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Eddy Evenepoel

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Peyroteo94 said:
Obsolete data. Last year, he was. Not this year.
You should never make a prediction based on luck (one of Vingegaard or Pogacar to get sick, crash out).
You used to say Remco would win for sure a TdF in his career, now you are already saying he "might win one day". You are already changing your narrative. Let's see if in one or two years, you are not changing your narrative again.
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Narrative lol, he's making simple predictions.
These things are not different from any of us predicting what will happen in any race thread.
 
Berniece

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Venge 82 said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1948648771208053177
View: https://x.com/cirogazzetta/status/1948648771208053177
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Good news — though they say this every year. That said, I really do believe it’ll be finalized this time. I wonder when they’ll make the official announcement. Technically, they can do it from August 1st, but I imagine there are still some details to sort out. Plus, it might not be the best move to announce it so soon after pulling out of the Tour de France, at least from a marketing perspective.
 
KoopaCycling

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Seems like a done deal this year. I mean Foré was talking bike contracts couple of days ago.
Seems like they are quite far into the negotiations. Mind you , they were quite far along with Visma back in the day as well. Just that 2 many people would be out of a job. Which i respect Levfevre and Bakala 4, for deciding to stop the deal cause of that.
 
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Given that both Lipo and Remco have not shown to be able to straight up beat Vingegaard and Pogacar, a two-pronged team might not be a bad idea. Similar to this year roster with Roglic and Lipo.

Roglic is still a great rider. But he seems more relaxed these days. I don't think he'll mind going along for the ride and see where the chips fall.
 
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I think they’ll go for a multiple-leader approach in the Tour. If Lipowitz wins the white jersey and finishes on the podium, I really don’t see him accepting a domestique role for Remco next year.

I’m wondering how they’ll spread their leaders across the three Grand Tours next season. It’ll be interesting to see who takes charge at the Giro and who they send to the Vuelta.
 
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Berniece

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Ancalagon said:
I think they’ll go for a multiple-leader approach in the Tour. If Lipowitz wins the white jersey and finishes on the podium, I really don’t see him accepting a domestique role for Remco next year.
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I think Lipowitz will target the Giro next year, Roglič will focus on the Vuelta, and Evenepoel will aim for the TDF. That said, all three are likely to ride the Tour and assess their form during the first mountain stages. They don’t need to take control of the race—UAE and Visma will handle that. If they’re still in contention together, they should collaborate, and let the race reveal who’s strongest. From there, it’ll become clear if some need to support the others.
 
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Berniece

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QueenStagiaire said:
Yes, but it would be stupid to go to the Tour and hope Pogačar and Vingegaard crash and otherwise you just get no change in result. Lipowitz could win a Giro next year if the right people start the race, no need to sacrifice that to please some guys who don‘t care about cycling 11 months out of the year.
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Based on how he rides now, and a small improvement there aren't any riders besides Pogacar/Vingegaard he should be scared of competing against.
 
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Berniece said:
Based on how he rides now, and a small improvement there aren't any riders besides Pogacar/Vingegaard he should be scared of competing against.
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Possibly, but he doesn't ride in a smart way. This Tour if not for the ITTs he would be over a minute below Onley. Lipo is super talented but I'm yet to put him at the same level as the best Remco, Almeida or Ayuso - when they show up to racing..

If confirmed it will be interesting to see how RBH will ride. I could totally seem them picking up one rider to try and win Giro (possibly Roglic+Pelizari again) and then going all in to the Tour - Remco/Roglic/Lipowitz/Hindley/Vlasov/Tratnik is a good base. They do need 2 or 3 solid rolling/mid-moutain domestiques.
 
Red Rick

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To me Lipowitz/Evenepoel to the Tour and Roglic doing Giro/Vuelta seems like the obvious choice. Lipowitz isn't skipping the Tour with his performance this year and with Redbull being the sponsor I think, Evenepoel to the Giro is a waste of his classics chops if you ask me. Roglic is the only one of the 3 who is reliable for 2 GTs in a year, he seems to almost be saying his goodbyes to the Tour this year and I would not be surprised if next year is his last season and he wants to end it at the Vuelta.
 
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Red Rick said:
To me Lipowitz/Evenepoel to the Tour and Roglic doing Giro/Vuelta seems like the obvious choice. Lipowitz isn't skipping the Tour with his performance this year and with Redbull being the sponsor I think, Evenepoel to the Giro is a waste of his classics chops if you ask me. Roglic is the only one of the 3 who is reliable for 2 GTs in a year, he seems to almost be saying his goodbyes to the Tour this year and I would not be surprised if next year is his last season and he wants to end it at the Vuelta.
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Personally i would take the best to the Tour, regardless of the name. As for the rest i doubt Remco would sign for RBH and then to do a Giro or Vuelta. Regardless on how smart or not that might be.
 
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