He is certainly the only rider in the world who suffers an existential crisis if he doesn't win two gold medals at the WC.
Over the top reactions when things don't go his way once again. Ever predictable.
Problems all start with coming in not at Tour weight so's spending extra energy every climb.
Im not a professional bike rider, but wouldnt it be better to just ride the steeper part of the climb out of the saddle instead of sitting on the too low saddle?After hitting a pothole his saddle dropped. He had to ride Mount Kigali on a dropped saddle and was completely cramped up by the time they reached the top, he had no choice but to stop.
After hitting a pothole his saddle dropped. He had to ride Mount Kigali on a dropped saddle and was completely cramped up by the time they reached the top, he had no choice but to stop. Had Van Wilder still been in the race, he could have given his bike. But Soler took out Van Wilder early on.
Dominating Gold in the ITT and clear Silver in the RR, but if you can't beat Pogi, character flaws, weight, and an utter inability to climb must be to blame.did u watch his interview?
he explained what happened, nothing to do with not being able to climb (as was shown after), and he seemed very calm and settled about it after having time to recover from his disappointment.
Including the OC, he has 10 medals out of 14 attempts: 6 gold (4 TT and 2 RR), 2 silver (1 TT and 1 RR) and 2 bronze (TT). Add the EC and he has 13 medals out of 18 attempts. I think that is pretty crazy stuff.If you combine ITT and RR
Valverde has seven in just the RR
Someone quoted Hermans saying that Remcos saddle went out of position (fell down a bit?) on Mount Kigali. So to me it seems pretty clear that he got dropped because of the mechanical (he was looking very comfortable just 10-15s before he suddenly went right out of Pogacars wheel and dropped like a stone. So the getting dropped and first bike change definitively looked like a real problem.
The second one is much more questionable. Apparently Hermans said Remco felt uncomfortable with the saddle position on the spare bike and therefore wanted to change once more. That one could definitiviely only be mental.
Yes the race would've likely looked different, the result the same.Disappointing for him if that’s the case- practically if he could have stayed with Pog at the top it would have changed the dynamics of the race, albeit the fact Pog kept taking chunks of time on the cobbled climb even riding solo for so long shows the reality of how it would have played out if there would have been a small group together in the last couple of circuits.
Dominating Gold in the ITT and clear Silver in the RR, but if you can't beat Pogi, character flaws, weight, and an utter inability to climb must be to blame.
Remco derangement syndrome.just checking that this was tongue-in-cheek...(?)
Yes this is spot on. May he never change. Are we sure he isn’t French? Reminds me of Pinot in temperament. Such passion, such drama. Helluva bike rider, too. Really needs to work on stress control. He does not handle the unexpected well. No way to know, but does anyone doubt that Pogacar would have handled that much better? Anyways, still a good ride. Think he could have been closer to the win. Clearly top 2 rider in the world on this type of course.Apparantly he was cramping up from different saddle positions.
In any case this was a vintage remco performance. Drama, seemingly close to giving up, coming good and riding like absolute class. Tears at the end.
All in all he can be proud of today's performance. Without Pogacar he becomes World Champion.
I was expecting more from Del toro (but he's young), surprised to see Ayuso made a cameo. Not surprised he could not follow through.
Without Remco this race would have been boring. With Remco there was at least the illusion of suspense.
All the reasons why some people dislike Remco were at display today. They are in many ways also a big part of why I like Remco. Full of fight, a motoring powerhouse that sits his bike beautifully.
Lets hope he'll be good next week as well, and hopefully have all the luck on his side during the EC RR. I would love it, if he wins that one. As small as the odds may be.
It's probaly really hard to stay out of the saddle for several minutes straight, especially for some one who does not gets out of the saddle for long time as an habit.Im not a professional bike rider, but wouldnt it be better to just ride the steeper part of the climb out of the saddle instead of sitting on the too low saddle?
No, he was cramped up.I wonder how much of a difference it would have made if he didn't stop and wait for 30 secs/a minute for his team car at the bike exchange. Could he not have carried on a bit further until the car was closer?
I still don't understand the problem with the second bike. Not that there couldn't be an issue with the saddle angle, but why was there an issue? It seems like such a fundamental thing to get wrong. The mechanic apparently said it was the same, though, so I who knows.No, he was cramped up.
For everyone, here’s an interview in Dutch.
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"Ik moést stoppen, want ik was volledig verkrampt": Remco Evenepoel verbijt de ontgoocheling na ellendig WK | sporza
"Wat als?" is een vraag die wellicht nog een tijdje zal nazinderen bij Remco Evenepoel. Wat als hij geen portie materiaalmiserie gehad zou hebben? De zilveren medaille gaf zelf na de podiumceremonie zijn kijk op zijn WK: "Ik had altijd pech op de slechtste momenten."sporza.be
Exactly what I said. And Grenoble.No, this variety of winners has happened precisely because Peterfin's prescribed "hard but the climbing within limits and with some yearly variations in intensity so chances to win are better than zero for the heavier guys" has not been the route every year. The wide scope of winners you note happens because routes have been as different from each other as Copenhagen and Innsbruck.
YourExactly what I said. And Grenoble.
certainly looked like "Historically, what Peterfin described has been the case,Historically this has been the case,
It basically used to favor these 20-30 man group sprints an absurd amount due to the way cycling was at the timeNo, this variety of winners has happened precisely because Peterfin's prescribed "hard but the climbing within limits and with some yearly variations in intensity so chances to win are better than zero for the heavier guys" has not been the route every year. The wide scope of winners you note happens because routes have been as different from each other as Copenhagen and Innsbruck.
No way of knowing. Last time Pogacar had some bad luck was during the interbellum.Yes this is spot on. May he never change. Are we sure he isn’t French? Reminds me of Pinot in temperament. Such passion, such drama. Helluva bike rider, too. Really needs to work on stress control. He does not handle the unexpected well. No way to know, but does anyone doubt that Pogacar would have handled that much better? Anyways, still a good ride. Think he could have been closer to the win. Clearly top 2 rider in the world on this type of course.
His mechanic already acknowledged during the race that his saddle in fact had dropped. That means he did the entire Mount Kigali climb like that and the Mur de Kigali as well. I can understand perfectly that he cramped up.Remco got cramps, so he said, at the worst possible moment, but not Pogacar. Fatal. Evereything else is fantasy. It's in his head by now. Poor Remco, in a manner of speaking, but chapeau to Pogacar.