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

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I can go to the pub and find a random drunk guy who can do 200W for 5 hours with 3 months of training. It's never a genuine comment.

Not sure about that as an average drunk guy in the pub can't handle 9 litres of beer or better to intake 18 beers in 5h. So you would likely still need to do your due diligence and select a drinking champion. Otherwise your competitor would simply run out of gas before completing the given task.
 
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I totally agree with Remco's take on young riders being fairly maxxed out due to well "managed" entries into the pro levels.
ayuso has always seemed a case in point for this.

dad hired a trainer at very young age. he has been a "pro" since his teens.

pog clearly had no good training until 2024. crazy what a shorter crank can do. :p

if remco wants to stay ahead of the del toros and seixases, he will have to hope stuff is similar with them.
 
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ayuso has always seemed a case in point for this.

dad hired a trainer at very young age. he has been a "pro" since his teens.

pog clearly had no good training until 2024. crazy what a shorter crank can do. :p

if remco wants to stay ahead of the del toros and seixases, he will have to hope stuff is similar with them.
At least we know that Remco wasn't pro as a junior. He was steamrolling the whole junior peloton while learning to ride a bike and eating ice cream and pizza.
 
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