Yeah sure good points you bring but say this is what needs to be done, how do you convince him he needs to look at it? His modus operandi seems to be to blame external factors whenever it goes sideways for him. His biggest ‘weak spot’ isn’t what you point out he needs to work on. His biggest blind spot is not seeing that he has a problem of attitude.
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He literally said in his interview: "I don't have to look for excuses, I just wasn't good enough". 😂
He is not looking for excuses he said today. He didn't blame external factors. His problem of attitude is that his character doesn't allow him to be defensive or to acknowledge that he is still building up towards his climbing legs. He probably knows this but his recent successes and the responsability he feels to perform for his new team makes it difficult for him. Of course he can win any TT any time but he needs to learn that being top ar climbing requires a different attitude.
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Yep, after he made a ton of excuses.
His words:
"I don't think I digested yesterday's effort at all. I didn't have the best night either; I woke up from the heat. But ultimately, I can't make excuses."
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Yeah. A reporter asks, what went wrong. He says I slept bad but that’s no excuse. Literally saying there’s no excuse.
Yeah he clearly gave some excuses then said “no excuses.” But obviously there are explanations, whether we want to call them excuses or not. He is as much a 2 minutes slower than Tiberi climber as he is a genuine threat to Pogacar on a climb.
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if i make a negative comment and then follow it up with " no offense ", that does not remove all offense
After making a ton of excuses.
From my perspective, there is an important distinction between clearly stating “no excuses” and providing several justifications before ultimately concluding with “no excuses.”
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To me he’s just spitballing because he’s being honest and since he’s honest he says there’s no good excuse though. Which he means.
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I don’t think that’s the same. His statements were pure guesses, thinking out loud, followed up by no excuse.
Attacking from the start likely won't work , let Bahrain burn a little energy, UAE has a reason to burn it a little, Visma has multiple reasons to work really hard and Astana also have reasons to be on the front, Bora has Remco is 1:44 off the pace..and the guys there supposed to be helping and terrible Finn Fisher-Black is riding with a bag of cement on his back at 11 and a half minutes back.
Next Boro rider is 18 minutes back, guys are of no help.
O'Connor and Porter didn't totally explode, so some allies for Plapp..something crazy for removal of 1 and 2 but Tejada is a little vulnerable, guy is a good rider, lots of guys nibbling at his podium place.
I expect Trek to not fully respect or support Gee, Alpecin doesn't need to race entire time hard, I would expect them to bring it and try and take 1 position or 2 positions in sprint points, almost nobody has a reason to work with Alpecin.
They raced outstanding today, including jumping out of the bunch to get 3rd place sprint points, the 2 breakaway guys took the most.. Milan was asleep.
I watch the race hoping for something good for Isaac Del Toro but Antonio Tiberi is quality and he is proven. Tiberi has had lots of good results over last couple of years , lots of top 10s and he always doesn't embarrass himself in time trials..I love Ciccone also and if Tiberi was at Trek they could win GTs this year.. Oh well. Finn Fisher- Black is completely binary, he is either on or he is off, let's hope he can put a couple of decent days together to help Remco.
He started by saying that there are no excuses, that he was not good enough. He then gave a fair assessment of how he felt that day. What's wrong with that? What do you want him to say? Just say "No excuses. I am bad." and than shut up? He says what he thinks out loud, always, which is what the media wants to hear also. It's part of what makes him who he is
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All I'm going to see before I leave this subject, is that when the cameras cut to Remco getting dropped, I wasn't shocked at all. These collapses against the top riders aren't new. I like Remco for what it's worth, one of the all time great time trailists and a great one day rider, but as a GC rider, he's massively overatted and his record proves it.
Regarding his weight. There is no such thing as spring classics weight vs TdF weight. If he has the discipline to be at his 2022 Vuelta weight he would be a much better rider overall. However, the way he is now, he can only win races where there is little to no climbing, i.e., nothing of the sort of races he is proclaiming he wants to win.
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Too much is said about weight, there's no way that alone explains dropping 2 minutes because it's like 3% steeper than ideal
Sure today it appears to have been an extremely bad for him. But this does not change the fact that he is simply overweight if he wants to be competitive on steeper slopes
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Calling a Vuelta winner and TDF podium finisher overrated as GC rider…
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