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

[Extinction]

I'm not sure if that is the answer. "Everyone should spend one year driving crash up derby before driving on public roads".

Driving a car on public roads has nothing to do with crash up derby, nor does the latter have to do with bike racing. Remco did his first pro years, what he could have done in the under-23 ranks, where the speeds are higher than the juniors, but less than the pros. A developing rider has the opportunity to acclimate to the ever increasing speeds and distances as he moves up the ladder. Instead, Remco went from the lower speeds, with shorter distances, to the highest speeds and longest distances overnight, without an intermediate level to hone his craft. He was ready physically for the pros but, in his personal case, not technically and it probably almost cost his life in Lombardia.

 

[jmdirt]

Driving a car on public roads has nothing to do with crash up derby, nor does the latter have to do with bike racing. Remco did his first pro years, what he could have done in the under-23 ranks, where the speeds are higher than the juniors, but less than the pros. A developing rider has the opportunity to acclimate to the ever increasing speeds and distances as he moves up the ladder. Instead, Remco went from the lower speeds, with shorter distances, to the highest speeds and longest distances overnight, without an intermediate level to hone his craft. He was ready physically for the pros but, in his personal case, not technically and it probably almost cost his life in Lombardia.

I envy you for living off of the grid.

 

[Extinction]

I envy you for living off of the grid.

I know it's difficult to take a hard look in the mirror and this is what you see.🤣

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[KoopaCycling]

Driving a car on public roads has nothing to do with crash up derby, nor does the latter have to do with bike racing. Remco did his first pro years, what he could have done in the under-23 ranks, where the speeds are higher than the juniors, but less than the pros. A developing rider has the opportunity to acclimate to the ever increasing speeds and distances as he moves up the ladder. Instead, Remco went from the lower speeds, with shorter distances, to the highest speeds and longest distances overnight, without an intermediate level to hone his craft. He was ready physically for the pros but, in his personal case, not technically and it probably almost cost his life in Lombardia.

Until Lombardia the season was going well and he was learning and adapting.
For all we know he could have crashed hard in an under 23 race well.

 

[Extinction]

Until Lombardia the season was going well and he was learning and adapting.
For all we know he could have crashed hard in an under 23 race well.

True, he was learning and adapting in a sort cramming for the exam, which metaphorically, in this case, was the particularly brutal descent in Lombardia and he failed miserably due to a lack of "deep learning" experience. I honesty don't know how anybody could think that a year or two in the u-23 ranks would not have benefitted him. Remember he only started riding a few years before turning pro and as a junior he mostly rode alone, head and shoulders as he was above everyone else, which did not prepare him adequately in terms of race craft, like fighting for position or descending mountains. And it was patently evident early in his career.

 

[Berniece]

Until Lombardia the season was going well and he was learning and adapting.
For all we know he could have crashed hard in an under 23 race well.

Doubt he crashes when he’s going solo for 50km’s to the finish

 

[Netserk]

It's easy to say his crash was because of technical inabilities just because it's him. He was racing his heart out to stay ahead of the peleton while it happened. A hole, blurred vision, slower reaction time, not thinking sharp ... whatever happened it's not because he can't pass a roundabout that he crashed.

has any other rider ever gone down like that without being blamed for it ?

the special treatment could be just the opposite

 

[Extinction]

has any other rider ever gone down like that without being blamed for it ?

the special treatment could be just the opposite

Everbody blames him for it, but not everyone agrees it was because of poor bike handling skills.

 

[jmdirt]

Doubt he crashes when he’s going solo for 50km’s to the finish

His crash in VaC not withstanding?

*You don't have to remind me that there was a rider on his wheel, but he crashed on his own in that incident.

 

[Berniece]

His crash in VaC not withstanding?

*You don't have to remind me that there was a rider on his wheel, but he crashed on his own in that incident.

How many times did he crash during juniors when going for long solo?