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Extinction

Extinction

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Berniece said:
Preparation for Dauphine and TDF apparently went really well. They had one of the best altitude trainings, where most riders are pushing their best values ever. Remco was feeling very calm and not rushed like last year which is a good sign.

Dauphine should at least be better than last year.
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He needs a mental boost by seeing he can digest their excellerations in the mountains in prospect of the Tour, not necessarily match them, but be there or thereabouts and then keep fighting while building strength and confidence. Lefebvre talks about "falling through the ice" in terms of not having a solid enough foundation, but I think the ice needs to be thick enough at the Dauphine to resist falling through when Pog and Vingo attack. Of course, you still need to have a margin to improve, but this is the method, not falling through the ice, to being actually competitive in July.
 
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Berniece

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Extinction said:
He needs a mental boost by seeing he can digest their accelerations in the mountains in prospect of the Tour, not necessarily match them, but be there or thereabouts and then keep fighting while building strength and confidence.
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I agree, he doesn’t need to follow them, but he needs to be close. If he loses 2-3 minutes next Saturday there’s an issue
 
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Oldman

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AmRacer said:
There was a discussion Mathieu would help Remco winning more races.
I argue Mathieu wouldn't do that because they will target the same races, and Mathieu then only races for himself.
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So if the new Owner of Remco's team gets enough cash to keep him and bring in MvP do you think they couldn't apportion favored races to 2 guys? Remco needs serious help in GTs and Mathieu has proven he can and will provide that. Remco's shown the same teamsmanship.
"Targeting" a race is an early season strategy that flexes with whomever is best as the event is approaching. Teams like to win and that's where a rider that's still building form could support a team member. Remco could benefit from reduced pressure in a big way. I doubt it would be a problem if his contract renewal showed $$$instead of crushing pressure at each event. He provides his own motivation and it shows.
 
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What are the TT parcours like for the upcoming WC (next couple of years?) I have a feeling Pogacar is gonna try and grab a WC TT title before long.
 
Berniece

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KoopaCycling said:
What are the TT parcours like for the upcoming WC (next couple of years?) I have a feeling Pogacar is gonna try and grab a WC TT title before long.
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This year Pogacar has a good shot, but still it’s an ITT. Let’s see how he does against a fresh Evenepoel. Completely different from an end of GT ITT
 
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AmRacer

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Oldman said:
So if the new Owner of Remco's team gets enough cash to keep him and bring in MvP do you think they couldn't apportion favored races to 2 guys? Remco needs serious help in GTs and Mathieu has proven he can and will provide that. Remco's shown the same teamsmanship.
"Targeting" a race is an early season strategy that flexes with whomever is best as the event is approaching. Teams like to win and that's where a rider that's still building form could support a team member. Remco could benefit from reduced pressure in a big way. I doubt it would be a problem if his contract renewal showed $$$instead of crushing pressure at each event. He provides his own motivation and it shows.
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Mathieu cannot help Remco in the mountains, it's there he needs help.
 
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Unchained

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The uphill time trial is interesting Remco said you can't get to base of climb too gased so it's going to be interesting to see time splits for top guys, so the fastest guys before the climb might be the loser..
 
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Berniece

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Really looking forward to Dauphine now. Ah the riders are excited to see where they stand compared to their competitors. Evenepoel was looking sharp
 
KoopaCycling

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Remco says he is currently at about the same shape he was during tour of last year. I'm hoping he says that with room to improve, and he ain't in shape 2 early. Normally given his rushed prep last year, he should still be better in a month and change, but you never know.

He looks and talks happy. Lets hope he gets through the rest of the season crash free, or only has light crashes without damage, and we'll see what the rest of the season has in store.

On a very unimportant note. I just can't warm up to soudal (& remco) racegear/jerseys this season. Lets hope they have better looking stuff next year. (assuming he still rides for them, which i think he will)
 
Berniece

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KoopaCycling said:
Remco says he is currently at about the same shape he was during tour of last year. I'm hoping he says that with room to improve, and he ain't in shape 2 early. Normally given his rushed prep last year, he should still be better in a month and change, but you never know.
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He said he’s in the same shape as right before the Tour. Small difference, because he felt he improved during the Tour. Which answers your question, yes there’s room to improve.
 
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Yes, it is. Even him knows this. For a reason he said he wants to close the gap to 5 minutes.
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After 2021 I don't think many thought JV would improve to beat TP the following year. Not saying I expect the same from RE but he's about the right stage of his career to make the jump.
 
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Very good effort to catch up to leading group at 5Km from finish and I did feel at that point that he had a shot for the stage win . However , where was he in the last two climbs when big accelerations were needed ?
I mean , yes he was impressive on the flat but I really need to see his climbing this week and , more particularly , his ability to react when big bombs are thrown in any of the Mountain stages .

The following days and time trial with its 1,8 Km climb in middle will be a bit more revealing , I am sure .
 
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Imo Remco should not have jumped after, and just stayed in the peloton. And when he did decide to jump, he should not have worked like he did. Peloton would likely have closed, he would have not wasted any energy and his rivals would not have gotten bonus seconds. Today was a minor loss for Remco. Should have just stayed in the belly of the peloton. Remco his sprint is decent after a tough long race and his opponents are relatively cooked. But against fresh legs, he should never back himself like that against opponents that are known to be faster than him.
 
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Didier_Bel

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Was the bad positioning due to tactical mistake(s) or due to , still , a lack of accelerating ability in the climbs ? That is the real question .
 
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