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

[tobydawq]

I think Del Toro has become one of the best in cycling last year, but for all his victories, i only care about Emillia and Burgos. The rest are meh. 2nd place in the Giro is great, but it ain't a win. He'll need to win bigger fish before he's not simply one of the best in current cycling, but actually made it. If you all understand what i mean.

Virenque for all his weirdness was a major talent, but he never won much of importance. Now i do not see that happening to Del Toro. I'm just saying he ain't made just yet.

So winning Vuelta a Burgos only because Ciccone crashed (which was Del Toro's fault) is top notch, yet winning a stage, leading the Giro for two weeks and finishing second is only to be scoffed at?

 

[James M]

Evenepoel was hyped and coddled from the womb. Pogacar is the best that has occurred. Comparing any young rider to those two with the same expectations is hopeful and very optimistic.

Part of what Im hoping that this move from Quickstep will raise his mental game, because hes appeared very fragile and needed an excuse for literally everything in order to cope. First step to raise the bar is accountability across all areas and within the org aswell is a necessity imo hopefully that will be the case.

 

[KoopaCycling]

I do not really care about stage wins in a GC or GT. I suppose thats a personal thing. But i never understood why people care so much for them. In GC its first and foremost about the overall. The rest is just gravy. I do not scoff at podiums in a GT. But its not something people will remember 30 years from now.

Milano-T has prestige but its also not a race that speaks to me. I like Emillia way more

 

[Red Rick]

So winning Vuelta a Burgos only because Ciccone crashed (which was Del Toro's fault) is top notch, yet winning a stage, leading the Giro for two weeks and finishing second is only to be scoffed at?

To be honest I've scoffed at Ben O'Connor for all of 2025.

Del Toro may be one of the next GT winning climbers, but to me he really did not show that at the Giro. He was the punchiest, but never really showed a great level on the big climb despite the weak field.

 

[James M]

To be honest I've scoffed at Ben O'Connor for all of 2025.

Del Toro may be one of the next GT winning climbers, but to me he really did not show that at the Giro. He was the punchiest, but never really showed a great level on the big climb despite the weak field.

Lets hope he improves on the long climbs, because he will need to. He has every chance to do that, but lets see first.

Imagine when the reaper retires if we get Torito to dominate (not like Pogi cause that will never happen but still win major races) Wouldnt that be just awesome Red? You can play with your vodoo doll all over again.