Roll up, roll up, obligatory Monday gawping at Monument winner's Strava activity...
And while Remco's pretty keen to keep those power numbers secret (like almost all the top riders, in fairness) the world champion's upload does at least give us mortals a glimpse at what it would be like to win one of the hardest one-day races in the sport.
> Remco Evenepoel stuns Strava with huge time trial victory at Volta ao Algarve... before swiftly hiding his power numbers
Climbing 4,471m in 256.76km, Remco averaged 41.3km/h and hit a top speed of a whisker under 90km/h, his max speed for a full kilometre 82.7km/h, for five kilometres 71.9km/h and ten kilometres 59.6km/h.
On the climbs, Evenepoel went 13 seconds slower up Roche aux Faucons than last year and 25 seconds slower than Tadej Pogačar's KOM from the 2020 edition. He did however go faster on Thier des Forges — setting the sixth fastest time — took various hilly KOMs in the miles immediately after his race-winning attack and matched his 4:12 personal best up the Redoute from last year.
The world champ's 22km/h average pace up the infamous Liège climb remain the fastest Strava times set by a rider in the race. By the finish, Remco could relax and enjoy his victory, rolling across the segment dedicated to the race's sprint finish well slower than the times of those riders who still had something to push for at that point in their respective editions. One such time, Demi Vollering's 2021 sprint to the first of her now two Liège titles still the joint fifth fastest time.
No word on this year's, however, Vollering is yet to upload her race-winning ride. Shocking, I know... it's almost like professional cyclists have better things to be doing...