?

Yeah, Van Wilder had his worst TT ever (where he was allowed to ride). The info i got was that he couldn't push the numbers he was supposed to, legs completely empty, they are convinced it was backlash of the altitude training camp. It has happened before with him. You think he will ever be able to beat the great Armirail again?
 
Not that easy, the more recent result is this:

Exactly. I doubt Remco would beat Ganna in this giro TT(last one) but seeing pogacar ride chill and taking it easy duo to next stage and still beeing so close was surreal to watch..
 
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Exactly. I doubt Remco would beat Ganna in this giro TT(last one) but seeing pogacar ride chill and taking it easy duo to next stage and still beeing so close was surreal to watch..
The first flat section of the TT, Evenepoel did around 54km/h on average yesterday. Last year at WC ITT he did that at around 51.8km/h but that was more than 10 kilometers longer. I don’t think gebrouwd have any issues with beating Ganna at the Giro, because Ganna isn’t as good as he used to be.
 
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The first flat section of the TT, Evenepoel did around 54km/h on average yesterday. Last year at WC ITT he did that at around 51.8km/h but that was more than 10 kilometers longer. I don’t think gebrouwd have any issues with beating Ganna at the Giro, because Ganna isn’t as good as he used to be.
Yeah not trying to enter a pissing contest. Remco wouldnt shock anyone if he won that, not what im trying to say. He is stellar in TT that much is clear.

Edit: Any uppdates on the lads? they seemed fine but you never know
 
Agree at some point too one just have to say hes not really GT material but lets see him in the tour first but its always been doubts about him in the mountains in GT.
He has won the Vuelta, so ofc he is GT material. He's just too fat lmao, its *** laughable. Look at Vingegaard pictures in Mallorca, that guy was inactive for so long and still is ripped as *** cause he's a pro and have a good eating regiment and know what he needs to do.
 
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