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

[SHAD0W93]

Pogacar and Evenepoel need to settle this dispute like men, on the pitch. If Pogacar is really the GOAT he can beat Evenepoel on his old stomping grounds.

 

[AmRacer]

Pogacar and Evenepoel need to settle this dispute like men, on the pitch. If Pogacar is really the GOAT he can beat Evenepoel on his old stomping grounds.

Algarve, Classica San Remco...

 

[houtdffan]

Nobody said Remco would win with a long ITT

What has been said is that with 2 long ITTs and a very long TTT, the flow of the race would be dramatically different

 

[KoopaCycling]

Im no longer so sure. Since Remco claimed to be gasped the day after a 13 km TT. Still find that so weird.

 

[Berniece]

Im no longer so sure. Since Remco claimed to be gasped the day after a 13 km TT. Still find that so weird.

That was last year when he was completely knackered

 

[Berflamand]

That was last year when he was completely knackered

I'm pretty sure KoopaCycling is referring to the UAE Tour this year.

 

[Berniece]

I'm pretty sure KoopaCycling is referring to the UAE Tour this year.

Oh right, thanks for clarifying. I don't think UAE Tour is a good example of how Evenepoel performs when in shape

 

[AmRacer]

Oh right, thanks for clarifying. I don't think UAE Tour is a good example of how Evenepoel performs when in shape

He seemed to be in shape the week before.

 

[James M]

Thats the caveat here. Cause form was great, he described his TT as literally perfect and said his numbers and values were super on numerous occasions just to get absolutely humiliated by Del Toro. Remco just not a good climber

 

[Red Rick]

Evenepoel had dropped like a brick twice before Del Toro did anything

 

[Berniece]

Thats the caveat here. Cause his form was great, he described his TT as literally perfect and said his numbers and values were super on numerous occasions just to get absolutely humiliated by Del Toro. Remco just not a good climber

He also said after Valencia he was at 85%

 

[James M]

He also said after Valencia he was at 85%

They following the same schedule build-up trajectory for TDF.

Dont worry, Remco isnt the only one who will be humiliated by Del Toro this year

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He seemed to be in shape the week before.

There are many kinds of shapes. The kite one can make you fly in the right conditions, but other times you will plummet straight to the ground.

There are nearly three weeks until Catalunya where he'll have to climb better, regardless of whether Vingegaard is riding or not.

 

[Berniece]

They following the same schedule build-up trajectory for TDF. No one is 100% now theyre in the same boat. Besides maybe Ayuso (joking) who literally lives on Teide before Algarve and PN.

Dont worry, Remco isnt the only one who will be humiliated by Del Toro this year

It's unfortunate Del Toro isn't riding Catalunya so Evenepoel can return the favour.

 

[AmRacer]

It's unfortunate Del Toro isn't riding Catalunya so Evenepoel can return the favour.

Getting dropped again?

 

[Berniece]

Getting dropped again?

Yes, that's what returning the favour means.

 

[Extinction]

For sure.

I certainly haven't read all the posts in this thread, but is anyone actually saying anything like that?

No

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

This forum is a great example of mankind's reactionary nature. Remco is not a peer of Pogacar in GT's, but he's not suddenly a significantly worse climber than Tiberi, Van Eetvelt, Tejada, Gall, Johannessen, Gee, Nordhagen, Van Wilder, Plapp, Rondel, Storer, effing Byron Mundon, ancient Wilco Kelderman...I mean, come on. He's highly inconsistent, absolutely, but some of these takes ("Remco can't climber," etc.) are ridiculous.

His stock is shockingly low now. If I could buy his stock, I 100% would.

 

[Cycling111]

This forum is a great example of mankind's reactionary nature. Remco is not a peer of Pogacar in GT's, but he's not suddenly a significantly worse climber than Tiberi, Van Eetvelt, Tejada, Gall, Johannessen, Gee, Nordhagen, Van Wilder, Plapp, Rondel, Storer, effing Byron Mundon, ancient Wilco Kelderman...I mean, come on. He's highly inconsistent, absolutely, but some of these takes ("Remco can't climber," etc.) are ridiculous.

His stock is shockingly low now. If I could buy his stock, I 100% would.

And who said he's a worse climber than them? It's been said that he's not a natural climber.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

And who said he's a worse climber than them? It's been said that he's not a natural climber.

Those are people who finished ahead of him on the first climb in the UAE Tour, and based on that performance many have posted that he isn't a climber, needs to give up on GTs, etc. I don't have any interest in digging up posts to prove it or in debating the point, so take it for what it is.

 

[Andre]

They following the same schedule build-up trajectory for TDF.

Dont worry, Remco isnt the only one who will be humiliated by Del Toro this year

Del Toro is very far from humiliating any of the top riders

 

[canina82]

Del Toro is very far from humiliating any of the top riders

That just happened 2 weeks ago in UAE Tour. Unless you don't think Remco is a top rider (but he is in my book).

 

[AmRacer]

Those are people who finished ahead of him on the first climb in the UAE Tour, and based on that performance many have posted that he isn't a climber, needs to give up on GTs, etc. I don't have any interest in digging up posts to prove it or in debating the point, so take it for what it is.

Hearsay?

 

[James M]

Del Toro is very far from humiliating any of the top riders

Tick tock.

 

[AmRacer]

Del Toro is very far from humiliating any of the top two riders

Fixed it for you