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Remco Evenepoel is excited for upcoming two stages which "promise to be a spectacular event" as one final all-out attack from Visma is expected
CyclingFriday, 19 July 2024 at 01:00
Everybody is keenly awaiting Visma | Lease a Bike's final attempt to steal Tadej Pogacar's yellow jersey from Friday onwards. However third place Remco Evenepoel points out that the Slovenian, who lives in Monaco, will have an advantage of home roads, which might come handy especially on Friday.
"I think Tadej knows Friday's stage well, because Monaco is not that far from here," Evenepoel told WielerFlits after Thursday's stage. "He also did an altitude training in Isola 2000. But tomorrow is the day with all the climbs of almost an hour. We have to see, I can hardly predict. Maybe it won't be tomorrow and the day after, or the other way around. It could go either way, but in any case it promises to be a spectacular two-day event."
Evenepoel is currently third in the general classification. He is more than five minutes behind Pogacar, but Jonas Vingegaard's second place may still be within reach depending on how the three remaining stages play out. The difference between the Belgian and the Dane is one minute and 58 seconds, however in last stages, it was the younger of the two who gave a better impression.
Evenepoel does not have to look back either, because number four Joao Almeida is more than 8 minutes further in the standings and even if Remco were to fall through the rankings, teammate Mikel Landa (currently fifth) could still replace him on the final podium in Nice.
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- That’s the most stupid thing I’ve read for a long time, did you not go to school and learn even the most basic physics? Aero depends on one thing only, drag, drag depends speed and the relationship is squared and apart from maybe at zero or the speed of sound or due to side winds that relationship is valid at all speeds, it dies not “suddenly” start at a magic number. Very simply, the faster you go the more the effect becomes important. If you think 25km/h is needed to have noticeable effects you’re delusional, athletic WR are cancelled as soon as winds top 2m/s that’s 7.2km/h, why because the assistance is already too important at that speed and the times prove it. You don’t even consider wind which can significantly increase the effective speed for aerodynamics and you underestimate speed of climbs, 6% is ridden more at 30 than 25km/h, a speed at which early generation high rims were considered to have more advantages than disadvantages. And finally, as in normal races you can’t just switch bikes according to terrain, it’s pretty pointless to discuss climbs as a separate situation, the aero will have justified itself plenty during the rest of the ride.Mistermaumau21-12-2024
- If you look at how much TP progressed in that 1 1/2 years you can no longer say that’s nothing. If Remco improves as much he’s a challenger!Mistermaumau21-12-2024
- Froome wishing to ride the Vuelta...he won't even be selected for the team!frieders320-12-2024
- Keep telling yourself that Remco but you not only have Tadeg to beat but Jonas!frieders320-12-2024
- Seems farfetched - I agree. Mas has beaten him once. Giro d'Emillia I think - 2022mobk20-12-2024
- Barring injuries, by the time Pogacar's dominance fads there will be lots of new young talent. Pogacar is about 1 1/2 years older than Remco. That's nothing.Sweep20-12-2024
- I actually don’t find that too impressive. In my later forties I did similar figures for a 3.5% gradient as a total nobody with no wind assistance. Am sure there’s margin for improvement there, especially looking at all the names on that list.Mistermaumau20-12-2024
- Jonas', was 6 years agospock12320-12-2024
- The race where he overnight suddenly turned nuclear after being packfodder at best for several years. His Sky days after that Vuelta and Pogačar’s last season shall remain the darkest post Lance stuff cycling has witnessed. Good riddance Froome.
UltimateOpportunist20-12-2024 - Finishing the Vuelta seems to be a reasonably attainable goal. Getting on the team to do that will be the more difficult challenge.
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