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

[Sciatic]

He just didn't have the legs, according to post race interview:
"C’était une longue journée. C’est clair que je n’avais pas les meilleures jambes dans le final. Je dois l’accepter et regarder vers l’avant. Pourtant, je me sentais bien, jusque dans la côte de Desnié…"
It was a long race. It is clear that I didn't have the best legs in the final. I must accept that and look to what's ahead. Yet, I felt good, until on the cote de Desnie"

"La course était trop longue pour moi aujourd’hui." The race was too long for me today.

59e de Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Remco Evenepoel n’avait pas les jambes : 'La course était trop longue pour moi aujourd’hui' - RTBF Actus

Il n'y a finalement pas eu match entre Tadej Pogacar et Remco Evenepoel ce dimanche, sur Liège-Bastogne-Liège. 59e à...

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[Logic-is-your-friend]

Problem being that the yes-men will follow him. When he was in talks with Bora it was also to bring along some riders like Van Wilder, and staff like Lodewyck, Pelgrim

They will follow if he asks them along. Which is why i said the realisation has to come from within himself and he has to want to change things.

Wow, he really said this?

I think he said otherwise he could have won, not would have won.

 

[red_flanders]

He just didn't have the legs, according to post race interview:
"C’était une longue journée. C’est clair que je n’avais pas les meilleures jambes dans le final. Je dois l’accepter et regarder vers l’avant. Pourtant, je me sentais bien, jusque dans la côte de Desnié…"
It was a long race. It is clear that I didn't have the best legs in the final. I must accept that and look to what's ahead. Yes, I felt good, until on the cote de Desnie"

"La course était trop longue pour moi aujourd’hui." The race was too long for me today.

59e de Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Remco Evenepoel n’avait pas les jambes : 'La course était trop longue pour moi aujourd’hui' - RTBF Actus

Il n'y a finalement pas eu match entre Tadej Pogacar et Remco Evenepoel ce dimanche, sur Liège-Bastogne-Liège. 59e à...

www.rtbf.be

Thanks for posting that. Makes sense after a long layoff. Glad it wasn't an excuse and he's looking forward.

 

[Unchained]

They will follow if he asks them along. Which is why i said the realisation has to come from within himself and he has to want to change things.

Cycling News latest is better trajectory. Suddenly embracing " low key" as better expectation than race favorite.
Guy has more talent in his little toe than 99% who have ever swung their leg over a bike.. I remember the turmoil of a few of the best blood lines like Marcel Kittel who have every physical gift and struggle with mental mechanics of making it all work out. I give mad respect to Remco for letting his wife carry some of the weight off his shoulders, and looking outside for answers instead of doing the same things and expecting different outcomes!! Something good is coming..

 

[Berniece]

They will follow if he asks them along. Which is why i said the realisation has to come from within himself and he has to want to change things.

Doubt that realisation will ever come

 

[KoopaCycling]

Remco won BP and could have won Amstel. Not sure how him participating in those is bad. Maybe he should have then skipped FW as he is always unlikely to win that. And perhaps even LBL to have a proper run up to Romandie. But that's hindsight. And racedays can be useful as well. We'll see how well he does in Romandie. After LBL he'll probably race it more like he raced Tour of Britain. Training being more important than winning. But if the legs are there, he'll probably give it a go regardless.

After that he has almost 2 months to get ready for the Tour. He ain't gonna ride the dauphiné to win it methinks.
Just checking how far he's at. As long as he don't crash in Romandie ofcourse.

Will also add that i'm not a fan of the Vingegaard strat of putting all your eggs in one basket. If you do that, you're one crash away from having lost an entire season.

I said a couple of weeks ago Remco should aim for
-BP
-Romandie
- National TT
-UEC RR

and give his all in the Tour.
I still stand by that. Even if a Romandie win is looking more unlikely.

 

[LookProGoSlow]

Well, Evenepoel changed his narrative about LBL since yesterday and said at the pre race interview of Romandie that he did have the legs on Redoute yesterday but that his team was at fault not delivering him to the front before the start of the climb. Link to HLN.be (Dutch only I think) https://www.hln.be/wielrennen/reden...maar-aan-grote-collectieve-fout-lag~aeca6618/

 

[KoopaCycling]

Well, Evenepoel changed his narrative about LBL since yesterday and said at the pre race interview of Romandie that he did have the legs on Redoute yesterday but that his team was at fault not delivering him to the front before the start of the climb. Link to HLN.be (Dutch only I think) https://www.hln.be/wielrennen/reden...maar-aan-grote-collectieve-fout-lag~aeca6618/

He also said he was done in the last hour. Also used we as in himself as well.