For that to work they have to be pretty much isolated together with 25K to go and no more climbs and a group still fairly close behind. A headwind would not hurt either.
Again, this myth continues to live in some Remco fans.
he will need time to recover from saddle problems after he gets droped again
The problem is, that dulls Remco's sprint too. Skjelmose beat Pogacar at AGR, but Pogacar beat Remco, remember?
Slight difference here in that is @houtdffan suggesting he do it with Pog in a group of 2- Amstel Remco was chasing. Not sure how riding at the front for 20km before finish is going to increase his chances in a sprint.
Yeah I don’t see Pogacar lose today. I’m just saying that Evenepoel can cook anyone on the flats with them in his wheel. Also Pogacar, which he showed after catching up with him.
So how well did the strategy of leading out the sprint from the front to keep the pace up work out if he was beaten by two cooked riders in his wheel?
His botched up his sprint by starting to early when there was headwind.
If you know what you are doing, and you are the best sprinter, it can be the right play in the last 400 m.
Did he truly cook the others on the flat by pulling before the sprint? I have a hard time believing that he wouldn't have fared better with a far more "negative" approach, only hitting the wind in the last 200 m.
I agree that he pulls way too much in the last kilometers, and he probably is too nervous and inexperienced to push it to a standstill. But in this specific AGR case, there were bigger mistakes that were made besides that.
And do you generally think trying to cook the others on the flat by pulling them with a sustained high pace is a good approach to racing for him?
he he, belgians and their excuses, he he; you see thats why i like this thread; its damn funny
oh come on, if there is no headwind and no saddle problems Remco can take MVP in a sprint.
Yes. He showed that multiple times that it worked.
No one is saying that's an excuse. It's just an explanation of losing. Just like Pogacar NOT crashing during PR might have given a different result.
yeah inexperience next to headwind and saddle problems, thats hard to overcome
So if he had only started his sprint later, you think he rode the last 3 km the right way to win?
Depending on the result, yes. If he rode the perfect sprint and still lost, then you can say he rode the last 3km's wrong and a different tactic should have been used. But if he rode the perfect sprint, and won, it might have been thanks to pulling those last 3km's, keeping the pace high, and not giving the others time to recuperate more.
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