It'll only be an outlier if Evenepoel consistently keeps on crashing every season over and over again.
Agree. Its wildly wishful thinking for anyone whos watch the races but theres nothing wrong with hoping and dreaming as a fan of Evenepoel at the same time, even if it's far-fetched at the moment. I completely agree with this take, hoping for it is fair, hes supremely talented. Another thing is presenting it as fact and plausible when the reality is very obvious clear atm that its leagues apart and a whole other question should be the topic in reality.
Considering the last 3 years, it's an outlier now.
I agree, but it's silly to only look at results and not the whole picture. But I understand that if he consistently keeps crashing or getting sick, the outlier is actually staying upright and having a decent prep, which means that can't be used as the standard, since it barely happens.
What exactly is the whole picture then?
Pogacar already had a gap to Evenepoel at that time, it just increased in 2024.
Sorry, you are not right. No one here said Remco is better than Pogacar but they said Remco is equal to Pogacar in classics or even close. They are not. Remco fans can believe whatever they want, everyone is able to dream and maybe in the future, he can close the gap but don't pretend some Remco fans just do this. They claim things completely away from reality, ignoring facts.
Thank you James. This post should be fixed here, specially the bold part.
That's true. But Evenepoel's numbers during the TDF '24 are better than most if not all of Pog's numbers prior to '24. So while Evenepoel has been improving towards '24, Pog suddenly blew off. Had Pog continued to improve at the same rate he was improving prior to '24 instead, Evenepoel might have been close last year. Point is, if Evenepoel is able to make a similar improvement as Pog did in '24, then he might be a contender as well. As it stands, there is quite a gap to overcome. A year or two without major injury would be a good start though.
He also won the Vuelta, and so far Lipowitz has yet to win a Vuelta or reach that level twice. So at least Evenepoel has finished 2 GT's as a top contender. But suddenly Lipowitz, who only finished on the podium once is supposedly better because Evenepoel needs to show consistency which Lipowitz has not.
It increased a lot in 2024. Pogacar increased his w/kg efforts by 10% and his recovery is now out of this world. The difference between Remco from LBL 2022 to the giro 2023 (covid exit) and Pogacar 2023 was much closer. However I do think Remco can still close the gap if he is at his peak and in one-day races he is already close.
That would suggest he could've gotten out of the saddle more frequently. I just don't buy that his saddle misaligned/settled to the degree he'd cramp without him actively requesting a teammate's bike. If the Belgian team didn't send someone, like all GT teams tend to; that is very close to the leader's bike size and position it's on the team.
Is he? From what I have been watching, the difference is quite big. But maybe "being close" to you is not the same for me.
The funny story is all the defensiveness you talk doesn't have anything to do with Pogacar fans but with some Remco fans, who can't see actual facts/reality. In the previous post, I replied to Peterfin who said Remco was close to Pogacar in one day races. But in what world? Are you also reply to him and blame him for writing these things? Nah... You are a Remco fan, of course you will blame Pogacar fans, silly me...
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