the mountain stages is what made him get to the podium in TDF 24More like needs 0 mountain stages.
the mountain stages is what made him get to the podium in TDF 24More like needs 0 mountain stages.
They also lost him all the minutes to Pogacar and Vingegaard.the mountain stages is what made him get to the podium in TDF 24
And then he finishes on the podium again in the TDF far away from Lipowitz and RoglicWith Lipowitz coming good, and him being german. Methinks red Bull Bora is out on Remco.
So Ineos or Soudal itself it will be. At least the transfer talks may soon die down...
He is already better. Would be pointless of them to sign Remco. Only for his name and commercial reasons.With Lipowitz coming good, and him being german. Methinks red Bull Bora is out on Remco.
So Ineos or Soudal itself it will be. At least the transfer talks may soon die down...
With Lipowitz coming good, and him being german. Methinks red Bull Bora is out on Remco.
So Ineos or Soudal itself it will be. At least the transfer talks may soon die down...
Remco is mentally strong, people have doubted his GC qualites for years and last year he proved them wrong. He will be better in the tour.
Better than the level he shows now. He lost 2 minutes to Vinge today. I don't see that happening in the tour.Define better?
He's 4th in the Dauphiné. He can finish 3rd in the Tour. But if the gap is still 9-10 minutes versus Pog then it's not really anything to get hyped about.
Guy is magic on the bike, can hold any wheel ( including Pogacar) great TT and long and short distances. Good climber, positive racer can go on long breakaway efforts and self punish. He is faltering with top teir. Even in last 2 days after he lost contact, he sits down, calms down and salvaged good rides.RE's main focus has to be mental at this point. He needs to stay focused on the task at hand in July and not think about what happened this week.
Indeed, at the moment he would win any GT that doesn’t include Pogacar/Vingegaard[[deleted content]]
As for Evenepoel. His climbing is underrated cause you look at it in comparison to Pogacar and Vingegaard. Outside of those 2, i can't think of climbers that are truly better than Evenepoel. Not saying some youngsters can't evolve into that. But from the current crop. He's is up there with the best of them.
Indeed, at the moment he would win any GT that doesn’t include Pogacar/Vingegaard
Because he rides better in a single 1-week race? Please, last year Laurens De Plus also rode better in Dauphine. Evenepoel already won a GT and was easily third last year. Lipowitz didn’t do either of those things. Too premature to say he would beat Evenepoel in a GT.Or Lipo.
It’s a coping mechanism for somePeople believing he is climbing at his level right now (same pace as Wellens or Johannessen) need to get into rehab.
Agreed. It didn't help though that he was so quick to deny that it affected him (materially), at first.People believing he is climbing at his level right now (same pace as Wellens or Johannessen) need to get into rehab.
It seems more and more likely that crash took its toll imo. It was significantly harder than the crash in the Vuelta '22 which had him suffer for days after, and i already called it to my brothers before friday's stage after seeing the video of him actually crashing. There is simply no way that did not have an impact.
His team still believes he can get to equal footing with them. I don’t understand why they think that.Agreed. It didn't help though that he was so quick to deny that it affected him (materially), at first.
Still, while it means that he won't podium here, I don't think it will affect his build-up for the Tour, and he looks on track to a degree where the worries from Romandie are all gone. So I think he's maybe 70-80 % likely to podium the Tour.
70-80% sounds too high to me. Just looking at crashes, there's probably at least a 20% chance of crashes taking him out of contention. Then you have Almeida challenging for the podium as well. Personally, I think that Almeida will take the last spot on the podium, but I can see why Remco is favored more than him. Lipowitz looks good as well, although of course he's peaking right now while Remco is improving towards the Tour. Throw in Roglic as well and I think 50% chance of a podium for Remco is more realistic.Agreed. It didn't help though that he was so quick to deny that it affected him (materially), at first.
Still, while it means that he won't podium here, I don't think it will affect his build-up for the Tour, and he looks on track to a degree where the worries from Romandie are all gone. So I think he's maybe 70-80 % likely to podium the Tour.