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

[KoopaCycling]

So who do you all think would win if they rode the Tour alone?
If they kept all the stages and parcours, but you had to ride every stage solo without a peloton.
Just them and their bike, needing to finish every stage as quick as possible.

 

[AmRacer]

So who do you all think would win if they rode the Tour alone?
If they kept all the stages and parcours, but you had to ride every stage solo without a peloton.
Just them and their bike, needing to finish every stage as quick as possible.

21 ITT stages with 30 minutes between the riders at each stage?

 

[Berniece]

So who do you all think would win if they rode the Tour alone?
If they kept all the stages and parcours, but you had to ride every stage solo without a peloton.
Just them and their bike, needing to finish every stage as quick as possible.

Pogacar

 

[Cycling111]

So who do you all think would win if they rode the Tour alone?
If they kept all the stages and parcours, but you had to ride every stage solo without a peloton.
Just them and their bike, needing to finish every stage as quick as possible.

Pogacar. He did it in 2020 (and he was alone in the Vuelta 2019) and last year he raced alone in the European Championships. I'm not saying the World Championships because people will say Del Toro , but we already saw how much he needed it in the European Championships.
He also rode alone a race like Roubaix in his first participation. He's a rider who handles himself well on his own.

 

[jotafap]

So who do you all think would win if they rode the Tour alone?
If they kept all the stages and parcours, but you had to ride every stage solo without a peloton.
Just them and their bike, needing to finish every stage as quick as possible.

Pogacar blindfolded, with a cold and probably only 1 leg needed.

 

[topcat]

So who do you all think would win if they rode the Tour alone?
If they kept all the stages and parcours, but you had to ride every stage solo without a peloton.
Just them and their bike, needing to finish every stage as quick as possible.

Nibali

 

[kingjr]

So who do you all think would win if they rode the Tour alone?
If they kept all the stages and parcours, but you had to ride every stage solo without a peloton.
Just them and their bike, needing to finish every stage as quick as possible.

All stages? Wout van Aert

 

[chickenlips]

So who do you all think would win if they rode the Tour alone?
If they kept all the stages and parcours, but you had to ride every stage solo without a peloton.
Just them and their bike, needing to finish every stage as quick as possible.

I think it would depend on Remcos weight. (This is a flippin joke!)

 

[topcat]

Who do you think would win if they had to ride all stages on a tt bike?
On a penny farthing?

 

[KoopaCycling]

Pogacar. He did it in 2020 (and he was alone in the Vuelta 2019) and last year he raced alone in the European Championships. I'm not saying the World Championships because people will say Del Toro , but we already saw how much he needed it in the European Championships.
He also rode alone a race like Roubaix in his first participation. He's a rider who handles himself well on his own.

No i mean literally alone. No one else, but you. You do the whole route completely alone. Not you alone within a peloton. Just you alone. There is no peloton.

 

[KoopaCycling]

I kinda like the Wout van aert answer. I think you would need a big engine too come on top. As there is no hiding from the wind, no draft.

I am not even sure how Healey would do. Cause he does have an engine and will handle the mountains just fine. But despite the engine he would lose lots of time on the flat methinks.

 

[SHAD0W93]

No i mean literally alone. No one else, but you. You do the whole route completely alone. Not you alone within a peloton. Just you alone. There is no peloton.

Lachlan Morton 100% wins

 

[Red Rick]

Lachlan Morton 100% wins

The hyperspecialization propaganda from former bang average pro riders is off the charts.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of gravel, but the idea that races where 45 year old journalists with a hobby get top 30 within 20 minutes would not get completely eviscerated by top WT professionals is hilarious.

 

[SHAD0W93]

The hyperspecialization propaganda from former bang average pro riders is off the charts.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of gravel, but the idea that races where 45 year old journalists with a hobby get top 30 within 20 minutes would not get completely eviscerated by top WT professionals is hilarious.

Morton has been the few riders to ride the stages completely by himself, which was what is being asked. Just as much as it’s a physical feat, it’s also a big mental challenge to be completely by yourself and alone.

 

[peterfin]

So who do you all think would win if they rode the Tour alone?
If they kept all the stages and parcours, but you had to ride every stage solo without a peloton.
Just them and their bike, needing to finish every stage as quick as possible.

Considering the mental part of doing this all alone: Thomas De Gendt

 

[KoopaCycling]

Dan Lorang apparantly talking about Remco having too much leg muscle for a climber. For now they hold off on making any changes regarding that cause it would effect his TT and messing with it will probably also open up a can of worms they probably ain't ready for. They are willing to do whatever it takes but for now they just gonna keep it as is and see how succesful his season is, and if remco ends up happy with his season under current leg muscle conditions.

 

[houtdffan]

Dan Lorang apparantly talking about Remco having too much leg muscle for a climber. For now they hold off on making any changes regarding that cause it would effect his TT and messing with it will probably also open up a can of worms they probably ain't ready for. They are willing to do whatever it takes but for now they just gonna keep it as is and see how succesful his season is, and if remco ends up happy with his season under current leg muscle conditions.

Remco needs to stick with being a diesel and increasing his power.

His diesel is quite good, as shown in Valencia against Almieda