“Higher than Snoop Dogg” - Remco Evenepoel posts monster Sierra Nevada ride to his Strava as build up to Tour de France intensifies
CyclingSunday, 26 May 2024 at 12:00
Having recently been confirmed to be making his much-anticipated return to racing at the 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné on the 2nd of June, Remco Evenepoel is intensifying his preparations for an upcoming Tour de France debut with some altitude training in the Sierra Nevada.
Now fully recovered from his nasty crash at the Itzulia Basque Country earlier this year which left him with a fractured collarbone and a fractured scapula, Evenepoel has been training in the Sierra Nevada alongside his Soudal - Quick-Step super-domestique, Mikel Landa. In the latest proof to his encouraging level, Evenepoel has posted a monster ride to his official Strava account.
“Higher than Snoop Dogg,” captions the 24-year-old Belgian cheekily as he uploads a 158-kilometre, six-hour ride to his Strava. Climbing a total of 5,206 vertical meters, the former Vuelta a Espana winner is testing himself ahead of going head to head with the likes of Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic later this summer at the Tour de France.
As mentioned, Evenepoel was recently announced for a return to racing at the upcoming Criterium du Dauphine, with Roglic, who was also caught up in that horrific Itzulia Basque Country crash also set to get himself back into competitive racing ahead of the Tour de France. With the likes of Juan Ayuso, Sepp Kuss and Matteo Jorgenson, among others also set to compete at the traditional Tour de France prelude, it will the perfect test for a returning Evenepoel to see where he stands ahead of the main event of his season later this summer.
Whether or not the third Tour de France contender caught up in that Itzulia Basque Country crash on the 4th of April, Jonas Vingegaard will be able to make to the Grand Depart of the Grand Tour in Florence in just over a month however, remains to be seen.
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lol I like the kid- he doesn’t take life seriously- no one should
You cannot be serious! :)
Ironically, McEnroe did :-)
Poorly said given cycling's problem with doping. Dial it down Remco until your results surpass your potential.
Oh brother 😂
Can your results ever surpass your potential?
Of course, if your better rivals are absent. A little bit more imagination when asking philosophical questions please.
Merely an observation: I thought you could reach your potential, but not exceed it. A little bit more politeness when replying would be appreciated.
You and your results are not the same thing. Then it would be your numbers (which depend on you) not your results which depend a lot on others with you.
Ok, the basic problem now is that no-one has clearly defined what they mean with reaching your potential.
Is it getting the most out of YOURSELF, or is it achieving the best results and that all depends on what your goal is which is very different for each person.
After that, nobody ever really reaches their potential, you can always do better and always find things you could have changed for that. On the other hand, you never have proof it would have lead to better.
Arrowman is right (assuming he considers it impossible) in the sense that once you achieve a result that redefines your potential. On the other hand potentially a description of some future higher reference to attain in which case anything is possible. Did I have the potential to win the TdF, maybe, unlikely but no-one can know in advance* just as no-one knows in advance which baby will become US president but the potential is always there.
* freak circumstances throughout history have lead to many “impossible”achievements
Words are a pain to use when someone doesn’t want to understand ;-)
I'm horrified to hear they're going to elect a baby! I know Biden and Trump are rather old, but they don't have to go to the other extreme! :)