WORLD CHAMPION vs AMATEUR CYCLIST : Interval on the wheel of Remco Evenepoel 🚀 

The cycling etiquete is to ask someone if you can follow his/her wheel. Good that you reacted after he asked you to stay away, but following someones wheel without even saying helo, agknowledging you are there is not a nice behaviour. BTW Thats some serious power you have there in those legs. Impressed!

that Zwift sound is killing me 😂

Every time i see this video, i wanna go do hill repeat. Remco asking not to chase is best compliment u can get, wouldn't be mad at all. Phenomenal shape, great video

I was riding on his wheel during a long easy ride earlier this season, no issues from his side. Probably it's not an arrogance, just doing intervals with all the surges and slowing downs + having someone you don't trust on your wheel? Honestly, most people would have done the same.

You did something right in your training when the World Champion has to tell you to stay back instead of just riding away ;)

I see some comments criticizing Remco here, but he has his reasons. Having a stranger right on your back wheel can sometimes feel equivalent to a tailgater that’s on your rear bumper when your driving. It’s a little unnerving and tests your patience. The amateur rider certainly shows his fitness here and didn’t do anything wrong, but I don’t feel Remco did anything wrong either.

What makes you think this is ok? The pros really, really hate when you do this and they hate how it makes them look arrogant when they have to tell you to stop for your and their safety. On the surface it's all innocent enough, but it doesn't take that much before it becomes dangerous -- a misjudged turn or sway here or there and it's goodbye classics, Worlds, Vuelta and everything else in that season. I remember a podcast by Brian Holm where talks about these guys and how they wait outside the riders' hotels when they're on training camps. They'll ride along in the back for the experience, but they have nowhere near the needed bike handling skills and that often puts themsleves and the pros at risk.

Impressive! Well done for respecting his request to stay back. He must have enough people following him around all the time.

the background tune 🤣 impressive riding man! that's some serieus power you are putting out 💪

He is on a 54-42 crankset, so that means an advantage cross chaining ( less spinning more power put down on the pedals) on the 42 tooth ring, great ride and awesome video.

it's funny to read about zone 2 for Remko and 5 for Artem, they have a difference of about 1-1.2 wkg, Artem is a strong amateur cyclist and recently was the winner of the Turkish mountain race, his heart rate of 180 is a normal working zone which helps him sit on the wheel while Remko it works, Artem also has an FTP of 5 WKg, which is a lot for an amateur and which 99% of the commentators here don’t have, it’s just ridiculous to read from you about watts and heart rate zones)))

Should have asked to follow him first. He is the world champion, he doesn't want to train with everyone following him around like fanboys, it's understandable. Great video though.

Interesting to see how he works to maintain constant power through the turns. Thanks for the share o/

My guy was in zone 10 the entire ride.

You did a good ride. Congrats for such strength

Well done for straight away honouring his gesture and dropping back (also for not sitting too close on his wheel in the first place). Remco's loss now: he had a great PR opportunity here. He could have very gradually increased his power, whilst encouraging you to hold on till you dropped. Guess he had some very precise numbers to hit and wanted to focus.

Remco was... silly on that one. If you don't want someone else on your wheel, just sprint away. No one can simply forbid someone to be on the wheel. That's ridiculous.

Strange reaction from the world champion regarding you… but really great performance from you on his wheel. You impressed me !

Ciclistas profesionales que se creen súper estrellas!!! Pero es la típica actitud de alguien que no disfruta lo que hace... Quien disfruta el ciclismo te invita a seguir... Buen registro!!!

People making it sound like Remco went crazy. He asked to stop following once (he didn't scream or went mental at the person), before deciding to just blow the person out of his wheel.

Strong ride! Must be a dream to ride there at the moment with all the pro's. Just a little sad the way he told you to not follow him anymore. Cyclists run into each other all the time. Sometimes I drive quietly, lose motivation, someone overtakes me and I accelerate to drive back there. Just in the wheel, but if I can catch up I will do it again. If you don't want someone to be in your wheel, you just have to drive faster. As a professional cyclist I would just like it if people try to keep my wheel. Let's see how long they can hold out. After 5 minutes at this pace I had congratulated the person in my wheel. That's the fun part. Amateurs trying to follow pro's.

Bravo d'avoir pris la roue. Réaction étonnante du champion du monde. La route ne lui appartient pas. Il aurait été préférable qu'il vous félicite pour la performance

Ni que la carretera fuera suya... en fin. Campeón del mundo hay que serlo fuera de las carreras, como persona antes que nada.

Can we just acknowledge how good a shape the guy recording is. Bravo.

I don't mind if people ride behind me, except when we enter a city. I ride easy inside city limits and stop for traffic lights, and wave cars ahead. It feels unsafe in the city as I will put my breaks on, and the group on my wheel general does not. For the rest - I found Phillipe Gilbert a real king, I rode with Pantani - a nice guy. Most pro cyclists are nice guys. It is a terrible for what happened to Rebbelin - another great guy. Scarponi...

Bom vídeo. Você roda super bem. Assisti a outros vídeos seus e gostei. O Remco é um bom piloto, mas o que tem de arrogância é impressionante.

I will repeat what i said to another poster whining about Evenepoel's gesture to back off: When two people are having a private/business conversation on the street, you also just go stand next to them, because hey, it's a PUBLIC street? Regardless if those people are actual worldfamous in their line of work. If you can't show the worldchampion the respect to ask if you can hang in his wheel while he's training for his JOB, don't expect respect in return. It's quite a simple concept really. Plus there are plenty of viable reasons for him not to want a stranger on his wheel: An amateur going in the red trying to follow you and draft is more prone to make a mistake, clip wheels and cause a crash. He also doesn't need his power numbers to be made public by proxy, as the OP has now literally done, which is why he doesn't publish his Strava numbers either. Furthermore, he is a worldfamous athlete, plenty of nutjobs on your PUBLIC roads. On top of that, i'm quite certain that even on PUBLIC roads, you need CONSENT to film people, let alone make your recording public! I bet if Evenepoel contacts youtube, he can have this video taken down.

You should have passed him instead. He can't complain if you're out front. Nice video, and great climb!

I'm a lot slower than Remco, but I feel annoyed too when I'm on a training ride/run, someone who is a little slower than me tries to follow me and thus literally breathe down my neck. It's just a personal preference to not have someone super close to me. I do understand the road is public so it's everyone's right to cycle/run as close to someone as you want, but Remco also has the right to ask if they could stay away. Artem here very kindly did as asked, I guess out of respect for the world champ and also another humanbeing. Don't see how either side did anything wrong here. (Sure Remco could have asked with a big smile on his face. But he doesn't have to. No one is required to always be on a jolly jolly mood)

Brother, you LEGIT! You laying down some serious watts.

Excellent climb brother!! Roads are public. Remco is world champion, he has all my respect but he is a cyclist like all of us... when you do not want someone in your wheel, it is not necessary to express this with words... you just increase the pace and go.

Bravo!Tough ride indeed! About Remco public roads are public, a gentlemen's agreement is preferable than a suspect of arrogance! This is not football!

Beautiful climb. Great effort. I'd still be at the bottom when you got to the top. 😁

Even if it pisses you off, you can't just tell to someone behind you on a slope to slow down and go back off, because for you there's another way to solve the problem: speed up a bit more than him for a few hundred meters... and normally there won't be the problem anymore, you'll be alone. If this is not possible, you have to tolerate the problem.

ALICANTE!!!!! THE PARADISE OF CYCLING!!!!!!

La route est a tout le monde ....et ce champion du monde fait un stop a ce monsieur .....lamentable champion du monde ????ils deviennent comme les footeux effroyable...et bravo à ce monsieur

Espero que la DGT les ponga una buena multa a los dos por circular por el carril contrario. Luego nos quejamos cuando hay accidentes, pero lo primero que tenemos que hacer los ciclistas es cumplir con las normas de circulación.

A lot of people disagree, but in my opinion you can ride wherever you want, aslong as you aren't purposefully aggrivating someone. He is World Champ...adored by millions..paid millions...he should just crack on and realise it is bound to happen in cycling havens, and it is infact positive. No need for the dismissive gesture in my opinion.

3:O5 jajajjajaj pobrecito al cvampeón del mundo le molesta que un modesto aficionado le siga la rueda a más de 180 PPM jajajajaj

1. He tried to drop you but he couldnt bro. He kept looking over his shoulder after his surges but you have put in the work so could match him. 2. Remco has the talent but his ego is going to be his undoing. 3. It is a public road not a race. You have every right to be on there. If he doesnt want you on the wheel then he can tell himself to stop riding slow or slow up and let you go around. He just showed a few hundred thousand people how arrogant he is lol. What a brat. No wonder he is losing friends in the peleton already. 4. You are not causing any danger and if you are pushing those wkg for that long then you are obviously an experienced rider especially uphill. His arrogance was uncalled for. I would have just smiled and said back to him 'stop riding slow and go bro! Lets go!'. 5. That said Id be frustrated too riding a rubbing rotor flexy SL7 and a Strava lover on his rim brake bike was keeping up with me no problems hehe. Id ask to swap bikes though vs tell the rider to stop. What a brat lol.

En mi opinión, en una carretera pública, ¿quién eres para decirle al otro que se eche para atrás? Si tiene vatios para ir ahí, ¿a ti qué te importa, si no estás en tu casa? Y ¿no estás usando a los otros ciclistas que adelantas como balizas? Entonces, ¿por qué otro ciclista no puede aprovecharse de tu nivel para hacerse un test, si tú también te estás aprovechando de las referencias que te están dando los otros?

You’re next to be drafted - to the team👏

In this comment section: It's public roads... He's world champion... He shouldn't know the concept of 'personal space'... 🤔 Good on you to meet him. Great you could follow him for a few minutes. Fair of you to drop back when asked. If you had asked, perhaps he would have been ok for a bit longer. But all in all, public roads or not, personal space is still a thing, and anyone who rides themselves knows how annoying it can be, let alone the increased risk of wheel clipping (definitely when one party's going all-out).

Cheguei aqui através de uma reportagem no brazil e ja vou me inscrever no canal, parabéns que canal fantástico!

Dont delete it. Its already going around the internet elsewhere. Theres no benefits to you if you delete it and he doesn't have a right to tell you what to do.

at 2:40 Remco is tired of being tailed so he stands up and pushes the watts up for the breakaway, so at 3:03 he looks back and says "thanks god I got rid of this guy"... but then takes another look and realizes not..so he has no choice but telling him to back off in the most impolite manner... instead of giving him a thumbs up... and then show why you are a world champion and breakaway for good.

Meanwhile Remco was on 6 hour endurance ride listening to podcast and dyeing from boredom :D

Las normas de circulación para los coches nada más eeh ! Os saltais el código a todas horas ( curvas de izda por el carril contrario) que guapo ....... y luego pedís respeto a los demás

Félicitations d'avoir rester dans les roues. Great

Should've just went around him instead of dropping back 😆

3:06 and he has earpods, right? In Spain this is Ilegal because you have to be focus on the road

Good job , he was rude and unprofessional with his actions gj💪

Not a remco fan, but i think he’s right to tell you to back off. It’s easier for you to follow his wheel, so the power/effort doesn’t really say something, but more important , it’s annoying when you are training and there’s somebody in your wheel . Some info shouldn’t be shared with the web. Same whould be if you letting him ride in your wheel, it’s not the training he went out for. Why not stay in the wheel for 2 mins and then back off?

Strong ride. I’m sure Remco does not want someone breathing down his neck. He had enough and took off. If anything you should not ride directly behind him.

It supprised me he didnt react why you where following him. Remco is a verry good in the mountens. Maybe not like pogacar but verry close. You should be proud of youreself you could follow him that long... I noteced a few times he went to the left to let you feeling the wind. Remco is my countrymen as Wout and they both verry popular in belgium. We have now a thirth upcomming big talent, his name is Cian. He is even better in moutenstages.

It must be a dream to ride in Spain at this moment with al those pro cyclists

People saying he shouldnt say stop because he doesnt own the road, lol. It is allowed to film anyone without their permission? Use footage of the world champion to get views on youtube?

I admire cyclists even tho I don't really follow competitions. And I understand people talking about his reaction. But from a person like me, the worst thing in this video is to see how is he more than once (and you once also, if I am not mistaken), crossing the solid white line in a mountain road open to vehicles. Train, enjoy cycling, but don't ignore safety/trafffic rules.

3:05 Remco: "you are now banished from this realm, be gone!"

Very frustrating when you can't drop the unknown amateur rider. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

very strong ride. Congrats.

he even takes care of curve technice in the uphill

Should have sprinted past him when he told you to stop then go hide behind some bushes, he'd never know 🤣

Great effort well done 👍

Pues menudo antipático resulta ser Remco Evenepoel que no permite a otro ciclista para que pueda ir a su rueda, diciendo NOOO y dando manotazos. Encima nadie saluda, todo muy individualista y todos los ciclistas a lo suyo como si el resto de ciclistas no existiesen, aquí no veo yo nada de compañerismo. En fin, hace años el ciclismo era otra cosa muy distinta.

Remco's a chump

Оце то да. Не думав що натраплю на таке відео в рекомендаціях. Дуже круто, Артем. Не раз чув про тебе на УАТ. Ти мега потужний. Так тримати! 🟦🟨

I would have overtaken him after that and once he catches up again to me, I'd wave him to stay back just like he did

He was afraid !! 😂 Good job 👍

Man Remco's gotta chill out for just a hot second 😂 Artem was behind him all the time and he wasn't even that close to his wheel. If I was him, I would've slowed down for just a sec, pulled next to Artem (safely & with distance) and would've at least said hi and kudo him for keeping up that long. Those little gestures can go a long way for his fan base, and are also great PR opportunities. I get they are serious and hard-working pro athletes, but slowing down for 10 sec to acknowledge the people that support you is not going to affect your training/performance

So many delicate “I would never” comments. Don’t trip y’all, Dude just showed us it’s possible to hang with Remy when the Creo motor isn’t installed.

Joa Almeida eres tú??? Es similar su estilo de carrera, lo sueltan y luego llega otra vez jjjjj gran trabajo 😎✌️

Cycling is like golf. The Pros are on an entirely different planet than the rest of us.

The zwift track is such a troll

Ive had a few rides with Nils Politt around Cologne. This dude is also insane 😊

J'ai roulé avec Moser ,Zoetemelk ,De Wolf et beaucoup d'autres ils ne faisaient aucune histoire...

Franchement, bravo d avoir tenu la cadence infernale initiée par Remco. Après quand il dit Stop, c est pour que tu ne te mettes pas dans le rouge je pense. Encore bravo!

Me encanta como va cruzando la linea central en via pública... Luego que si los coches no respetan...

First time I see someone say « stop » while someone is riding is wheel. Been riding for 20 years. It’s a fellow cyclist following you, not a pick up truck if a gas scooter in front of you shouting smoke in your face. Seriously, what does it change if a fan is following you?

Il n'a pas supporte que tu sois encore dans sa roue après une accélération en danseuse je crois

Que gracioso es ver cómo os pasáis la ralla blanca divisoria de carril por el forro

360w and remco looks like he's in low zone 2 👀

hahahah he was just salty he could not get rid off you with the sprint😂

Bros going at 19km/h at 9% 💀🥵

You should have taken world champ over- what would the reaction be...🤔🤔🤔🤔. Good job bro. Just give enough room for any directional change or as others said, let the rider know...

Remco ne force absolument pas! Je ne pense pas qu'il fasse un "intervalle"!

I don't have any experience with this but is it common for riders to stick to other riders wheels when training alone? It would annoy the hell out of me if there was someone breathing down my neck when i just wanted to do my training in peace.

5:20 is that Pogacar's girlfriend?

Lmao dude said go away hahahahs. Training alone is the wave and the mind of a champion during those intervals… brave.

Great leg's, did you have Strava?

And it´s forbidden to ride your bike with earphones even if you´re the world champion!, at least in Spain.

Artem, now I'm not so worried that once on Obukhovka I couldn't hold your wheel😁

Good effort, I think I would have stayed 10-20 metres behind him though.

Why didn't you use a power-up?

How annoying it must be, to have someone intruding upon you while you’re trying to train for your profession. Particularly when you know that you can drop that person whenever you want…..

Мені здається що Ремко почувши твое дихання, вирішив що краще поїде сам))

I literally thought my Zwift App was running in the background of my phone 😂😂 real life Watopia shit!!

Congratulations for the amateur guy keeping a distance and not disturbing. About Remco is Spain we say is a "payaso", this a public road if you don´t like come back Belgium and enjoy winter.

Why he said, back off?

For all those supporting Remco arrogance, just a kindly reminder, those are PUBLIC roads!