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

[AmRacer]

So? 2023 Thomas wasn’t impressive, and neither was 2024

If so, what is that telling about the rest of the contenders?

 

[vappaxbipmv]

So? 2023 Thomas wasn’t impressive, and neither was 2024

None of the guys you mentioned, except Almeida, is impressive either. He wasn't impressive but his level was high regardless

 

[Berniece]

None of the guys you mentioned, except Almeida, is impressive either. He wasn't impressive but his level was high regardless

Those guys are all stronger than what Thomas and Martinez showed in 2024

 

[AmRacer]

Those guys are all stronger than what Thomas and Martinez showed in 2024

No, they aren't.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Dauphine - TDF 2024 difference was because he was still recovering from his crash. There wasn't time yet to properly decrease his weight.

I think 1kg is around 30s per X amount of km's. Don't now X anymore, I know logic used to say this here sometimes.

If Evenepoel loses significant time in mountains in big one week races, it barely has to do with his weight, and mostly with the build up towards goals. Most of them are easily explained by crashes.

I think we can agree that too large mass cost him a lot in some important races vs inferior opponents but also that some crashes made it harder for him to prepare good form (and optimal mass of course, he tends to get fatty quickly when off the training regime).

1 kg should be around 0.1 w/kg, which is around 1 second per 1 minute of very steep climb (the difference is lower on shallower climbs where gravity isn't such a dominant resistive force).

 

[RedheadDane]

Random thought, nothing to do with his racing, but rather his helmet.

I get that Red Bull wants all their riders to wear the Red Bull helmets, but... come on! They could have least have made one for him with a golden bull.

 

[Berniece]

Random thought, nothing to do with his racing, but rather his helmet.

I get that Red Bull wants all their riders to wear the Red Bull helmets, but... come on! They could have least have made one for him with a golden bull.

Not sure if it had an influence on it, but Evenepoel requested for not too many changes on his bike. He wanted it to look a lot like the rest of the team. Maybe that thinking was also used for the rest of his outfit?

 

[chickenlips]

No more excuses this season.

Unless he crashes, or gets sick, or, or, or, or.

 

[Red Rick]

I think we can agree that too large mass cost him a lot in some important races vs inferior opponents but also that some crashes made it harder for him to prepare good form (and optimal mass of course, he tends to get fatty quickly when off the training regime).

1 kg should be around 0.1 w/kg, which is around 1 second per 1 minute of very steep climb (the difference is lower on shallower climbs where gravity isn't such a dominant resistive force).

I'm pretty sure near peak weight you're gonna lose power very slightly as you drop weight. Otherwise it would just be too easy to maintain. Also you benefit by getting less fatigue over multiple climbs.

 

[Netserk]

I'm pretty sure near peak weight you're gonna lose power very slightly as you drop weight. Otherwise it would just be too easy to maintain. Also you benefit by getting less fatigue over multiple climbs.

hes heavier for the ardennes in order to push more power, but could counterfactually lose the marginal kg without losing any power on climbs

 

[red_flanders]

hes heavier for the ardennes in order to push more power, but could counterfactually lose the marginal kg without losing any power on climbs

I always assumed he was heavier in the spring 'cause it's just his more natural weight, moreso than anything intentional. And he really has to starve to get to GC weight.

 

[Netserk]

For rouleur purposes which help during Ardennes classics it's preferred he weighs a bit more

this means more power from the additional weight @red_flanders

 

[AmRacer]

I always assumed he was heavier in the spring 'cause it's just his more natural weight, moreso than anything intentional. And he really has to starve to get to GC weight.

That's my understanding too.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Proper weight management means you don't have to focus training efforts on maintaining a defecit, the only way to lose weight with minimal power loss is to either do it very slowly over a long period of time or just not have to do it at all. Coming into the season 4 or 5kgs above GT shape used to work when everyone was doing it, not so much now.