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I think it was exciting and all, but I don't think they are too happy at Red Bull. After all they bought him in to win GCs not some random stages.
Against a field like this he needs to ride more conserving. They should pair him up with Roglic to teach him to not waste his watts during stage races.
Against a field like this he needs to ride more conserving. They should pair him up with Roglic to teach him to not waste his watts during stage races.
- Sep 12, 2022
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Honestly he sometimes has the race intellect of a 10-year old. Was the attack amazing, yes. Does he look amazing on the bike, yes. Is it funny when he gets angry, yes. But what was the whole point of this? To go for a stage win, when the bigger target is the GC? You dropped UAE, and a couple of other GC contenders in echelons. Almost the whole Visma and RBH team are there. You can easily ride together, and probably take 1-2min on Almeida. But no, you have to ride away for some weird reason to get a stage win. Forgetting or not being intelligent enough to understand that you only take 20-30s, and chances are high your co-leader Lipowitz gets caught by UAE again. Amazing work of Lodewyck too again that he doesn't call Evenepoel back. A moron as DS.
Also this was the hole which made him crash.
Also this was the hole which made him crash.
He said that the goal of the day was to make echelons and go for a stage victory. If they wanted him to sit back and relax, they should be more explicit. If they do not understand that they need to channel his drive to compete in a GC, then that's equally a management failure.
Maybe he was trying to prove that he is the leader of the team, whilst Lipo behind is thinking, you go for it dude, pointless exercise with my terrain coming up.
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Ready to go at it again. Hopefully injuries aren't too bad, and we can see him perform again tomorrow. Don't want a Vuelta 2022 scenario where he has difficulties climbing the second day after his crash.
- Jul 15, 2021
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I don't think he's arrogant at all. But I gotta agree with Pippo here, I do think he's an incessant whiner.
Yes, he's often a very exciting racer. And it's a thing of beauty to witness him on a TT bike.
But each and everytime I begin to feel a bit of sympathy for him, he immediately spoils it. Like the jab he took at Vingegaard yesterday. I mean come on, do you even get how cycling a stagerace works?
Don't get me started about his gesticulating. It's like he always feels mistreated by the entire world. And I really can't stand people like that.
It really is a shame because yeah, I want to be a fan, he just makes it impossible for me. But to each his own.
Yeah. If he has the strength to win GC he will almost definitely win one or two stages anyway. Maybe if he waited, the teams would start blowing up and he could have launched closer to finish line from a smaller more tired group, without bringing the groups together and not going in to next stages having burnt more matches than opponents.
IDK if the cars were too far away for radio contact or what, but yeah they should have been telling the team to keep pushing and for Remco to look for windows of opportunity closer to finish line or after gap has grown to X-amount.
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I really hope that Remco though Vingo and the Visma rider that blew up in his wheel is the same guy, because then at least it makes a little sense that Remco would gesture the way he did if he thought Vingo had been in his wheel for a long time.
But also yeah, he surely must have realized this move wasn't even really in Remcos best interest let alone Vingegaards. Next up he will be mad that Pogi doesn't agree to just take it easy on mountain stages at the Tour and settle it all on the TT bike.
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I want to say, he's young, he'll learn, but he's been riding 7 years as a pro now. He's not learning it anymore, and neither will Lodewyck.
- Apr 3, 2009
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I just can’t continue to root for a guy who crashes this much. Learn how to ride a bike, dude, it’s embarrassing.
I will root for a guy who falls, gets up and keep pushing his boundaries to chase his dreams.
- Apr 3, 2009
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Admirable and reasonable.
I feel like I’m rooting for a wide receiver who is tall, strong, runs great routes, is lightning fast…and can’t catch the ball.
- Aug 13, 2011
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This was my take as well. I love Remco, I find him highly entertaining to watch and I like it when he does well. At the same time, why are you riding stage 4 of the Volta a Cataluña like it's MSR? They could have completely ended Almeida's GC chances yesterday.Honestly he sometimes has the race intellect of a 10-year old. Was the attack amazing, yes. Does he look amazing on the bike, yes. Is it funny when he gets angry, yes. But what was the whole point of this? To go for a stage win, when the bigger target is the GC? You dropped UAE, and a couple of other GC contenders in echelons. Almost the whole Visma and RBH team are there. You can easily ride together, and probably take 1-2min on Almeida. But no, you have to ride away for some weird reason to get a stage win. Forgetting or not being intelligent enough to understand that you only take 20-30s, and chances are high your co-leader Lipowitz gets caught by UAE again. Amazing work of Lodewyck too again that he doesn't call Evenepoel back. A moron as DS.
Also this was the hole which made him crash.
Jonas maybe knows he will power away from everyone, so why waste unnecessary watts.
- Jul 9, 2009
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That's the point! Remco and Jonas each had 4 teammates Lidl seemed willing to help as well, and Remco went and screwed it up. They could have put Almeida out by as much as 2 minutes, but once Remco went the impetus went right out of the group. Then Remco is battling the sprint teams and the other GC teams not named Red Bull or Visma for any potential time gain with his #1 rival on his wheel. The right time to sit up would have been the moment Jonas caught him. It was entertaining I'll admit that.
Yes. It was a bit stupid. But from what I read so far, Lipo only cares about the Tour. I don't think he is mad that they didn't gain time on Almeida.
Nevertheless Evenepoel really should attack more often, perhaps even at the Tour because he is hard to catch.
Nevertheless Evenepoel really should attack more often, perhaps even at the Tour because he is hard to catch.
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It's not like he is in decent form anyway. He's gotten ill beforehand. Not sure what to expect from him, but would be surprised if he rides podium.
- Feb 20, 2012
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Lipowitz isn't so good he should only care about the Tour. Being mid in Algarve is one thing, but he got very solid results in races like PN, Itzulia and the Dauphine last season.
- Jun 30, 2022
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Agree, Lipowitz has said that it isn‘t about the results and it‘s about the ‚learning‘ and racing together with Remco, but I think he‘s got to Top 5 here or he‘ll just look bad. He‘s also said they‘re working on his explosivity, so maybe they‘re using black magic to transfer fast-twitch muscle fibers from Roglič into Lipo and Remco to turn both of them into mountain sprinters.
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