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

[Divergence]

Obviously they do when coupled with other zones (mainly z2 and z4). What I'm saying is that Remco is most of the time very good at 5-minute steep climbs but often collapses in long climbs.

Zones are largely an academic thing. if one rides hard during training one will improve (I am not talking about sprinting, that belongs to the track anyway).

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

But Onley didn't say he would win if....
And also didn't say he aiming for...
And also don't uses it as an excuse why he failed.... And his fanboys don't do it either.

Tbf, I’m guessing most of us don’t know what Onley has or hasn’t said. Nor do we care. That’s the price of getting paid $6M or whatever Remco’s getting paid.

 

[Netserk]

There was something wrong with his bike during WC RR…

afaik , not both in reality

 

[Divergence]

I have been reading the past few pages and I struggle to understand what would have been a good pre UAE interview from Remco according to his fans. Should he have said:
1. I am not good enough, but I will try.
2. I can and I want to win (basically what he said).
3. I was gonna be good enough to win but I am starting the race after being sick the past few days so I will not be in contention.
4. We will see what happens.

The way I see it, he has a lot of pressure from his fans and from his inner circle and it seems to me that most of them either do not have good suggestions for him but are happy to egg him on because he earns some ad money or are completely delusional.

 

[Netserk]

I have been reading the past few pages and I struggle to understand what would have been a good pre UAE interview from Remco according to his fans. Should he have said:
1. I am not good enough, but I will try.
2. I can and I want to win (basically what he said).
3. I was gonna be good enough to win but I am starting the race after being sick the past few days so I will not be in contention.
4. We will see what happens.

The way I see it, he has a lot of pressure from his fans and from his inner circle and it seems to me that most of them either do not have good suggestions for him but are happy to egg him on because he earns some ad money or are completely delusional.

if you know 2 is false you go with 4

 

[Divergence]

if you know 2 is false you go with 4

Yes, but Rog says that constantly and sponsors are not interested in paying him million of euros per year.

 

[Berniece]

afaik , not both in reality

First time there was, second time there wasn’t. And that second time was his mind saying something was wrong because his body needed readjusting again.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Yes, but Rog says that constantly and sponsors are not interested in paying him million of euros per year.

When he spoke his mind, pretty innocuously, about wanting to compete for the win in the 2023 Vuelta to tie the record, that didn’t go over too well.

 

[Netserk]

First time there was, second time there wasn’t. And that second time was his mind saying something was wrong because his body needed readjusting again.

so a perfect example

 

[Berniece]

so a perfect example

The complete opposite…

 

[Divergence]

When he spoke his mind, pretty innocuously, about wanting to compete for the win in the 2023 Vuelta to tie the record, that didn’t go over too well.

Well, those were just some American softies who thought one should gift a GT victory. I think he gained more fans than he lost by openly proclaiming he is there to win. In contrast, I think, by bing deceitful, Jonas lost quite a few fans.