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What's the point of your comment though? "If he wasn't aero". If Pogacar wasn't able to push the watts he can, he wouldn't win as much as he does.
- Apr 3, 2009
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Well...
You certainly said he might not have won without 'em. Not a huge distinction IMO.
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The big question is how much, at this time of the year, would Tadej have put into Almeida under the same circumstances? Put differently, would Pogacar have ridden away from Remco today?
- Apr 3, 2009
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I thought he dropped everyone pretty convincingly. Tiberi hung on for a moment but blew himself up. Given how quickly he dropped everyone, seemed slightly surprising that he didn't extend the gap, but sounds from the riders like it was a headwind. Makes it hard to extend against a couple of strong time trialists on the same team, working together.
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yup. and he didn't extend immediately, but it went out from 10 to 24 seconds in the last few kms.
also, if you look at the gap to everyone besides the immediate pursuers, it was a pretty huge in just 13 kms.
main thing for me is seeing a moment when he clearly looked like he was suffering cresting one of the uncategorized hills.
the seated attack was straight out of the pog 25 library.
- Jul 7, 2013
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Some say Liege-like parcours suit him. But the stage was much shorter (so his classics endurance didn't matter) and this particular climb was harder and longer than typical hills (the effort duration was already for climbers). This was close to VO2max uphill effort and he showed very good climbing form reaching 2150 m/h of VAM. He's looking sharp (not chubby) and this year's start looks like the continuation of very good form from the end of last season.
I'm always hyped to see Remco look this good. I know Pog is the favourite in any head to head, but I'd love it if this were the year we got a proper battle between them at Liege.
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Remco could have won here with Soudal, but Red Bull teammates are def. a leg up. so far. (things can always change)
Van Wilder wanted to ride half the time for himself, so too did others. Fair enough if there are enough other options to do the job. That was no longer the case at Soudal. They never managed to properly replace alapahillipe. vuelta alaphillipe would have made a great domestique in stage races and ally in the spring.
In Mallorca there was no competition, in Valenciana the terrain did not suit his rivals. As a Remco fan, i hope i'll be fortunate enough to continue to enjoy for some time more what some would call excuses. Just that the shoe is (for now) on the other foot.
I have no doubt Del Toro will be rearing to go though. He will be a challenge methinks. So too will Seixas. And obviously Pogacar/Vingegaard have been different categories. (I personally have high hopes for Widar in Fleche Wallone as well if he does not melt under pressure and he ain't burned up from his busy schedule, i'm not sure Remco will ride FW though). But encouraging stuff so far. We can only be happy with Remco his performance this season (so far).
Van Wilder wanted to ride half the time for himself, so too did others. Fair enough if there are enough other options to do the job. That was no longer the case at Soudal. They never managed to properly replace alapahillipe. vuelta alaphillipe would have made a great domestique in stage races and ally in the spring.
In Mallorca there was no competition, in Valenciana the terrain did not suit his rivals. As a Remco fan, i hope i'll be fortunate enough to continue to enjoy for some time more what some would call excuses. Just that the shoe is (for now) on the other foot.
I have no doubt Del Toro will be rearing to go though. He will be a challenge methinks. So too will Seixas. And obviously Pogacar/Vingegaard have been different categories. (I personally have high hopes for Widar in Fleche Wallone as well if he does not melt under pressure and he ain't burned up from his busy schedule, i'm not sure Remco will ride FW though). But encouraging stuff so far. We can only be happy with Remco his performance this season (so far).
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Big start to the season for Evenepoel. Hopefully he can keep progressing and stay injury free.
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Personally i think he's not far off from his previous best. Now it's wait and see if he can reach new heights.
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Interview with Lodewyck said the same. He’s very close to a non-altitude peak. Should be better after it, but won’t be extreme
6 wins in 8 race days (ok, he doubled up with the valencia GC). These "easy" wins are great for his confidence, I think. And RB definitely has a stronger team than QS around him.
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Somebody has been working hard this winter. With five individual wins already, the sprinters have a bit of catching up to do. His five-minute effort is enough to create a gap of twenty seconds against riders like Almeida and Tiberi. After that he can switch to his endurance mode to defend the gap. Let's see if he can maintain this in the UAE Tour and the Volta a Catalunya. With this shape it's a pity that he doesn't do Paris-Nice, but they want time for altitude and training camps. His support was strong, especially Pellizzari's lead-out. If the sixth of the Giro is working for you, you're in a pretty luxurious position. The atmosphere in the team must be good now.
In the end he will be judged on his result in July, but if he's spared from big crashes and other bad luck, another podium spot looks realistic, and you never know what can happen.
In the end he will be judged on his result in July, but if he's spared from big crashes and other bad luck, another podium spot looks realistic, and you never know what can happen.
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Personally I think his current program is good. They will be able to immediately determine by this summer wether Remco has the ability to improve, or his current best he reached with Soudal in 2024 TdF is his ceiling. Ofcourse if it's the latter, it's not something Remco will be happy to discover. But his level is already such that even if another layer is beyond reach, they can work with it to win plenty.
Lastly, it's good his shoulder has not been heard of these last weeks.
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According to himself, only at 85% and his regular spring weight
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Met een kus van Oumi viert Remco Evenepoel de eindzege in Valencia: "Maar ik ben zeker nog niet in topvorm" | sporza
De gedroomde afsluiter van een perfecte week. Remco Evenepoel mocht in Valencia ook de eindzege vieren als kers op de taart van zijn eerste koersweken, met nu al vijf zeges achter zijn naam. "Ik heb niet meer gepiekt dan in andere winters", benadrukt Evenepoel wel. Ook aan zijn programma wil hij...
Haven't they been at altitude?According to himself, only at 85% and his regular spring weight
Met een kus van Oumi viert Remco Evenepoel de eindzege in Valencia: "Maar ik ben zeker nog niet in topvorm" | sporza
De gedroomde afsluiter van een perfecte week. Remco Evenepoel mocht in Valencia ook de eindzege vieren als kers op de taart van zijn eerste koersweken, met nu al vijf zeges achter zijn naam. "Ik heb niet meer gepiekt dan in andere winters", benadrukt Evenepoel wel. Ook aan zijn programma wil hij...
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Yeah, I read that too. I just thought they had an altitude camp, but it was apparently not so.
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Sorry, but can you rephrase that.
Red Bull was at Teide but without Remco. (This part i understood)
Were the rest of the racers mentioned at Teide? Or like Remco will they go to altitude later on?
The mentioned riders already have done altitude training, Evenepoel hasn´t. If I´m not mistaken, he is scheduled to do one before Catalunya.
And if he´s at his "spring weight" 7km @ 12% will be (way) too much.
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