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

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogi is pondering retirement in 2028 while Vingo will likely decline by 2029. Remco needs to seat out just 3 more TdF editions and then it's his time to shine.

 

[red_flanders]

There actually is a Remco vs Roglic thread for folks who are for some reason obsessed with fighting about who is better. Also a Bora team thread which might soon be a new place for this weirdly ongoing fan battle.

 

[CyclistAbi]

@red_flanders

Or on the road.

@James M

AFAIK Rogla didn't crash, Pogi did.

 

[CyclistAbi]

@AmRacer

Do you have to beat Pogi at the Tour, to say you beat him at a GT? Anyway, lets return to Remco.

Is not doing San Sebastian health and form orientated issue or a silent protest due to the team not willing to let him go?

 

[AlpRaid]

Pogi is pondering retirement in 2028 while Vingo will likely decline by 2029. Remco needs to seat out just 3 more TdF editions and then it's his time to shine.

but have to deal with del toro, seixas, even ayuso...

and then the next batch of GT riders/explosive climbers.

no clear path to be sure. got to hope for a zoetemelk, nibali, or cadel-type year.

or if he benefits from a seismic shift as pog did between 23 and 24. then again, I am not sure I would be thrilled by that either.

 

[Berniece]

This is it folks, i already read enough here. Things like Remco would destroy Cancellara on an e-bike, it's too much for me to swallow.
Ignoring the technology, aero advantages and what Cancellara produced in his career on both TTs, PR and RVV is too much for me.

He doesn’t literally mean Cancellare at his best on an e-bike. He means Cancellara at his best WAS on an e-bike. So basically he’s saying Evenepoel is better than prime Cancellara

 

[QueenStagiaire]

He doesn’t literally mean Cancellare at his best on an e-bike. He means Cancellara at his best WAS on an e-bike. So basically he’s saying Evenepoel is better than prime Cancellara

Would be stupid to write that since that is definitely a bannable offense.

 

[Berniece]

Would be stupid to write that since that is definitely a bannable offense.

As a joke of course as a reference to Cancellara v. Boonen at De Ronde

 

[QueenStagiaire]

As a joke of course as a reference to Cancellara v. Boonen at De Ronde

Well, I get what he‘s referring too obviously but it‘s really hard to tell someone you‘re joking if you say something that some people actually believe in.

 

[KoopaCycling]

Well, I get what he‘s referring too obviously but it‘s really hard to tell someone you‘re joking if you say something that some people actually believe in.

I wanted to PM, but seems i can't for some reason. Let's just say sometimes i believe in conspiracy.

Just saw an interesting video. If he ain't doing it yet, then Remco should start riding on balanced wheels

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

There actually is a Remco vs Roglic thread for folks who are for some reason obsessed with fighting about who is better. Also a Bora team thread which might soon be a new place for this weirdly ongoing fan battle.

about 3 dozen messages moved there.

 

[red_flanders]

about 3 dozen messages moved there.

Doing some work! Thanks @Armchair Cyclist

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Doing some work! Thanks @Armchair Cyclist

Oi! Only my wife is allowed to be sarcastic at me like that.

 

[red_flanders]

Oi! Only my wife is allowed to be sarcastic at me like that.

I was serious! Dozens of posts moved is more work than I ever wanted to do....

 

[Red Rick]

I was serious! Dozens of posts moved is more work than I ever wanted to do....

Just goes to show which rivarly is the true rivalry of cycling. Pogacar and Vingegaard could never.

 

[CyclistAbi]

If Remco moves is then Landa sole leader at the Tour 2026 or co leader with Van Wilder?

 

[peterfin]

If Remco moves is then Landa sole leader at the Tour 2026 or co leader with Van Wilder?

Merlier will be their leader.

 

[houtdffan]

looks like he did have some type of virus

“He was probably already carrying it” – More information explains Evenepoel’s nightmare in the Pyrenees

Soudal – Quick-Step left the 2025 Tour de France with a mixed bag of glory and disappointment. Remco Evenepoel started strong with a stage 5 win and briefly held third overall, only to abandon in the...

cyclinguptodate.com

 

[Peter von]

Merlier will be their leader.

Reverting to factory settings. Landa might be captain on paper, but it's all hands on deck when a sprint train is needed.

Landa might want to go Giro-Vuelta to avoid this fate.

 

[Berniece]

Reverting to factory settings. Landa might be captain on paper, but it's all hands on deck when a sprint train is needed.

Landa might want to go Giro-Vuelta to avoid this fate.

Makes more sense. In Giro-Vuelta he could ride podium. Which gives the opportunity for SOQ to have riders like VPP and Van Wilder to stagehunt in TDF.

 

[Red Rick]

Wait so now we've had bad winter, pollen, illness, shoulder and cracked rib all as cited reasons for underperformance? They're really dragging this out now.

I don't want to give them any ideas, but Mercury was also in retrograde.

And no I am not saying at all he had no reasons to underperform, I am merely commenting on the ever changing story and dragging it out.

 

[AmRacer]

But Landa will have zero doms for the mountains

 

[Berniece]

Wait so now we've had bad winter, pollen, illness, shoulder and cracked rib all as cited reasons for underperformance? They're really dragging this out now.

Dragging it out is the media re-using old news as if it's new. The illness was known for a while now. SOQ isn't discussing it anymore, it's the media that makes an article about it.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Merlier will be their leader.

Wasn't he already? I mean they will still have GC option or do you reckon they will drop it altogether?

 

[peterfin]

Wasn't he already? I mean they will still have GC option or do you reckon they will drop it altogether?

I don't know. I can imagine that they move back to a team focussed on a sprinter, lead outs and a number of strong riders to chase a stage win in hilly and mountain terrain. Landa is a question mark to me. I assume he is allowed to go for the GC, probably with a guy in support, a bit like Mas did when he was at QS in the past. Again, I am not sure. Maybe they see opportunity in signing an other GC talent.