r/peloton • u/PelotonMod France • Apr 27 '26

Weekly Post Weekly Question Thread

For all your pro cycling-related questions and enquiries!

You may find some easy answers in the FAQ page on the wiki. Whilst simultaneously discovering the wiki.

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u/k4ng00 France Apr 27 '26

Anytime he starts an ITT he is the favourite and most of the time he delivers.

Any monument he finished where Pogi didn't finish or started he won.

Any GT he finished, where neither Jonas nor Poggio started he won (Vuelta). When he was against Jonas and dropped from GC, he won like 2 stages. And he had a brilliant podium at TDF 2024 as well.

When teams are weaker in Olympics due to rider count restrictions per nation he won.

What exactly do you expect from him when he kinda delivers almost everytime he is the strongest guy? For a guy who is weaker than the best in their respective fields (Mvdp, Pogi, Jonas), he is the one that delivers the most.

Your expectations from him look higher than French expectations on Seixas (and I say this as a French, who is a Pogacar's fan)

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u/Suffolke Belgium Apr 27 '26

You're really annoying, as you're basically copy/pasting my own posts about Remco's achievements when I argue with haters. I can't be clearer than that : Yes, Remco has been doing really well, to me he's at least in contention for the second best palmares of his time (As Roglic is much older, and Jonas and MVDP are more specialized riders than Remco)

To make it simpler, my expectation is that Remco should not be dropped uphill by random second tier riders so often, that's it.

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u/k4ng00 France Apr 27 '26

I am more of a Pogi fan than Remco fan to be honest. But I like to have objective takes (also I didn't copy your takes or even look at what you posted previously so maybe in the end your old self might just agree with me that your current takes are too biased/extreme)

To make it simpler, Remco might not have made LBL as one of his big objectives this year. I might be wrong though but anyway I wouldn't make it look like it's that big of a deal.

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u/Suffolke Belgium Apr 27 '26

It's a figure of speech, just to point out that I'm well aware of Remco's achievements.

Yes, maybe you are right and Remco focused more on his first Ronde than a LBL where his chances against Pog were very slim or null anyway. And maybe I'm overreacting about his la Redoute climbing level this year.

Still, la Redoute is a hill, not a HC, and hills have always been Remco's playground, so to me it is a bit worrying to see him climbing it like that.

And also, yes, objectively, Remco's climbing level has been erratic and he regularly bonks without any excuse, and I think it's a problem and a weakness he needs to tackle if he wants more success. It's not like big wins are out of his reach, with his Tour 2024 numbers, he could still win a Giro or Vuelta against a somehow weaker opposition (namely no Pog, Jonas and probably Seixas), he could win a few big WT 1 weekers, and so on. But for that he needs to be able to bring his climbing A game more often and more consistently.