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

[Berniece]

Looks like not feeling well and/or isn’t in shape yet.

I think he wasn’t paying attention because after today’s race he said he was planning on riding a good result during ITT today

 

[SHAD0W93]

I think he wasn’t posting attention because after today’s race he said he was planning on riding a good result during ITT today

Fair enough. I don’t see the PCS post above the stage results and just started reading the race thread. I was like damn how did you lose 3:44 on this.

 

[vappaxbipmv]

Looks like not feeling well and/or isn’t in shape yet.

He said he was caught behind a crash but didn't go down himself, if I understood him correctly

 

[KoopaCycling]

I saw almeida interview. He did not visually look out if shape. We will know on Saturday.

Good or bad we saw the difference in mentality between a guy like Remco and Cian today.

 

[Rou]

The Catalunya route is out with some proper hard stages.
Hopefully Vingegaard is healthy by then so Remco can really measure himself.

 

[vappaxbipmv]

Tomorrow we'll see if Remco's climbing is worse or to be determined still. I'd say there are no elite puncheurs here and the only elite climber is Almeida so if he gets dropped on the last climb tomorrow (2,3km @ 9,3%) that's pretty bad, even if he ends up winning the stage/race

 

[KoopaCycling]

Tomorrow we'll see if Remco's climbing is worse or to be determined still. I'd say there are no elite puncheurs here and the only elite climber is Almeida so if he gets dropped on the last climb tomorrow (2,3km @ 9,3%) that's pretty bad, even if he ends up winning the stage/race

I do hope he wins, should have already have it in the bag after the TT.

 

[AmRacer]

I do hope he wins, should have already have it in the bag after the TT.

It wasn't not a real GC TT

 

[Berniece]

Tomorrow we'll see if Remco's climbing is worse or to be determined still. I'd say there are no elite puncheurs here and the only elite climber is Almeida so if he gets dropped on the last climb tomorrow (2,3km @ 9,3%) that's pretty bad, even if he ends up winning the stage/race

Would be surprised if he had issues tomorrow. I can only see him lose if he’s outplayed tactically, but I would think he’s the strongest in the peloton at the moment. He’s a two time LBL winner after all.

At UAE Tour on the other hand…

 

[vappaxbipmv]

Would be surprised if he had issues tomorrow. I can only see him lose if he’s outplayed tactically, but I would think he’s the strongest in the peloton at the moment. He’s a two time LBL winner after all.

At UAE Tour on the other hand…

We'll see, if he gets beaten tactically that's something else than just not being good enough to follow on the climb

 

[houtdffan]

Would be surprised if he had issues tomorrow. I can only see him lose if he’s outplayed tactically, but I would think he’s the strongest in the peloton at the moment. He’s a two time LBL winner after all.

At UAE Tour on the other hand…

No vingo at uae. As long as the tt is not neutered, he has that won

 

[Berniece]

No vingo at use. As long as the tt is not neutered, he has that won

In that case, after the UAE Tour he might already have 10 wins this season.

 

[rghysens]

In that case, after the UAE Tour he might already have 10 wins this season.

Hold your horses....
He now has 3 (+1). He´s not gonna win both mtf´s in UAE tour.

 

[stonerider]

Is Remco starting the season too hot? Will he be lukewarm by the time the Tour de France starts?

 

[AmRacer]

Is Remco starting the season too hot? Will he be lukewarm by the time the Tour de France starts?

With the speed he picks up WT wins....

 

[Cycling111]

I had no doubts about today's stage; it was a very similar effort to Liège.

It's a shame Vingegaard isn't going to UAE Tour. I wanted to see Remco on a had climb against Vingegaard; presumably, his next objective is to close the gap with him in high mountains.

 

[KoopaCycling]

The difference between him & Almeida was not much, but at the same time enough. Very happy he continued his effort on the climb. And not reduce it after seeing Tiberi and Almeida manage to follow his initial burst.

Still a pity the TT was more or less cancelled. That way he would have had a very comfortable final day, now he will still need to remain vilgilant.

Also today confirmed what we already knew since alaphillipe dissapeared. Red Bull > Soudal

 

[Red Rick]

Is Remco starting the season too hot? Will he be lukewarm by the time the Tour de France starts?

Red Bull in it's entirety seems to be at a high level. It could fall off at some point, but it's also very early to tell. I don't think it's that terrible to be 85% in February when the rest is at 75%.

But it's quite obvious that Evenepoel and Red Bull are both eager to start off on a high after this high profile transfer.

 

[vappaxbipmv]

My conclusions today: Remco was the strongest and deserved to with but the motos on the climb just when he attacked were outrageous, 8 motos in 50m, it's a big problem in cycling. Also, if he wasn't that aero he could have been caught, I think he overdid it on the climb and was somewhat cooked afterwards. So at the end, the strongest rider won, but without motos and as aero as others he might not ...

 

[James M]

My conclusions today: Remco was the strongest and deserved to with but the motos on the climb just when he attacked were outrageous, 8 motos in 50m, it's a big problem in cycling. Also, if he wasn't that aero he could have been caught, I think he overdid it on the climb and was somewhat cooked afterwards. So at the end, the strongest rider won, but without motos and as aero as others he might not ...

I concur. Also about motos not related to Remco cause it has happens a lot and it feels like its happening more rather than less, which is becoming a real problem. It needs to be addressed.

Almeida is not good in his first race, and 2.3 km hills is not his specialty to say the least. This suits Remco very well and duo to that Im not particularly impressed. That said Remco wasnt bad either and did what he was supposed to.

 

[AmRacer]

I concur. Also about motos not related to Remco cause it has happens a lot and it feels like its happening more rather than less, which is becoming a real problem. It needs to be addressed.

Almeida is not good in his first race, and 2.3 km hills is not his specialty to say the least. This suits Remco very well and duo to that Im not particularly impressed. That said Remco wasnt bad either and did what he was supposed to.

23 km hills suits Almeida better

 

[KoopaCycling]

My conclusions today: Remco was the strongest and deserved to with but the motos on the climb just when he attacked were outrageous, 8 motos in 50m, it's a big problem in cycling. Also, if he wasn't that aero he could have been caught, I think he overdid it on the climb and was somewhat cooked afterwards. So at the end, the strongest rider won, but without motos and as aero as others he might not ...

He pushed hard and went into the red, but he did not win cause of motos. The others were in his wheel when they dropped. The aero part sounds like if granny smiths weren't green, they could be red to my ears. Part of remco's strenghts is that he's aero. Also he took that last short wall well enough.

 

[vappaxbipmv]

He pushed hard and went into the red, but he did not win cause of motos. The others were in his wheel when they dropped. The aero part sounds like if granny smiths weren't green, they could be red to my ears. Part of remco's strenghts is that he's aero. Also he took that last short wall well enough.

Like I said in my first statement, Remco was the strongest and deserved to win, I didn't say he won because of the motos just that it's a problem, which it is

Also, we know that Remco is more aero than almost anybody else and if he could just hold the gap to around 12-15s despite that, it tells me that with normal non very aero position he could be caught. So I don't know what you're arguing against because my conclusions are totally valid

 

[kingjr]

My conclusions today: Remco was the strongest and deserved to with but the motos on the climb just when he attacked were outrageous, 8 motos in 50m, it's a big problem in cycling. Also, if he wasn't that aero he could have been caught, I think he overdid it on the climb and was somewhat cooked afterwards. So at the end, the strongest rider won, but without motos and as aero as others he might not ...

Without his fast-twitch muscle fibres, Merlier might not be winning any sprints.

 

[jmdirt]

RE is having a really solid start...Red Bull is giving him wings!