He was where he needed to be at the serious start of the climb. Hard to blame anyone for effort, including Remco. He has time to improve but this echelon looks alot like last year's Tour.Losing 2 minutes on a day like today where most people thought it would come down to the last 2 km and maybe even just the sprint.. not good, not good at all!
Can't tell if he or or team was the worst today. Bad performance all around
Better than last year when he finished 3rd in TDF, so…I hope this atrocious performance is justified by the crash because otherwise....
It's okay. He will be 45 kilos in the Tour to stay with Lipowitz.
Better than last year when he finished 3rd in TDF, so…
Bro he almost lost 2 min on this climb. Thats just not good at all, especially on the back of that ITT, his comments recently and the expectations. Last year was differentI'm honestly not to surprised by this performance and if I was big remco fan I wouldn't be too worried either.
There's always the KOM to go for at the Tour. Maybe it was too much ink in his tattooI'm surprised, saddened, and worried about today's performance. Something is off. I know every rider was off today as well, but for Remco I had higher hopes. What happens now? Back to the drawing board?
It worked for Armstrong.To compete with Pogacar some tough decisions will have to be taken i.e. cutting his legendary, heavy balls off.
Okay, but he still finished 5th here.Remco is definitely not peaking too early! I hope he is not peaking too late. Also, I am amazed by the difference in team performance. I hope he rides in a proper GT team next year with all the tools they use nowadays (whatever that may be).
Last year he also won the ITT easily, he’s a TT specialist, he’ll always take those no matter his form. See RomandieBro he almost lost 2 min on this climb. Thats just not good at all, especially on the back of that ITT, his comments recently and the expectations. Last year was different
I don't know, he lookwd sharpr on stage 1 and more confident in the interviews, so I expected him to be at agood level also uphill, surely not to be dropped by Lipo and Jorgenson. I can't tell how much the crash affected him, I guess we will know more in the next few days.Last year he also won the ITT easily, he’s a TT specialist, he’ll always take those no matter his form. See Romandie
I think he suffered after a crash yesterday. And in my opinion, no matter how many 1.5kgs he losses or how much better his shape is, he is not touching vingegard or pocagar in a hard 3 week race. So I didnt expect much better than losing 30s to vingegard, as he did.Bro he almost lost 2 min on this climb. Thats just not good at all, especially on the back of that ITT, his comments recently and the expectations. Last year was different
I agree, I didn’t expect this at all, but I’m also not worried for the TDFI don't know, he lookwd sharpr on stage 1 and more confident in the interviews, so I expected him to be at agood level also uphill, surely not to be dropped by Lipo and Jorgenson. I can't tell how much the crash affected him, I guess we will know more in the next few days.
If that isn't the goal, then he should retire.He needs not worry unless he really thought he was closing the gap to Vingegaard and Pogacar.
Lol because if you can't win the tdf there if nothing else worth riding for?!If that isn't the goal, then he should retire.
...because if you can't close the gap you can't win TDF..."lol"Lol because if you can't win the tdf there if nothing else worth riding for?!
If that isn't the goal, then he should retire.
Yes, so you are just left with winning classics, worlds, TTs, stage races, giro, vuelta - not worth getting out of bed for, best retire. Not sure why mvdp even rides 😉...because if you can't close the gap you can't win TDF..."lol"