Pogi has been exhausted a few times, for example after his two latest TdF's.
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Both physically and mentally. Hence, why I am hesitant or dont think he should do the Vuelta after doing the classics. Potentially also Dauphine before Tour.
Rest after Tour and go for Worlds + Lombardia.
Do Vuelta another year.
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"Different league" must be qualified, although given the results it seems obvious. However, you have to consider the misfortunes of other riders, while Pogacar has improved. I say this only in hope of a less monotonous show.
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Also similar to Vingegaard in 2021. It'd be crazy to assume that he would have been significantly better in the Tour if not for his injury before the Dauphiné.
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He had an injury to his Achilles tendon before the race and he finished 84th +22'48" after Padun on La Plagne, after already losing much time in the first medium mountain stage of the race. So he was in a much worse state then than Evenepoel was in Dauphiné last year.
And he did the best performance of his career when he dropped Pogi on Ventoux in the Tour.
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Well, different kind of injury though. Presumably he didn't lose as much time do to it as Remco and Vingegaard himself did last year, they were completely off the bike for quite a while. So I suspect his base then was higher than Remco&Vingegaards at the same time last year. Also probably took it easier than Remco could last year, 21 Vingegaard was an unknown to the generally ignorant fan like the fridge for example. With Remco every pedal stroke is analyzed...
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He looks less bulky than normally during spring. Got a feeling they are really focusing on keeping his weight down throughout the season to get his body used to this.
Hopefully "this" isn't the repetitive beatings he keeps giving the pavement with his body. He's taking years off his career.
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Emotional post from a kid who hit the bottom 4 months ago. Fortunately, he is back and didn't end his career (thanks Oumi). Now, time to race and get some good miles and vibes in order to be prepared for the second part of the season.
For now, I just beg to all gods to maintain Remco on the bike. Another serious crash and I think his career will not be the same anymore.
Go go Remco!
View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIbrU3ZN8is/?img_index=8&igsh=aTVodXMzbnVyZXdv
For now, I just beg to all gods to maintain Remco on the bike. Another serious crash and I think his career will not be the same anymore.
Go go Remco!
View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIbrU3ZN8is/?img_index=8&igsh=aTVodXMzbnVyZXdv
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Let's hope he won't carry this along too much. Let's hope he can get back to his level, and improve. Without these injuries, he should be up there in the same league as Pogi and MvdP.
Cycling needs him. C'mon Remco!
Cycling needs him. C'mon Remco!
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Interesting. As a Gen-X kinda guy, I'm really not sure what to make of all this. At the risk of sounding more critical than I intend to be, I have questions. Is this just social media oversharing? All injuries are different, but "the hardest battle of my life"? Not falling 30 feet into a ravine in GdL? I guess I'm wondering why this one in particular results in such a post. Comes across as a lot of drama...to this old fart.
I dunno. The guy has had a lot of injuries, I hope he doesn't quit, as another one is sure to come.
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I'd just consider it exagerrating a bit or maybe recency bias, and just see it as a statement that he just had a really tough time after the crash.
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In the mental area it was a harder period now.
After the Lombardia crash he was really hungry, which resulted in a rushed comeback of course. But it showed that he had confidence.
This time around it was already the third huge injury, now with even his nerve system involved, and also in a period with some nasty gossip and really grey/dark weather in Belgium.
So ye, it's a generational thing to be more open about such feelings. But granted, they're not fake at all. If it drives him to do well, if it gives him energy and he wants to honour those people he mentioned, us cycling fans can only fare well by it. I hope.
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He was close to death but by a miracle he didn't even need a surgery. Had Quickstep been more cautious and he would be in top shape in the Vuelta, WC and GdL in 2021.
This crash was different, in the beginning of the season, after one heavy crash earlier in 2024 so we don't need to be harsh with him.
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usually the most recent injury is the hardest to get through...but I do see what you mean. It must have been devastating, more mentally than physical probably.
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I hope you are stronger than ever. Your fans are behind you 100 percent. It has been a dark period for us also not to have you around cycling. You are the most exciting racer in the planet. Every race we watched without you, we could not help but wonder how you would have fared in it...I don't mean to put words and thoughts into others, but I believe most feel like me. Cycling is the most romantic of all sports. By definition this is what I mean "characterized by a heightened interest in nature, emphasis on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination, departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism"...I got that from merriam-webster---- Go Remco Go!!!
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Physically it might not have been the hardest, but definitely mentally. He just came back from big injury to a high of podium TDF, double golden medalist, 2nd Lombardia, and then crashing again, hard. For the 3rd time in 5 years of being a pro… He is quite aware that he could’ve been much better in his career already.
And sharing all of this publicly is a generational thing, and he’s a very emotional guy anyway.
Everyone who crashes could've been better, or have had better results
If that was the most serious thing that has happened to him, his life is tiny and limited..
Guys like Armstrong and Benal, were not broken but actually facing deaths door able to see that blinding bright light in the beyond that is always talked about!!
Did his actions cause punctuated lung, cardiac arrest, traumatic brain injury, temporary death? What? Hitting the mailman and some broken bones needs some perspective. Wow! Social media over sharing ..sure..but now I hear what he has to say..wow!! Someone needs to make sure not too self absorbed!!
Don't Belgians have the equivalent of Danny Thomas, March of Dimes,ect commercials?
Remco get some perspective!!
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