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The last known mountain sprinter won 2 WCs, some GT's and a couple of monuments lately.
Understandable strategy.
The last known mountain sprinter won 2 WCs, some GT's and a couple of monuments lately.
Understandable strategy.
The last known mountain sprinter has beaten this guy consistently on all terrains, all sprinting.
Anyway, important test tomorrow, for Remco and Lipo, lets see on how it goes.
Clearly they don't consider Almeida a GC rival, otherwise a top priority would be to gain time. For example, if Pogacar was in Almeida's situation, everyone in the front would ride 100%
Remco should use the terrain when its suits him, even when he sees an opportunity in a flat section or when it's just a few seconds in a sprint. He should do it more, not less. He needs to attack, especially in a race without TT. He knows that on the steep climbs he needs to ride defensive. He will, most mikely, lose time against a PN-level Vingegaard. So while his tactic was probably wrong, as he should have used his team to eliminate Almeida, an offensive strategy is what he needs here to beat Vingegaard.
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Reality is we will never know how good remco could have been during catalunya. He will suffer next couple of days cause of crash. This was no 'gentle' slide. Might have been better to pull him and shift focus to the ardennes
This is a systemic issue, Pogacar, Narvaez, Politt, Del Toro, Jorgenson, Vine, Wellens, many others including Remco have crashed but nothing that has them completely down and out.
Remco has a storied history of not paying attention to details like mail trucks, and now holding on to the handlebars.. All riders crash and there is always an intersection that has the best riders falling and it not substantially ruining the results..
He is getting closer.. He raced @158 of the 159.4 kilometers of stage 3 great, he is getting closer.
I haven’t read all the posts and AFAIK theres no good video. My theory: He was rage hammering with Vingegaard on his tail and just completely missed the roundabout until he was basically on it, suddenly realized he was about to range hammer straight into it, and fell.
- Apr 30, 2011
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he could have done both
if the 36 man group keeps clear of the peloton , they will be tired in the end and he can launch an attack in the finale
all it takes is a bit of patience and situational awareness
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Remco went chasing after a stage win when he should have let his team do the riding.
But can i also say it is why i like remco. It drives you mad, you know it uselessly costs him energy even if he did not crash and did not ruin his catalunya as he did now. But it's also fun. A proper mad lad.
But can i also say it is why i like remco. It drives you mad, you know it uselessly costs him energy even if he did not crash and did not ruin his catalunya as he did now. But it's also fun. A proper mad lad.
In that way, he couldn't justify a potential crack in stages 4 and 5. Only reason behind his crazy ride.
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What a strange deduction from someone so invested in Remco.
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i think the simplest explanation is that he felt strong , saw everyone on the limit in the wind and wanted to show his strength where the conditions best suit him
And what was the reason behind his stupid pull for 15 minutes with your main rival behind?
- Sep 12, 2022
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I'm also not expecting much today. I'm still bummed out about that crash. I wanted to see where he stands in the mountains at this point but now we're probably not getting an accurate view. What's even worse is that his team won't get an accurate view either and if he tanks completely I guess they won't know for sure how much of that can be attributed to the crash and how much of it was just his current level from where they had to further build upon.
Right now I'm hoping for a 'decent' performance where he can stay close enough (today and tomorrow) to be in contention for the GC podium and he gets the chance to try and salvage a stage win and GC podium in Barcelona. I think that's the best case scenario and anything better than that would definitely surprise me.
That's also in case Lipowitz doesn't turn out to be substantially better and perhaps even in the fight for GC victory because in that case Remco won't get any freedom in Barcelona I guess.
Right now I'm hoping for a 'decent' performance where he can stay close enough (today and tomorrow) to be in contention for the GC podium and he gets the chance to try and salvage a stage win and GC podium in Barcelona. I think that's the best case scenario and anything better than that would definitely surprise me.
That's also in case Lipowitz doesn't turn out to be substantially better and perhaps even in the fight for GC victory because in that case Remco won't get any freedom in Barcelona I guess.
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They do know how he does at training, so I don't think they have doubts about how he climbs. For us as viewers, we'll have to wait +2 months until Tour Auvergne (Dauphine) starts.
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In an interview with Michel Wuyts (TV commentator) in HLN (Belgian newspaper) he also said he heard that Evenepoel might ride De Ronde, but that everything depends on the weather. Although now after this crash, they might just skip it.
Weather is currently looking fine for De Ronde. 15 degrees, no rain, a bit of sun, and barely any wind.
Weather is currently looking fine for De Ronde. 15 degrees, no rain, a bit of sun, and barely any wind.
I dont expect Remco to win today, but some of the comments are over the top. They make it seem like he's finishing in the autobus today
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I'm just comparing with what happened during Vuelta 2022. On Sierra Nevada he finished 8 places behind Mas (ignoring Arensman since he was stage hunting). Now there are better rider participating, so it wouldn't be so surprising if he finishes in top 10, but isn't able to finish top 5.
He was fine on Sierra Nevada. He wrapped up the Vuelta that day by doing most of the climb on the front.
It was Pandera where he really struggled
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