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

[Red Rick]

Evenepoel being bad at short, punchy climbs is one of those weird things that was even wrong at the beginning of his career and now it's still somehow there.

 

[Sciatic]

PR is an interesting race to watch, even though it is as flat as a pancake. In that sense it is pretty unique in the calendar. And if doing well in PR is a priority, then, by all means, go to the gym and get jacked up. Mind you, being as lean as possible is still an advantage, but maybe adding muscles on the eyelids would make some difference. It is a race where weight makes very little difference.

I think you could be right about that in today’s cycling. I was being a bit pedantic about your statement regarding never hearing a rider saying they want to weigh more.

 

[11-34]

Maybe Remco does secretly Ramadan and its just a fueling issue, that clears up when its over.

 

[KoopaCycling]

I would be surprised if he's practising the Ramadan. He was drinking during the race for certain.

His allergies will pick up in early summer though during dauphiné. Nothing to be done about that probably.

 

[Berniece]

Not saying he hasn’t improved in those short intense efforts, but what he did in Mallorca and Valencia shouldn’t be taken as evidence that he has. A fit Remco should always be able to drop those guys on those race profiles, not just this year.

Sure, but it's different at the start of the season of course. But he should indeed always drop them, just like he could at LBL 2022-2023 when Pogacar wasn't there.