Recent content by acf69

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    Teams & Riders Official Wout Van Aert thread

    I disagree. Wout has had bad luck lately but MvdP has had bad luck in the past. Even if we take out the luck element, in big races where they both had the same luck, I can immediately think of RVV 2020, Strade 2021, MSR 2023, Worlds 2023, E3 2024 that MvdP won vs WvA without the latter having...
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    Teams & Riders Official Wout Van Aert thread

    imo they are both great riders, and I always felt MvdP had more talent and upside and higher peaks, but lacked consistency and was mentally not as strong with WvA who was more consistent and therefore able to match him often. Now that MvdP has become equally consistent the biggest advantage WvA...
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    Teams & Riders Tom Dumoulin discussion thread

    Tom is highly intelligent and a deep thinker, and even when he won the Giro he was a nervous wreck always thinking what can go wrong. I also believe his physical issue when he had to get of his bike was as much mental and stress related. There is now way he comes back, he started cycling at a...