Remco Evenepoel's Tour De France DREAM Is FAR FROM OVER
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- Remco Evenepoel's Tour De France DREAM Is FAR FROM OVER
Remco Evenepoel’s first race back from his injury didn’t really look like something we’re used to seeing from the Belgian, with him finishing far behind the winner Primož Roglič. But despite his underwhelming performance, Remco finished the most important pre-Tour ride with a wide smile on his face. And despite him cracking completely at the Dauphiné, Remco is sure there’s no need to panic for the Tour de France, and he’s promising us a showdown we’ve been waiting for since last season. But could Remco really pull it off, and make his Tour dream a reality, despite his poor performance at the Dauphiné?
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He won the ITT and did finish in the top ten of the GC, and people are talking like he could not even finish in the top fifty.... It wasn't bad at all, the question is maybe if some of you have realistic expectations ?
Remco is very honest about the fact the Vingegaard, Pogacar and Roglic are stronger at this moment, and he aims a top five in the Tour, which is very well possible...
I have a hard time seeing Remco in the top 5. If we assume that Vingegaard enters and finishes the tour, then the rest of the top 5 will be occupied by the Yates brothers plus some Spanish or French rider. Remco is just not a Grand Tour rider. Similar to Pidcock, he has good performances on very specific days but neither have consistency throughout an entirety of a tour. Remco will crack in high altitude, late stages of the TdF and lose 5 minutes or more on a single stage. I don't even see him in the top 10, frankly.
@@kid_gen ah, the not grand tour rider that already has a grand tour win😂
@@kid_gen dude literally won the vuelta and would likely have won the giro last year without covid... do you follow cycling at all?
I'm a big remco fan but he defo can't do any better than top 5. He should just lose time and hunt stages. Would be way more exciting to watch than just riding for top 10
I think he's going for top 5 and hoping a team buys him out of his contract. That will probably come close to doubling his value.
"Cracking completely at the Dauphiné" 😂😂😂 the guy is out of condition, wins the TT and ends up in the Top10 GC 😅
Top 20 seems impossible for him, he is weak at mountain.
@@Pogacar1 Tell me you don't follow cycling without telling me you don't follow cycling - bloke was better the Roglic at the Giro last year and Roglic is declining. He is a better rider than the 3rd favourite for the TdF...
@@dpcater ahahaha remco is not a climper and every fan of cycling know this, he won the 2022 Vuelta because Rogla crashed
@@Pogacar1 and Roglic won the Giro because Remco got COVID - come back and try again
@@dpcater Even if he stayed he would have choked like the Last Dauphiné, twice in the mountain, i can guarantee to you Remco gonna do the same in the stage 14 or 15 maybe early… 😹🤣
I agree no need to panic. I don't see him making the podium
I see him taking a top ten. A stage win and maybe the white jersey. That in of itself can and will be a battle for the white
For Remco to win a Tour there would need to be three time trials (a la Wiggins in 2012) and Vingegaard and Pogi would both need to either not be in the race or out of form/injured. He is the best time triallist in the world and a cracking one day racer but he's not Tour de France winning level for a three week race. I don't think he would have won the Vuelta if Roglic hadn't crashed either.
By the same token though I don't think Roglic would have won the Giro if Remco hadn't got COVID. You make a fair comment otherwise.
He is positive, we should expect him in the top 10 at the tour, if keeps a good spirit.
TT could be for Remco to take, not mointains.
In 2023 Pog crashed at LBL and suffered wrist injury. This year Remco crashed harder and needed operation. Even though Pog won a stage, he suffered greatly while Ving rode away. "I am dead" said Pog while being towed up the mountain. Could Remco do better than Pog? Could Remco's body responded better? I don't think so. We may see Remco utters "I am dead" in his head while following Pog up a certain mountain.
They're different injuries and everyone recovers differently from the same injuries anyway. That said, I don't think Remco is up to snuff without that injury. He may get there eventually but not yet. That said, he wouldn't be the worst cyclist to win the TdF in fairly recent history.
He's not a mountain goat but when setting his own pace like G does, and gaining time on TT, he can for sure do top 5. I predict he loses time on 1 big stage but creeps back up to 4th on GC.
G has won an TDF. And was clearly best of the rest when Pogacar and Vingegaard were both at their best in 2022. What an race that was! Masterclass road cycling from Jumbo Visma.
Remko I think can go for podium if he doesn’t crack. But last year Vuelta, damn that was awful absolutely awful.
@barneyklingenberg4078 that wasn't a knock on G, more just a model for remco to follow in the mountains if he wants to podium.
@@TylerPurcell1 Nah, that wasn't a knock on G at all. From BE, I don't think Remco is a (podium) contender just right now. Team in transition, not a good preparation at all (and he's not the only one, what horrific crashes this season ... wish them all the best). But I would love to see him tear up the sometimes boring GC-riders hiding,/tactics going full gass for stage wins. It could be really entertaining 🙂. Anyway, the TTs should ... big surprises to get there, especially as the last stage is a TT ... Looking forward to this.
Can't see him finishing in the top 3
who do you see there?
@@popkipPog, roglic, jonas, yates
@AshKetchhum Roglic is a stretch for top 3 without a superteam IF Jonas is even at 80%. Remco has nearly no shot with the support system he has. We'll really never know what he can do with such lousy support
@@veganpotterthevegan Didnt Pogacar basicly win 2020 and 2021 basicly without any help, and 2022 he also did a lot alone sitting behind Visma and Jonas
@@Trojas-bp9ej he's already won a Grand Tour🤡
His prep for the tour is far from optimal. He's not the natural climber like Vinegaard, so he's at a serious disadvantage. Maybe next year.
Sounds like there are many people who lack self-confidence here in the comments section.
self confidence is very important, but also reality is more important. We can only speak base on what he has shown us so far, he knows exactly what he is up against and the best way he can explain what he believe he can do is by being honest and humble like he has been practicing lately. He just isn't on form to beat the pure GC riders and he knows it, great TT, and 1 day racer tho..I do believe many domestiques will also beat him in the TDF.
@@user-qm9dm8dm3b Remco isn't here talking in the comments though...
Couch commentary: He is a solid rider for sure but there are too many other riders that have GC capabilities and he just doesn't seem to have the climbing power. I believe he could be a great one day racer or focus on smaller stage races. Putting him up against some of the best climbers at this year's Tour will be a huge challenge. We can speculate all we want but the legs will show who's the man in a couple of weeks.
I think he has a chance to finish on the podium.
Assuming Tadej wins Le Tour, it's slightly possible Remco could podium, other riders would have to experience bad luck I hate to say. As you have Jonas taking a podium spot, (if he shows up and is in decent form), and Roglic taking the 3rd podium spot. And you also have to beat Jorgenson who looks to be on good form (all of that would depend though on his role in race, whether he has to play super dom and help pull or if he is given a green light to podium). Who knows, still a few weeks away, and there looks to be a lot of good GC riders in this years Tour. Should be fun.
Highly doubt Remco reaches top5
There is always new hope, since there is always new dope !
He got dropped in 3 consecutive mountain stages by 0.5-1 min. Not enough for Peak Pog Jonas. He was not good enough for Jorgensen the Plan B of Visma. Not destined fro podium
He's definitely not fit yet. That doesn't mean him at his best can compete either though. At the end of the day, if he was capable, he's got no shot anyway with such a bad team.
I would say Jorgenson is actually Plan C. I believe Sepp Kuss is Plan B.
The point of the video is he is still recovering. The bloke is better than or equal to the bloke who won the Dauphine when fit.
@@dpcater Agree but is he going to recover by the TDF, I dont think so. Merlier should be selected since Remco is aiming for top 5 only.
@@sciteckinfotainment I hope so as would be a good battle with Philipsen and take some pressure off Remco.
some things in Remco's favor: Vingo might not race/bad form. Roglic doesn't quite know how to win Le Tour, plus Remco and him are about even. Pog has the Giro legs under him, but also he has the greatest "super vitamins" in the peloton. On paper Remco should finish second, but of course there are always the crashes and mechanicals that everybody will have to face...so in conclusion: nobody really knows where Remco will finish....and then there is Ineos with Carlos Rodriguez
I don't think Roglic has an issue with knowing how to win. He's simply not good enough to contend without a superteam. He's good enough to win the Vuelta without one. But he even needed the world's best super domestique to beat an aging Thomas at the Vuelta. A guy Pogi beat by 10minutes without a super domestique this year
I dont get the hype about this guy for the past years. He gets hyped up like some sort of mega superstar and still he gets dropped by B-tier riders.
Yes.
My hopes are on that, because otherwise is going to be a boring TDF.
Incredible rider, could win every one day race, but I still don't have faith in Him on a the three week race, in particular with the two monsters
sounds like he's finally getting some humility
a podium would be great result but realistically 4-10 is a must. Not sure he has good enough team 'Landa is good lieutenant. Not stacked like UAE who want to buy a win.
Tbh If I was Remco I would go for stage wins. Two TTs and one or two hill stages. There is too much competition for top 5. I do not think he can beat in GC anyone from group of Pog, Jonas, Roglic, Yates, Almeida, Jorgenson and Rodriguez....
His d.s reckons he's 1 to 1.5kg over his race weight----? I'm very curious to see if he can be up with the usual suspects in the tdf.
I'm not sure why remco or anyone else feels He has any shot at winning the Tour de France. I can't even envision him being on the podium Unless of course, there are crashes or illness that take out 10 other Top riders.
he has a chance to win! jonas just won't start, pog crashes early and takes yates with him, roglic crashes 4 times and remco wins by holding wheels and winning time trials!
Roglic crashes 4 times 😂😂😂😂
Roglic can’t be taken out in a single crash. He is an too experienced crashpilot for that.
So fair point.
Nah!
I am a big Remco Fan. But I dont think that he is the Born GC rider. He wont keep up over 3 weeks with Pogacar and Vingegaard
Hard to say what he can do since he's still very young and has a lousy team. That said, he's much better that Carlos Sastre was at the same age and he won a TdF. Chris Froome was grabbing water bottles for domestiques when he was 24 and😂 He was 41st at the U23 world TT while Remco was world champion with the seniors at the same age.
Pogacar❤❤❤
This is getting annoying.... Any comments on video you just watched? Did you watch it?
Is this video about Pogacar?
Get ready for what, 3rd place. No matter what shape he is in, he will never be able to compete with Tadej and Jonas at TDF. Unfortunately for him, right now there are two guys that are physically more talented than him. That’s just how it is.
Neither him nor Primoz have a chance. I like Remco but he’s overrated.
I don't think he's overrated at all. He may never win the TdF but he's still very young and has multiple world titles and a Vuelta win. At 23, Remco was world TT champ. Chris Froome was 41st in the u23 world TT at the same age and fetching waterbottles for domestiques to bring them to their GC guy. He'd possibly still only have a Vuelta win if Pogi and Jonas didn't exist. But if Pogi didn't exist or he were 30yrs old, Remco would be considered a possible rider to take the mantle from Pogi
@@veganpotterthevegan Yes, he is great in TT and one day races but you cannot compare it with GC and guy like Froome. Truth is that he is overrated and I blame 2022 Vuelta for that where he won just because Roglic crashed and his biggest competition after that was 19yo Ayuso and Enric Mas who had TdF in his legs and was not even top10 there.... Remco got nice gap in TT and then was able to ride comfotably against two not top10 guys and won Vuelta which send cycling media off making him some sort of titan compared to Pogacar when in reality it makes him guy who is on the level of Ayuso, Rodriguez, Kuss and Vlasov but is way better in TTs.
@fangru7294 look at palmaires at equal ages. A lot can change at this age.
@fangru7294 part of winning is not crashing. Roglic is a crasher and there's no credit to coulda woulda shoulda not-wins
@@veganpotterthevegan I am not taking a win from him I totally agree with crashing. I am just saying it created misconception about him being on the level of Pogacar, Jonas and Roglic in GC which is just not true...
I think it's between himself and Jonas Vinagaard for the TDF.If Jonas isn't there or not @ his best it's all Remco. I kno sounds crazy right?
Remco can't climb will never win the tour
He is short, light and produces big numbers. He will get there, he doesn’t need to be the best climber. Look back at Tom Dumoulins win at the Giro d’italia.
Just be able to hang on enough and gain enough in the TT’s.
He has the potential, unfortunately suffering and football players isn’t a good match. And he is still learning.
He’s just not a good climber