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

[Extinction]

Could be, but we won't really know until we see him ride in Dauphine in a proper mountain stage.

Seixas came 8th in the Dauphine last year, I expect him and Del Toro to be high in GC this year.

 

[canina82]

The 2024 TdF can't be used as an argument forever but let's wait for Catalunya to know if Remco can still climb against world class climbers (Vingegaard is on another level but Lipo, Almeida will be there for example).

 

[Berniece]

The 2024 TdF can't be used as an argument forever but let's wait for Catalunya to know if Remco can still climb against world class climbers (Vingegaard is on another level but Lipo, Almeida will be there for example).

Since it’s the last GT he was in some way properly prepared for and it’s only 1.5 years ago, I think it’s fine.

If he has proper preparation and fails in TDF 2026, then you have a point.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

The 2024 TdF can't be used as an argument

The TdF 2024 cant be used as an argument at all anymore. AmRacer told us that Remco havent pushed the numbers Evenepoel pushed in the Tour 2024, so clearly that never happened..

 

[AmRacer]

The TdF 2024 cant be used as an argument at all anymore. AmRacer told us that Remco havent pushed the numbers Evenepoel pushed in the Tour 2024, so clearly that never happened..

TdF 2024 happened, pls tell me when after TdF 2024 Remco has pushed those numbers.

 

[Jan the Man]

Since it’s the last GT he was in some way properly prepared for and it’s only 1.5 years ago, I think it’s fine.

If he has proper preparation and fails in TDF 2026, then you have a point.

Agreed the numbers he pushed in 2024 would be enough to beat anyone not named Pog or Vigno. However he needs to emulate this Summer. Hopefully he has a clear run with iniuries and is able to show his best- i suspect that will direct what he chooses to focus on in the coming years.

 

[Berniece]

Agreed the numbers he pushed in 2024 would be enough to beat anyone not named Pog or Vigno. However he needs to emulate this Summer. Hopefully he has a clear run with iniuries and is able to show his best- i suspect that will direct what he chooses to focus on in the coming years.

If he really wants to keep going for GT's he needs to be better than in 2024, otherwise what's the point? Then just go for a huge classics palmares, and maybe 1 week stage races because there are ITT's in it

 

[canina82]

If he really wants to keep going for GT's he needs to be better than in 2024, otherwise what's the point? Then just go for a huge classics palmares, and maybe 1 week stage races because there are ITT's in it

You are right, but it's not a sure deal at all he will build a huge classics palmares if he decides to quit from being a GT rider. Monuments and WC are dominated by 2 riders and since 2024 MSR (when MVP decided to race for Jasper), other riders don't sniff the win (only Ganna was close to win in 2025 MSR).

 

[AlpRaid]

...and maybe 1 week stage races because there are ITT's in it

really?

Not in Catalunya. and not in several one-week stage races.

and if there is, it's what, like 12 kms?

 

[AlpRaid]

Del Toro hasn’t shown he can push similar numbers to Evenepoel in TDF 2024. And we still have to see if Seixas can hold his form for 3 full weeks

but I really think it's about body type. look at Pog, Ayuso, Seixas, Del Toro, Vingo -- very different from squat, compact, muscular Remco.

I really think that may be it, particularly in a GT world dominated by MTFs and almost zero ITTs.

 

[Berniece]

but I really think it's about body type. look at Pog, Ayuso, Seixas, Del Toro, Vingo -- very different from squat, compact, muscular Remco.

I really think that may be it, particularly in a GT world dominated by MTFs and almost zero ITTs.

RBH is aware of this, which is why if this year doesn’t give decent results they’ll work on the amount of muscles he has

 

[Berniece]

really?

Not in Catalunya. and not in several one-week stage races.

and if there is, it's what, like 12 kms?

In a lot of them there are. Look at the big 7, in 5 out of 7, there are time trials. Maybe not in Catalunya and Basque. But I don't expect this scenario to unfold anyway, I expect him to already show he's better at Catalunya