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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Of all the things that I expect out of Remco being able to stay with Pogi on one of his all out uphill attacks is pretty low on the list.
Ganna was able to follow Pogi’s initial burst on Cipressa. Remco should be able to follow on a 4% gradient.
 
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If he enters Cipressa in a standard 80th position he will definitely be dropped at some point, if he'll even be on the wheel of the front group ever
 
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If he enters Cipressa in a standard 80th position he will definitely be dropped at some point, if he'll even be on the wheel of the front group ever
It’s his team’s task to keep him at the front and make sure he’s in top 20 at least, preferably on the wheel of MVDP or Pogacar
 
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It’s his team’s task to keep him at the front and make sure he’s in top 20 at least, preferably on the wheel of MVDP or Pogacar
They cant, if he doesnt follow them and gets pushed back. They end up scattered and looking around where he is. Wondering what happened.