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

[KoopaCycling]

So which climbs do you have in the Giro-Tour?

No idea, but clearly the climb in valencia is superior.
Valencia is known for it's oranges. Clearly the weather all year round is much better, and nicer.
Even Jonas will agree, climbing in rain and frost is no good.

 

[AmRacer]

Why would Remco need altitude camp before LBL? What will he achieve with that?

 

[KoopaCycling]

Why would Remco need altitude camp before LBL? What will he achieve with that?

Hopefully his best condition and his best shot at getting a good result
Also if remco is still serious about GT's, he needs to start spending more time climbing mountains.

 

[AmRacer]

Hopefully his best condition and his best shot at getting a good result
Also if remco is still serious about GT's, he needs to start spending more time climbing mountains.

Was he at altitude camp when he won LBL?
Yeah, I agree with the need to spending time climbing mountains.

 

[Sciatic]

Why would Remco need altitude camp before LBL? What will he achieve with that?

Higher HCT that won’t have returned to his baseline by the time of the race. Don’t know if that’s why he schedules it that way, but that’s what it does for his physiology.

 

[canina82]

I thought he meant for spring. Besides that, do you think Evenepoel will climb in TDF like he did in UAE Tour?

Neither will his rivals and I'm very convinced he will lose at least 2 minutes to Vingegaard in Catalunya just on stage 5.

 

[Berniece]

Neither will his rivals and I'm very convinced he will lose at least 2 minutes to Vingegaard in Catalunya just on stage 5.

I expect him to climb better than Del Toro at TDF but we’ll see. I see no reason why this wouldn’t be the case

 

[canina82]

I expect him to climb better than Del Toro at TDF but we’ll see. I see no reason why this wouldn’t be the case

You also expected him to win the UAE Tour but Catalunya will give us a clear picture. There is really no excuse possible for a underwhelming performance there (hoping for no crashes).

 

[AmRacer]

I expect him to climb better than Del Toro at TDF but we’ll see. I see no reason why this wouldn’t be the case

I expect Del Toro to drop Remco at TdF.

 

[Berniece]

You also expected him to win the UAE Tour but Catalunya will give us a clear picture. There is really no excuse possible for a underwhelming performance there (hoping for no crashes).

I expect a much better performance but I don’t expect his level to be at what he will be at TDF. He’s also training for short explosive climbs for Ardennes.

 

[canina82]

I expect a much better performance but I don’t expect his level to be at what he will be at TDF. He’s also training for short explosive climbs for Ardennes.

Again, no one else is peaking for Catalunya (e.g. Vingegaard, Almeida, Lipo, Pidcock, etc).