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

[acm]

Finally! Remco for one-day races is the best Remco.

 

[houtdffan]

The video was clearly made very recently. Throughout the winter and at the beginning of the season, he said that he would stick to his usual schedule and wouldn't try anything new in his first Red Bull season.

No, it wasn't. It was made in December and kept embargoed until today

 

[veganrob]

People are so gullible.

 

[carolina]

He sould also do Roubaix.

 

[Karl Merckx]

So, no altitude camp before the Ardennes then

altitude tent in belgium or spain in the two weeks between RvV & Amstel.

 

[Berflamand]

Now please, please, please don't crash out of the race!

 

[Berniece]

So, no altitude camp before the Ardennes then

He already went to altitude for Catalunya - LBL

 

[AmRacer]

He already went to altitude for Catalunya - LBL

I was under the impression he should do one more now.

 

[yaco]

Remco definitely has the right build for RVV, however the fight for position is what will be the issue IMO. He should've done Omloop or even Dwars door vlaanderen today to prepare. I think this is what Remco should be focusing on rather than Grand Tours and its the right move.

the way Red BUll have been riding the classics positioning will be a non issue for Remco.

 

[yaco]

So, no altitude camp before the Ardennes then

Why would you do an altitude camp after finishing one less than 3 weeks ago.

 

[AmRacer]

Why would you do an altitude camp after finishing one less than 3 weeks ago.

Why not?

 

[memyselfandI]

It's been planned all year

I though the same too. Altitude camp before the Ardennes may be a beard too, well that's just my theory. But that kinda gives chance to step aside from limelights and work pressure free.

Anyways refreshing and thumbs up for him to show the best he has.

 

[houtdffan]

Remco Evenepoel is al maanden bezig met de Ronde van Vlaanderen: "Bewust geheim gehouden"

Remco Evenepoel bereidt zich maandenlang voor op zijn eerste Ronde van Vlaanderen. Ontdek zijn geheime verkenning en het spannende debuut dit seizoen!

www.wielerflits.nl

This has been the big spring goal the whole time, not LBL

May explain why he showed up to UAE looking like he just ate a large pizza hut pizza every day for a week before the race, and why he rode like he did at Cataluyna

 

[memyselfandI]

Anyway, it far far far from being easy task for him. Like we saw in Catalonia, he's quite hothead still, that is a big challenge for him. Engine is top five, top three, sometimes even top two. I think his bike handling skills are good enough for most situations. But even Ronde needs clever head, to make right decisions at the right moment. Probably many key moments will happen and still only some of them are decisive.

 

[Berniece]

Remco Evenepoel is al maanden bezig met de Ronde van Vlaanderen: "Bewust geheim gehouden"

Remco Evenepoel bereidt zich maandenlang voor op zijn eerste Ronde van Vlaanderen. Ontdek zijn geheime verkenning en het spannende debuut dit seizoen!

www.wielerflits.nl

This has been the big spring goal the whole time, not LBL

May explain why he showed up to UAE looking like he just ate a large pizza hut pizza every day for a week before the race, and why he rode like he did at Cataluyna

Not sure if this was his big spring goal. Wouldn’t you ride other cobbled classics too?

 

[Low is rhe new high]

Anyway, it far far far from being easy task for him. Like we saw in Catalonia, he's quite hothead still, that is a big challenge for him. Engine is top five, top three, sometimes even top two. I think his bike handling skills are good enough for most situations. But even Ronde needs clever head, to make right decisions at the right moment. Probably many key moments will happen and still only some of them are decisive.

It changes the perspective on Catalonia, it was a 7 day training race it explains what he did in stage 3 and also the intervals in the last stage he was practicing positioning. Quite impressive to finish nr.5

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Great news that he rides RVV. It's unbelievable that a top3 one-day racer of the decade has ridden only two distinct monuments. Next year MSR must be the 4th. BTW it's very rare that all Pogacar, Evenepoel and Van der Poel compete in the same classic: mainly due to no overlap in Remco's and Mattieu's monuments plus also Remco's injury before Liege 2024 and Pog's withdrawal from the Olympics. Only WC 24' and 23' in recent times.

 

[ashhutch1997]

Not sure if this was his big spring goal. Wouldn’t you ride other cobbled classics too?

This is what I was saying.

 

[yaco]

Why not?

Because you still have the benefits of the last altitude camp.

 

[Red Rick]

I would 100% have him at least recon Roubaix, and just let him test a little against teammates to see how it goes on a dry day early in the season.

 

[ashhutch1997]

Guys we need to calm down about Remco doing Paris Roubaix, he managed to crash because of the world's smallest pothole, how do you think he'll cope with Arenbourg?

 

[Oldman]

Ninth the following year.

I'm sure he loved that experience. Must've gotten some financial pressure to do it, too.

 

[aphronesis]

I'm sure he loved that experience. Must've gotten some financial pressure to do it, too.

Well it was dry at least.

 

[houtdffan]

Not sure if this was his big spring goal. Wouldn’t you ride other cobbled classics too?

or you ride off the front on a flat stage and then take a near 1 hour pull at the front on a multi mountain stage.

Good training for a long solo

 

[Extinction]

Not sure if this was his big spring goal. Wouldn’t you ride other cobbled classics too?

Not necessarily, because he's always thinking of the Tour, thus a hard March stage race is in order AND you get in great shape for Flanders. It's unorthodox but we'll see how effective on Sunday.