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I would find it very questionable if Evenepoel would take such a step suddenly
- Jul 7, 2013
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Screw Lipo and co. This is what really counts.
Albeit with a tiny margin, but both 2023 and 2024 were better years for Evenepoel than 2022 according to PCS. 2024 was even his best.
- Mar 20, 2022
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His best year was 2022 because he somewhat got lucky to avoid aliens in top shape. I don't believe he would beat Pogacar in LBL 2022, let alone Vingegaard or Pogacar in the Tour 2022. He won the Velo d'Or (with merit) but it's clearly the best rider in 2022 was Pogacar.
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Yeah, Evenepoel is always lucky when he wins something significant.
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You literally said he was lucky that he avoided Pogacar in LBL, or Pogacar/Vingegaard in the Vuelta. And we ignore that he beat everyone at the WC. But that also doesn't count for some reason.
He clearly was the best rider in 2022.
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Keep believing in that.
Do you really think he would beat Pogacar or Vingegaard in the Tour 2022? ROFL.
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What does that have to do with anything? It's about a whole season, not about a single race.
- Feb 20, 2012
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Level wise or achievement wise? That's a clear distinction to make.
He was fully deserving of Velo d'Or but despite that I don't think many backed him to have a better 2023 than Pogacar.
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Because his Vuelta win influenced significantly his win of the Velo d'or. No way, he wins with only LBL and WC on his palmares.
His win also got influenced by Vingegaard being able to beat Pogacar in the Tour, if he didn't, Remco would not win the Velo d'Or.
C'mon, it's not hard to understand but let's agree to disagree on this one. I think you are not impartial in your judgment, you believe the opposite. Let's really move on.
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Well pog made that +10% jump in performance in one winter while 25 years old and already world no1. Is he the only tider capable or allowed to do that?
Edit. @AlpRaid and @Logic-is-your-friend beat me to it, but will leave it here anyway 😅
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Probably might have won.
Didn't Van Aert get 2nd that year? I remember that was the hot topic, not Evenepoel winning. At least Roglic not winning that Vuelta spared us a domestique winning Velo d'Or. This isn't Ballon d'Or ffs.
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Pogacar showed great level across various races of the season: from Flandres to Tour. it was the highest level overall. His victory list in the biggest races was modest though (only Lombardy) and that's why he lost the award to Remco (who won 3 important events).
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Except that he completely destroyed Pogacar at the WC. He was indeed not close to Pogacar's level, because he was better.
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Let’s agree to disagree. I don't bother to have a different opinion from you. Ultimately, your opinions and predictions are a little bit off. I'm still waiting for the third best climber in the world to show he actually is the third best climber in the world and I'm waiting for Vingegaard to win easily the Tour like you said in May. You can still be right but it's not looking good.
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I'm also still waiting on 1-2 seasons without a crash for Evenepoel. It might take a while before I'm right.
Vingegaard is not winning the Tour, that's clear to me now that he can't even reach TDF 2022 level of performance.
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Last year, you said you were sure Remco would be as good or even better (3 years at most) than Pogacar/Vingegaard in the Tour. So you still have 2026 and 2027 to be right. However, you also said Remco would close the gap this year to 5-6 minutes (this will not happen of course unless Pogacar crashes) and you also said he would be the third best climber in the race (by far).
Again, your predictions are really wrong. Just because you wish a thing so bad, it doesn't mean it will happen. Maybe you should look more to numbers and facts presented in real life.
- Sep 12, 2022
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Yeah, I expected less impact of the winter crash. Apparently it still has a big toll on him. Lucky for Pogacar really.
WC was also influenced by Mathieu's issues and Pogi's not so good racing strategy.
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Time trial bike, hope that is the right chose. kinda surprised by it. But no doubt they know.
As for the tape. No idea, he did crash and was holding his ribs.
But nothing was said of it since then. So would be surprised but not impossible he has a fractured rib.
As for the tape. No idea, he did crash and was holding his ribs.
But nothing was said of it since then. So would be surprised but not impossible he has a fractured rib.
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Remco got bit lucky in '22 Vuelta - on all known form Roglic would likely have overhauled him.
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