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

[houtdffan]

For me it's not the steep climbs themselves but more the fact that IF Vingegaard or other Del Toro's prove to be the better climber on the week, they have 2 actual chances to make up the (expected) lost time of the TT instead of 1 to 1,5 chance since it was always difficult to get a gap on Jebel Jais but that will definitely be possible on this new climb.

Can people stop overhyping Del Toro

Winning races without Pog and Remco was one thing last year. He then got absolutely MAULED by both once the big boys decided to race. Remco dropped Del Toro for fun late last year

 

[Berniece]

Can people stop overhyping Del Toro

Winning races without Pog and Remco was one thing last year. He then got absolutely MAULED by both once the big boys decided to race. Remco dropped Del Toro for fun late last year

Indeed, Del Toro is able to win and beat riders in the pro circuit. Thanks to a great sprint. If the race is hard enough, he doesn't win.

 

[Berflamand]

Can people stop overhyping Del Toro

Winning races without Pog and Remco was one thing last year. He then got absolutely MAULED by both once the big boys decided to race. Remco dropped Del Toro for fun late last year

While that is true, it happened in hard 200km+ races while at the UAE Tour it will be short unipuerto climbs/stages.

Del Toro did get 2nd at the Giro and still came 5th (Lombardia) and 7th (WC) in the races last fall where Remco dropped him. Those aren't exactly bad results for a (at that time) 21 year old.

It's also only february and I thought I read somewhere that Del Toro will have done an altitude camp already before the UAE Tour.

I'm definitely not saying that Del Toro is the better rider but it will also not surprise me that much if it turns out that he climbs a bit better on some short unipuerto stages in february driven by a UAE Team that wants to win their home race.

I do very much hope it doesn't happen though.

EDIT: Also, I mentioned Vingegaard and other Del Toro's, meaning that I see Vingegaard as most proven climber but I didn't want to discard other potential contenders from which Del Toro probably is the biggest favorite.

I don't think that's 'overhyping' him.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Wow, UAE introducing a monster climb. Vingo could be too much for Evenepoel in this case, we will see.