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

[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.

 

[AlpRaid]

I'm impressed. and would love to be proven wrong.

 

[ppanther92]

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

Yes, true. The team level is also concerning and thats often already the first indication, even for the leaders.

He has to leave, no doubt.

 

[Salvarani]

I think Remco is riding the best he can do at the moment.

He is just very diesel and has his threshold

 

[bah]

Could have been a lot worse. I was fearing a 10+ minute loss when he got dropped. He fought well.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Showed big balls today

 

[KoopaCycling]

If Lipo continues like this he will finish Third ahead of Remco.
Not all is lost despite him dropping from 50km from the finish the first time around.
If Remco can bounce back, he can still fight for podium.

In a strange way i'm even more curious about what tomorrow will bring. Will mountainTT bring some needed sec. or will Lipo take more seconds on remco.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I'm impressed. and would love to be proven wrong.

Well, it turns out both your predictions were wrong. Comfortably ahead of Jorgenson, neither did he lose 20 minutes. So a good day for Evenepoel

Now the next days will show whether this was a bad day, or whether this simply is his ceiling at the moment.

 

[Ulle97]

To be fair he held well.
When he was dropped on the Soulor, I could never imagined that he would finish 7th on the stage.

A credible enough result in the circumstances. He should perform well tomorrow.
Overall, the podium might be out of reach. Lipowitz riding very well and Onley too.

 

[AlpRaid]

Well, it turns out both your predictions were wrong. Comfortably ahead of Jorgenson, neither did he lose 20 minutes. So a good day for Evenepoel

Now the next days will show whether this was a bad day, or whether this simply is his ceiling at the moment.

indeed.

glad to be wrong.

 

[Didinho]

Not so bad in the end. His interview will give us more insight.

 

[Snake]

Maybe he suffered the heat

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

indeed.

glad to be wrong.

I was just rattling your chain, it was not a good day, but he recovered remarkably well. More questions than answers though.

 

[Berniece]

I think he can still finish on the podium depending on his explanation of today

 

[KoopaCycling]

Much will depend on wether Lipo has a bad day like in the dauphine. or not. Stage 18 and 19 will decide podium (if Remco manages to hang tough till then). All of a sudden the dauphine ranking comes to mind. But another week to go. Much still to ride.

If he can get to the rest day in third place, the podium fight is still possible.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Much will depend on wether Lipo has a bad day like in the dauphine. or not. Stage 18 and 19 will decide podium (if Remco manages to hang tough till then). All of a sudden the dauphine ranking comes to mind. But another week to go. Much still to ride.

If he can get to the rest day in third place, the podium fight is still possible.

If today was just "the bad day" of Evenepoel, meaning he will be much better from here on out, then Lipo doesn't need a bad day. If today was more than a bad day, and just where his form is at the moment, then he will not be close to the podium regardless.

And yet considering how bad he was, and nearly did 2 climbs solo, he only lost little over a minute to Lipowitz. Curious about tomorrow.

 

[Didinho]

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

He’s always saying in interviews he’s used to ride in the heat and doesn’t hate it. Been good in Spanish races before when it was hot.
Just missing the winter miles and maybe a bad moment/day. This could be his level for this Tour.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He’s always saying in interviews he’s used to ride in the heat and doesn’t hate it. Been good in Spanish races before when it was hot.
Just missing the winter miles and maybe a bad moment/day. This could be his level for this Tour.

He did special heat training for the Vuelta in '22, taking those ice baths after each stage. And he completely blew up in Suisse '22 partly due to the heat.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Well, it turns out both your predictions were wrong. Comfortably ahead of Jorgenson, neither did he lose 20 minutes. So a good day for Evenepoel

Now the next days will show whether this was a bad day, or whether this simply is his ceiling at the moment.

Considering what happened in Soulor, he ended up way better than I expected. Still top3 in the GC and his loses to (just a few) non-Pogacar guys weren't that big.

 

[AmRacer]

It most have cost alot riding alone

 

[AmRacer]

Considering what happened in Soulor, he ended up way better than I expected. Still top3 in the GC and his loses to non-Pogacar guys weren't that big.

Over a minute to Lipo

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Over a minute to Lipo

Sure but initially it looked like disaster but he managed this stage quite well.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Evenepoel had a big recovery ride to hang in there the way he did. Could be back in second in 2 days.