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

[Berniece]

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.

Wasn’t way too much in 2023 though

 

[houtdffan]

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.

Not if his power is greater.

Against vingo, hed be vulnerable. But theres no vingo

 

[Faserr]

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?

Sorry for the misleading text. The rest of the riders mentioned were at Teide for 3 weeks.

 

[rghysens]

Not if his power is greater.

Against vingo, hed be vulnerable. But theres no vingo

Do you think his power is greater?

 

[houtdffan]

Do you think his power is greater?

looked like it with his seated attack Saturday

 

[Berniece]

Article with a recap of the race and a bit of extra information.

Evenepoel weighs 65kg, during his attack a VAM of 3.000, and he is still first reserve for De Ronde

https://archive.ph/5NNQ3

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Article with a recap of the race and a bit of extra information.

Evenepoel weighs 65kg, during his attack a VAM of 3.000, and he is still first reserve for De Ronde

https://archive.ph/5NNQ3

65? Wow, it didn't look like it. He was really strong uphill so the power is there. I think he should ride MSR and RVV as well. When he gets to 61-62 kg in July he should be in his lifetime climbing form at the Tour.

 

[Berniece]

65? Wow, it didn't look like it. He was really strong uphill so the power is there. I think he should ride MSR and RVV as well. When he gets to 61-62 kg in July he should be in his lifetime climbing form at the Tour.

Apparently MSR is really not happening unfortunately

 

[KoopaCycling]

65? Wow, it didn't look like it. He was really strong uphill so the power is there. I think he should ride MSR and RVV as well. When he gets to 61-62 kg in July he should be in his lifetime climbing form at the Tour.

I'd wager it's the same weight, but more muscle than 2-3 years ago at the same time of the year.
No idea though. Maybe he looks just a bit older now (cause he is).
If you look at footage of UAE 23 he still looks like a youngster back then.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I'd wager it's the same weight, but more muscle than 2-3 years ago at the same time of the year.
No idea though. Maybe he looks just a bit older now (cause he is).
If you look at footage of UAE 23 he still looks like a youngster back then.

Maybe but then his BF % must be lower than early in seasons before (and his absolute power probably bigger).

 

[KoopaCycling]

Maybe but then his BF % must be lower than early in seasons before (and his absolute power probably bigger).

He looked more powerful, not saying he was. but he seemed to have more oomf than in early stage races of years gone by. He looked closer to fall remco than early year remco. Though in early 2024 he looked strong as well.
Hard to tell at times.

 

[AmRacer]

Now, there's weight discussion again.

 

[AmRacer]

He looked more powerful, not saying he was. but he seemed to have more oomf than in early stage races of years gone by. He looked closer to fall remco than early year remco. Though in early 2024 he looked strong as well.
Hard to tell at times.

Is there so much difference compared with last time he won UAE or Algarve?

 

[Netserk]

Maybe but then his BF % must be lower than early in seasons before (and his absolute power probably bigger).

thats what i told you a few pages back as well

 

[Berflamand]

65kg is not a confirmed number by himself or his team.

It's Belgian newspaper HLN who is saying 'according to our info he's weighing 65kg'. While they are more right than wrong when it comes to info about Remco (they seem to have good inside info), they don't always get it right.

So I wouldn't just take that number at face value.