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.

 

[Berniece]

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.

I wouldn’t be surprised if there inside info is just Evenepoel himself

 

[CyclistAbi]

Good start for the new team and hopefully for Remco to keep it up.

 

[Cookster15]

Title of this story seems provocative. Are there people who genuinely believe Remco can "take down" Pogi at the Tour this year? But its good that the move to Red Bull seems a positive one so far.

Remco Evenepoel and the path to taking down Tadej Pogačar – What does a perfect start with Red Bull mean for his Tour de France chances?

Belgian hits the ground running with new team, winning five from eight and his first stage race since 2024

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[Cycling111]

Title of this story seems provocative. Are there people who genuinely believe Remco can "take down" Pogi at the Tour this year? But its good that the move to Red Bull seems a positive one so far.

Remco Evenepoel and the path to taking down Tadej Pogačar – What does a perfect start with Red Bull mean for his Tour de France chances?

Belgian hits the ground running with new team, winning five from eight and his first stage race since 2024

www.cyclingnews.com

They talk as if Pogacar wasn't a better Tour de France rider than Remco before 2024 and in his early years. They forget that Pogacar already had two Tour de France, two seconds places (Remco one third) and one-week WT races , even against Vingegaard in his prime (Tirreno and Paris-Nice).

I don't know how much Remco will improve, but he hasn't been able to beat Vingegaard in a stage race and has struggled in several Grand Tours, unlike Pogacar, who has finished on the podium in every GT since he was 20.

Some articles are insulting; they treat the readers like they have amnesia.

 

[rghysens]

Title of this story seems provocative. Are there people who genuinely believe Remco can "take down" Pogi at the Tour this year? But its good that the move to Red Bull seems a positive one so far.

Remco Evenepoel and the path to taking down Tadej Pogačar – What does a perfect start with Red Bull mean for his Tour de France chances?

Belgian hits the ground running with new team, winning five from eight and his first stage race since 2024

www.cyclingnews.com

Only when he massively gains weight again, trips and falls down on Pog.

 

[Wvv]

They talk as if Pogacar wasn't a better Tour de France rider than Remco before 2024 and in his early years. They forget that Pogacar already had two Tour de France, two seconds places (Remco one third) and one-week WT races , even against Vingegaard in his prime (Tirreno and Paris-Nice).

I don't know how much Remco will improve, but he hasn't been able to beat Vingegaard in a stage race and has struggled in several Grand Tours, unlike Pogacar, who has finished on the podium in every GT since he was 20.

Some articles are insulting; they treat the readers like they have amnesia.

Depends on interpretation. His numbers in 2024 were arguably good enough to win Tour de Frances in previous years, that's probably their approach.

Of course. Everyone improved.

 

[Cookster15]

Depends on interpretation. His numbers in 2024 were arguably good enough to win Tour de Frances in previous years, that's probably their approach.

Of course. Everyone improved.

Yes. Remco was also faster than Pantani's record on PdB - partly courtesy of Jorgensen's huge pull from the bottom until 10km to go when Jonas attacked. But to ride solo that last 10km and still be inside Pantani's 1998 time was super impressive thinking about it.

I just hope Remco can rediscover that climbing level he showed in 2024. It was also impressive seeing him nurse Jonas to the finish at Isola 2000 on the Col de la Bonette stage - even if Vingegaard was on a bad day. Lest we forget.

He seems to have made a good start to 2026, of course he can build his climbing level from here.

 

[Red Rick]

Forget climbing times and W/kg estimates. Look at gaps to rivals instead, because that is much less fluctuating than climbing times. And comparing to Vingegaard and Pogacar, PdB was where he lost the most time that Tour, although how much he was losing on the MTF was fairly stable altogether.

 

[KoopaCycling]

We know Remco dreams of winning GT. So we know Remco and red Bull are doing whatever they can to reach that goal.
I'm not sure what's so controversial about it. Would you rather have Remco & Red Bull throw in the towel without trying.
The chances of Ullrich beating Armstrong were slim, but I was grateful he tried time and again. And If Ullrich was at his very best during his Bianchi days a miracle might have occured. Alas Ullrich was at his best before the 2000's and never reached his peak again.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Rather than just winning the UAE Tour, I think he also needs to not get beaten up on the climb like in 2023 to represent progression.

Not sure about Del Toro as it will be steep, maybe suiting Yates more. Almeida just a glorified Derek Gee I think, not much to worry about.