Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 15 14/7 Loudenvielle-Plateau de Beille 197.7k

[kingjr]

Before you poopoo the effort to pace Jonas you forgot to consider Remco couldn't get up to move from that point on. MJ's pacing setup the eclipse of "Pantani's record..." which is equally dependent on conditions out of his control. But go ahead; suggest it amounts to nothing.

As for tall guys winning a GT: he weighs about the same as Tadej and Primoz. That's an important metric you may ignore unless you consider some other Tour winners.
All of the Sky/Ineos GT Brits were above 6' and weighed more. Then there is Indurain, Bjarne Riis (Senor 60 was also skinny as sh*t)...etc. Height can mean leverage if a rider is not over heavy.

I'm not the one obsessing about Remco's weight or talking about that being his key to winning a Tour or GT. He's physically built more like the Tashkent Terror, Abdoujaporav than Jonas. Unless he has bones removed he is at his healthy, natural stature. He's a great racer.

Can you back that up? And no, please don't use images from Google, I'm talking about physiological specifics.

 

[ManicJack]

Can you back that up? And no, please don't use images from Google, I'm talking about physiological specifics.

Abdoujaporav weighed at least 20 lbs more than Remco

 

[Oldermanish]

Can you back that up? And no, please don't use images from Google, I'm talking about physiological specifics.

Hold on a moment...my Sarcasm meter just exploded.
Seriously? You post a challenge without research and include qualifying sources? Horrors...
Remco: 5'7", 134 to 139 lbs depending on who is arguing if he's fat or right on the money

Abdujaporov: 5'8", upper 140's to 150's in the 80's. Probably heavier now as he is in his 60's.
Both had broad shoulders, deep chest for upper body build.

You're welcome.

 

[kingjr]

Hold on a moment...my Sarcasm meter just exploded.
Seriously? You post a challenge without research and include qualifying sources? Horrors...
Remco: 5'7", 134 to 139 lbs depending on who is arguing if he's fat or right on the money

Abdujaporov: 5'8", upper 140's to 150's in the 80's. Probably heavier now as he is in his 60's.
Both had broad shoulders, deep chest for upper body build.

You're welcome.

Because he has broad shoulders.... he's not built for GTs... is that what you're saying here?

 

[Lequack]

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[chris_sssss]

Please post a list of 1m90+ guys (like Jorgenson) winning a GT. Then tell me again how much better he is built for GT's than Evenepoel.

People were much smaller 50 or 100 years ago. But in recent history some GT winners had similar height - Wiggins, Indurain, Zülle. It not about height but about weight. And as Jorgenson weight 5-10 kg less than these riders he has perfect preconditions for success. I suppose that he makes huge steps in his development the next 2 seasons and then we will see what he is capable of.

 

[Valv.Piti]

GOAT MTF. Even better than Aubisque in 2007, PSM 2015 and Granon 2022!