AHHHH, there has been so much physiological cliché bouncing around this poor kid's thread and now you had to add the BMI icing!
Kinda thought the same thing. Seems like we've been to the bottom of this Rabbit Hole and saw Alice headed back up.
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What what? Abi has been arguing that one or two kg more or less doesn't make much of a difference.
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Fat shame! Utterly ridiculous. They are all trim. The point, as ever, is weight to power ratio. Who at the best weight can carry it through with devastation matters. Body type comes into play, inevitabily, then, talent, crashes, mechanicals, race noos determines. Ad astra.
I mean the most basic one is calculating BMI and even here i don't see it.
Yeah, i don't know about that. On top of that and by not widening the debate, lets keep the focus on big 4. There is some verity involved but all in all they are IMHO too close in metrics such as height and weight, to search for an outlier in this regard. As what started this debate was Remco is apparently too heavy and need to lose weight. But OK a number of 2 kilos was thrown around. I assume that not 2 kilos of fat as i doubt it's fat that wins Remco TTs. Anyway around 60 kilo then, fine. Lets see if Remco ever starts a GT at around 60 kilos and on how the numbers and results will look like.
In between this four i feel a kilo or two more or less going into a GT doesn't make any significant difference, yes.
What have we done, when it comes to fat shaming, one can at least lose weight, if the goal is to indulge the mob, when it comes to height, not much one can do indeed. Unless i guess winning the Tour, then all the tall guys immediately fall through, as it's not the size that matters, but technique.
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Specialized releases superlight, super expensive S-Works shoes, designed for Remco Evenepoel to wear at the Tour de France
The S-Works Torch Remco shoes are the brand's lightest and most expensive yet
www.cyclingnews.com
Remco shoes lost weight.
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It's not riders that have 700-1000+watt pulse are defining. .. pluse spurts don't do it consistently on climbs or during the crunch so what but they can.. Remco has it..
And overall peloton can't or doesn't...many many riders could jump him ,but they dont..
Fear of blowing
.. Remco is one of my favorites, he can do no wrong. His style and frustration about not winning make me watch and cheer for him..If it turns out that 3 weeks isn't his thing.. Still love the little Belgian lawn jockey..always screaming for him to win!!!
If genetic destiny is Pog, cool always routing for Belgian mini me
At some point winning or losing is not significant.. It's trying, fighting.. Same reward in the end.. Come on Cofidis!! Give me something Picnic!!!
If only the best funded, talent pools are your thing.. For me it's some skinny Mexican longshot ..or an American nobody riding for Belgian team.. Or Ricky..Tellllo ,kid climbing like a scared deer ..giving us hope!!
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His old ones were too fat. Made of hamburgers and fries.Specialized releases superlight, super expensive S-Works shoes, designed for Remco Evenepoel to wear at the Tour de France
The S-Works Torch Remco shoes are the brand's lightest and most expensive yet
Remco shoes lost weight.
All info we have about his weight during the '22 Vuelta and '24 TDF (his best climbing performances) points to him weighing around 62kg or slightly below that, during those GT's. That is roughly 4kg more than Vingegaard (who is even slightly taller) when he won both his TDF's. For arguments sake, let's assume Evenepoel would be able to lose 4kgs without losing power (i doubt he can and will, but just as a reference) he would then climb 2 minutes faster per 30 minutes compared to last year. That's how insignificant the weight difference is.
During the '21 Giro, he weighed around 60kg. But since he faded away during the second part of that Giro, the team has always assumed that was because he was too skinny, and never took into account the fact that it was just too soon after his injury and his preparation had been cut far too short. I don't know whether he would perform optimally (or more optimal) at 60kg compared to 62, but at least it did show that he is capable of dropping so low in weight, without getting sick.
wasn't even that it was too soon. He failed in the 2021 giro because he WASTED so much energy getting dropped due to his absolutely sucktacular bike handling. Getting dropped on the DOWNHILL of the first climb of Zoncolon, needing to chase for 45 minutes...
That was pathetic!
Don't get me started about his positioning and bike handling on the gravel stage
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Opening TT showed he was not where he needed to be. I agree with your points, but he was also clearly fading in week 2.
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You don't see a difference between a rider like Vingegaard being 1m75 and 58kg, and someone like Evenepoel at 1m71 and 64kg. Since you don't think he needs to lose more weight, his normal weight is 64-65kg during the season when not preparing for a GT. That's 12% more weight he has to carry up a mountain compared to Vingegaard.
We really don't know racers' weigh though, right?
58 kg is (rumored) for JV, but RE is (rumored) 62 kg, so that changes your math (7%). Using your line of thinking, can RE produce 7% more watts? Can he get to 60 kg (3.5%)? Can he produce 3.5% more watts?
Circling back to my main assertion: RE needs to live closer to his GT weight. He needs to be racing in March within 3-4% of his GT weight (and not after a starvation diet in February).
TP is (rumored) 64.5 kg at the TdF and 67 kg at Flanders for comparison.
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No, I said 64-65kg, because according to CyclistAbi, the amount didn't really matter as much. That's why I said during the season, Evenepoel is at 64-65kg, it's only for a GT like Vuelta or TDF he drops to 61.5-62kg.
I agree that Evenepoel should live closer to his GT weight during the season. Would give him a lot more wins in 1-week stage racing, and makes his body accustomed to it, which makes it easier for the TDF too.
he was a bit off, but still nearly had pink at the end of the first week (would have had he knew how to steer his damn bike)
His fading came as a result of the reasons previously discussed, wasting energy. Don't think he would have won that Vuelta, but likely podiums if he just had even bad bike handling skills (which, thankfully, the Galiber and Puy Mary last year notwithstanding he improved big time)
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Remco starts at 16.30 tomorrow. Unfortunately i'll probably won't get to to see it live.
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Looks like that's 7:30 Pacific, and it's available on Sporza.
Every gram counts:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT6Sa3qMijw
I remember an ex pro turned performance guru talking about the importance of light pedals and shoes since they are constantly in motion.
I remember an ex pro turned performance guru talking about the importance of light pedals and shoes since they are constantly in motion.
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Have we calculated the weight of expectations he faces from the Belgian press?
Nothing compared to what he has to carry himself or so I have heard.
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