I see that Remco is on the startlist for the Belgium ITT Champs on PCS. Why is he doing that? Why is he ruining his preparation because of meme races again? You don't see Jonas or Tadej doing such things. But hey if he wants to keep focusing on TTs and get destroyed in the mountains so be it.
u do know that he is actually
required to race these by the Belgian national federation, right?
u also do know that Pog has raced the Slovenian ITT and Road Race (and won both, I believe, in different years) even tho these are even less than "meme races" considering the lack of competition in that country. he won't now because he is not
required to.
as for vingo, he even refuses to ride for his national team at worlds - even in support of another rider. is that really to be commended?
and if remco is to be destroyed in the mountains
anyway, why not put himself in line to win something else? is that wrong?
last year, he got "sick" and could not compete -- probably because he was desperately losing weight.
I hope he does race the Nats. the Belgian Nats are likely the most competitive of all, so not completely meaningless. also it would mean that he has lost as much weight as he can or that he has resolved that he is only a touch above Almeida in GT racing and should aim only for the podium -- a reasonable and commendable conclusion.
aside: interesting that the freakin' national ITT race is longer than any GT ITT. just ridiculous how this fabulous form of racing has been downgraded for absolutely no gain whatsoever.