Remco Evenepoel’s Team Just Revealed A SHOCKING TRANSFORMATION
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- čas přidán 13. 01. 2024
- Remco Evenepoel’s Team Just Revealed A SHOCKING TRANSFORMATION
It is no secret anymore that Remco Evenepoel is going to take his Wolf Pack to the Tour de France this year, and try to win the yellow jersey. Despite pretty much the entire cycling world doubting him and his success after what we’ve seen from him in 2023, his team is claiming they’re making a transformation for grand tours. But can the Wolf Pack shift their identity to fulfill Remco’s bold ambitions? And what will the transformation look like?
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You need to keep Primoz ambitions in mind. This is the last grand tour win he needs to have won all of them once, he left Jumbo for a reason, so only time will tell.
X10 truth you spoke
When you are a Belgian that actually watched the official team presantation in Dutch you realize how full of S thede channels are. SQS and Evenepoel himself clearly stated in their interviews the goal for Remco in the TdF 2024 will be winning stages and not winning the Tour. He would consider a top 10 place as a succes for the general classification as it will be his 1st TdF and it will first and foremost be a learning experience.
Klopt helemaal, alles voor de views
I think it is the cycling media that want to pump up the drama to drive the views.
that's also just a strategy to soak off some pressure from BE media, no? he'll probably go for top 5/podium?
Riders usually downplay their objectives so they dont get crucified by the media. Im sure Remco has higher goals but he doesnt want to set himself up for failure in the eyes of the cycling media if he doesnt podium.
@@sullysullster8217 yes, and considering the Belgium media is particularly tough
Nah show some love for Remco man, he's a strong kid.
Minutes of spewing doubt, not mentioning they still have a top sprinter in their ranks and misinterpreting the acquisition of a COO, who has been brought on board by Lefevere himself as a possible successor in the future and not as a reaction to the failed Visma merger. And then, at last, after 6:23 the narrator finally admits that Evenepoel has already won a GT, with outstanding watts as well and looking by far the strongest before a small crash made him human again at the end of the second week (which he doesn't mention).
Also, after that Vuelta in 2022, Evenepoel got on a plane to Australia and won two medals at the Worlds, not unlike his goal this year with the combo Tour + Olympics, which the narrator seems to doubt the feasibility of as well. Difficult to portray a double World Champion, GT winner and double Monument winner, all in the last 2 seasons, more as a chump with unachievable dreams than it's done here.
As a Californian, I’m looking forward to see what QS new guy Luke Lamperti can do in the world tour.
Wait is Luke in the Grand Tour squad????!!! yo he's a well rounded rider!!!
Luke practically developed all his chops racing in Europe so he will do well. He came home to dominate crit nats and guest ride for legion so he didn’t rob them of a victory in their own race
@@stan4902 I'd be surprised if they put him in a grand tour this season. Maybe the grio with the relatively easy course. But I think he would have a hard time surviving the Tour.
Great insight - remco class act on n off the bike -he can go on to win TDF & Olympics
TT olympics? Yeah sure good odds.
TDF? against Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic at Bora with Hindley helping him in the mountains.
Bad odds.
@@barneyklingenberg4078 Especially if the other three all have their premium climbing domestiques on hand. We saw what happens when Kuss gets let loose on a GC stage.
2:22 Visma-LISE ABAIK. Love it...
Have we seen him keep up with Jumbo in the biggest mountain stages?
The winner of the last two tour de France grand tours will annihilate the wolf pack leader in the big mountain stages.
He has never stayed with Jonas when it matters
Every team already knows Jonas' capabilities however that doesn't mean they can put their ambitions aside and give up, obviously every team going for GC is making preparations for the tour independently of whether or not they work against Jonas.
It's like stating WVA should give up his ambitions because MVDP has been a better classics rider the past few years.
Agree that Remco should not be named in the same bracket as Pogacar, Vingegaard and Roglic. They have proven to consistently be on a higher level.
What did Vingegaard and Roglic win at age 23?
@@soulripper31Not much, but that is not important. The important point is, that Remco has not qualified himself to be in the same Grand Tour bracket as the others YET.
He could do that in the future by performing consistently on a level that matches the other 3, but so far, he has not shown it. So lets wait to elevate him until he actually proves himself worthy of elevation..
if remco beats roglic-never,,there is pogacar haha never-and then is jonas stop dreaming and start working lads 👍😂
If the TDF doesn't have any high steep milty 2000+ meter climb stages. And a long flat TT where Remco can just hammer it.
Then maybe, a sliver of hope of beating Jonas.
But this edition? not a chance. Pogacar can drop him in the mountains easy with his explosions.
Jonas will crack him high in the mountains easy. And honestly i don't see Remco winning any time in the last TT. Given it has a very steep clim and technical descent. I am gonna go Vingegaard. If they can keep him safe on the gravel stage. While rare Visma can be a chaotic mess when shit goes south.
After Vuelta 2023 i can only see him as an outsider for the podium. Nothing more nothing less.
What if he bonks again and is ten minutes back??? Oh wait, that won't happen, or will it? For Remco to finish the tour will be a victory and that surely is the reality of his ambition.
I do not tell a man what he can or cannot do. It will be tough climb and his odds are better than mine.
is there anybody or anything in cycling u look in a posive way beside pogi and team uae?
I dont see 🇧🇪🚄 winning the TDF he may cop the white jersey. I understand the new direction in which the team is going. shifting focus from the one day races to GT.
My advice to Remco save your marbles for the last week. Be patient. Don't be quick to show your hand. Stay with the big guys when the time is right and make the move. Don't ride the tour like 20 one day races. I know it's his 1st tour gather as much experience as you can.
The young 🐺 cub will be going up big guys in the biz
I am looking to see how well he has matured and how well he can read the race.
He will have landisimo with him, he has a lot of experience and is committed to help the young 🐺 cub.
It looks strange seeing the Basque rider in the 🐺 Pack.
I am not sure about white either. I think Tadej is still able to get it age wise. And he kinda has a subscription on that jersey
@@barneyklingenberg4078tadej is too old now
He will have to Perform above his abilities To beat
All the teams that are coming to the tour this Year.
This counts for every rider and team ( everything must go well ) , if vingegaard ore pogi looses 8 minits in the gravel stage ..... to win a tour you always also need somme luck...
SOQ rarely has 2 top sprinters, rather a top sprinter and an upcoming talented one that will eventually replace the current top sprinter. Jakobsen would have left irregardless of Remco. There entire sprinter mentality is to get a cheap young big talent, build him up, win with him and then when he becomes expensive let him go and repeat.
SOQ is trying to become a multi-discipline team: classics and GT's, just like Visma is and UAE/Ineos are also becoming. Trek does the same, but they don't have one of the strongest GC riders, unless Tao can really compete with the best.
i dont see the shocking part really, this transformation didnt start this week, month or even year. the transformation has already been going on for about 2 years, each year a bit more towards a grand tour team. also his remark that if you dont have good climbers you only have 3 weeks of racing a year is a bit strange. look at MvdPs team, they had quite a bit of success thru out the whole year, including every grand tour (just not for the GC, but they did win the points jersey in all).
and about the losing its DNA is also weird to say, the only way you could remain being a classics team and sprinter team would have been to let evenepoel go to another team, otherwise it was inevitable from the beginning. but it is way nicer to have a belgium team built around him instead of some arabic or russian team with the big money.
At the Tour Remco will be gone after week 2.
I think vuelta 2023 doesn't say much about his tdf potential. It was his 2nd gt of the year. Only Pogačar is able to prepare 2 grand tours in the same season while racing classics as well. Let Remco race 2/3 classics and than be 100% focused on the tour. If nothing bad happens, i think he will surprise the world. Doubts on his climbing ability are legit though. I think his main problems are irregular climbs and consecutive climbs. But first of all, he needs to learn how to stay on his bike. Last year he crashed badly (and a bit awkwardly) during Giro, Vuelta and Lombardia. Maybe he'd lost that races anyways, but still crashes don't help at all.
Pogacar hasn't even shown yet he can fullfill 2 GT's in the same year and perform well in both. Generally he has seemed a bit less after the TdF, needing time to recover and build back up.
@@MDP1702 Yes, I agree with you.
Never say never
He has the potential for sure.
But come on in the Vuelta he didn't just crack. He imploded on the first decent hill on a big mountain stage.
I just don't see it this year. With 3 more experience better grand tour riders with big teams supporting them.
Remco can surely win an TT in TDF. Also if he does not crack he can get 3rd 4th ish i'd suspect.
A bit more stable mentally a bit better in enduring pain. A bit more experience. Sure like i said he has the potential.
@@barneyklingenberg4078 Last Vuelta wasn't a good metric, not even close.
1. It was his 2nd GT of the season, young riders usually perform worse at those.
2. He had covid only 3 months earlier, we've already seen multiple times that it can linger a bit in the body.
3. His prepare wasn't even close to great, not even good. His main focus was the WC ITT, due to which he needed to loose several kg in the last 10 days before the Vuelta.
4. He had been either at a training camp, racing or ill/recovering for most of the year with only 1-2 weeks max on downtime/home, that is also hard mentally.
I am not going to say he'll win the TdF, but taking last years vuelta as a reason is stupid, especially since he never produced the same climbing performances there as earlier in the season when he wasn't even at climbing weigh yet, clearly showing he wasn't in absolute top shape.
Remco for yellow... All in..
Yellow are not ment for Remco in TDF.
😅😅😅 stick to classics!