Teams & Riders The Remco Evenepoel is the next Eddy Merckx thread

[KenFiamingo]

How can you explain this?

 

[Berniece]

Must be so brutal mentally now. I would've stepped off the bike already. This is Vuelta 2023 all over again. Trained so long so hard for this, and now 50 riders are better than him.

 

[Jan the Man]

Must be ill

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

How can you explain this?

Winter.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

boom.

as I predicted a few days back.

pretty sad.

well, I am going to save myself a bunch of time not watching now. LOL!

go Ben Healy!

I thought you predicted he would get outsprinted by Jorgenson in the last meters. I didn't see you predict a complete implosion.

 

[AlpRaid]

I think he is done for this tour. I would not be shocked by a Vuelta 2023 collapse on one of the high mountain stages. he is running out of gas. only so many times you can skip winter foundation training recovering from injury and hurry your prep.

your wish is my command.

there you go @Logic-is-your-friend

 

[McLovin]

The best Tony Martin since Tony Martin.

 

[Berniece]

Winter.

But still... He had 4-5 months where he was training. I don't even know what would make the most sense now. Maybe just stop, go on holiday, and focus on WC?

 

[AmRacer]

But still... He had 4-5 months where he was training. I don't even know what would make the most sense now. Maybe just stop, go on holiday, and focus on WC?

Classica San Remco

 

[peterfin]

But still... He had 4-5 months where he was training. I don't even know what would make the most sense now. Maybe just stop, go on holiday, and focus on WC?

Change team

 

[Peyroteo94]

How can you explain this?

2 possible reasons:
- Illness
- He must change teams sooner than later. He is not training, eating like other riders in UAE or Visma.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Entire team is really nowhere. Van Wilder already gone, Schachmann, first time we've seen him. Paret Paintre nowhere in sight...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

2 possible reasons:
- Illness
- He must change teams sooner than later. He is not training, eating like other riders in UAE or Visma.

The latter reason does not explain why he is getting dropped by relative minnows. Unless he's ill, I think we can only conclude he is fundamentally unreliable at GTs on account of not truly being a natural climber. A little bit like Cunego.

 

[Berniece]

I think we can only conclude he is fundamentally unreliable at GTs on account of not truly being a natural climber. A little bit like Cunego.

In this day and age? Makes no sense at all to me. Everything is measured, and known

 

[Salvarani]

He was still training and doing volume Feb-March.

Won his first race back against WVA.

Plump in LBL, but mostly because of bad position into Redoute. Sat up in the end.

Race miles in Romandie.

Very good, despite not matching Vinge/Pog, in Dauphine.

How much can he really be off?

 

[peterfin]

He was still training and doing volume Feb-March.

Won his first race back against WVA.

Plump in LBL, but mostly because of bad position.

Race miles in Romandie.

Very good despite not matching Vinge/Pog in Dauphine.

How much can he really be off?

The necessary 2% he needs to be top.

 

[Salvarani]

The necessary 2% he needs to be top.

You are looking for all the stars aligning at this point then.

 

[peterfin]

You are looking for all the stars aligning at this point then.

A normal winter and a top GT team are needed to be competitive.

 

[Salvarani]

A normal winter and a top GT team are needed to be competitive.

Lets hope he gets it

 

[Wvv]

At least he's showing character today.

 

[AmRacer]

But what has it costs for him riding solo?

 

[Red Rick]

He sucks at going over the limit on a bad day, and very often they will hit climbs like Soulor very hard from the beginning only to slow down a bit later.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Lets go Remco!

 

[Ulle97]

He's back. Watt bomb incoming!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He was riding around with icepacks just a few minutes ago... could it be heat? He's suffered from it before.