What place will Remco get in RVV?

[Didinho]

The thing is, 2-3“ is very hard with Pogačar and Van der Poel, just look at Van Aert on Eikenberg today, he got 10 seconds immediately. Or take last year‘s Flanders, on Kwaremont Jorgenson, Van Aert, Van der Poel and Pedersen manage to follow and then it‘s 15 seconds and on the Koppenberg Van der Poel follows and the others at 5-10 seconds. Once you‘re off the wheel, holding 2-3 seconds is very tough mentally as well as physically.

Indeed I know but maybe rather just before the top, have something reserve and over the top push a bit. Or try to let some wheels go and let some riders pass and close the line again. Sometimes as a Mathieu fan I think he could do this more. He always wants to go by everyone and show how strong he is. It’s okay to go over the first hills in the top 10 if everyone is close.

What I meant mostly is if Pogi looks behind and Remco is only 5m behind over the top. He surely won’t go all out immediately. Try to save as much energy as you can.

 

[mikks]

But the brutal sections are really short, and it's not like intermediate sections in Lombardia or mountain stages where it's often rolling or intermittent false flat up and downhills.

That said I kid absolutely nobody, Pogacar will just get motodraft MC because the golden child must win again.

But isnt it true that in the RVV, even the sections between the climbs are difficult — plenty of narrow roads, constant twists and turns, lots of cornering, and hardly any places to recover? I watched Remco’s new video of his recon of the final part of the race, and he seemed to feel the same way: there’s basically nowhere to rest and just cruise.

 

[vappa]

I don't think he has less power, but distributes it differently.

I thought this was self explanatory but apparently not

Remco is a few kilos lighter than Pogacar. Therefore at the same power his w/kg should be higher. They aren't

There is a public belief, which I agree with, that Remco is more aero than Pogacar. Therefore, with the same amount of power he should be beating Pogacar quite regularly or making serious inroads on flat and rolling sections. He doesn't

Also, when was the last time Remco won a sprint against Pogacar? I don't remember either

Ergo, as I just demonstrated, Remco has less power than Pogacar. The fact that he has less power than MvdP is not even up to debate

 

[memyselfandI]

Voted top 5. I see it's possible, if all goes well and he makes right decisions at the right moment. I even see it's possible for him to win this race, but for sure it's most difficult one he's ever been, with teams and main players that he's racing against on this weekend.

 

[Berniece]

will be interesting to see if the team dedicates vermeersch to position him

The whole team will ride for him I think

 

[Ulle97]

The whole team will ride for him I think

Do you think he'll win it??

 

[search]

I wouldn't hink you can really be a contender without any experience at all, but I thought the same about Alaphilippe back then. And he looked very competitive, as long as it lasted.

Still voted DNF, though.

 

[Jan the Man]

Excited to see how he fares - if all goes well I suspect he finishes in the first group behind MvP and Pog but hoping he is a protagonist who can mix it with the big 2 in these races.

 

[Tonton]

What place? 8th...