Recent content by Berflamand

Ah now I understand why @Ilmaestro99 decided to join this year!

I had neither the time nor the sufficient knowledge to do an in-depth analysis and to make a well-reasoned and informed selection so I just went for a (Belgian) top-heavy approach with riders I already like cheering on. This means I ended up with the Evenepoel - Van Aert combo accompanied by...

Thanks! I appreciate it ;) Though I don't really consider you a 'detractor' of Remco but more an avid defender of Roglic.

Yeah ok but I do seem to remember some races the past few years where he got dropped while not looking completely spent but where he was looking a lot at his power meter. I remember thinking like 'come on, at least just try to go into the red and follow' but it looked like he had a mental...

The bold statements (to which the detractors will surely object) aside, there's a lot of good news to take away from this interview: He sounds very confident that he can take another significant step and 'break through' his ceiling of these past few years. He can 'suffer' again on training and...

I'm not going to argue that Remco was the strongest in Catalunya 2023. I think that was too close to call and even though I wanted Remco to win, I'm glad we got a fun and exciting race. But I do think that at least sometimes you can argue that someone was the strongest even if he's not able to...

That would be great indeed. Especially Catalunya and Dauphine would fill a big gap in his current palmares. Does Catalunya have a TT or is that not yet known?

I'm a bit disappointed with his schedule but yeah, regardless of any schedule I agree that this is the most important point. Fingers crossed that he has an injury free year (both during his winter preparation as during the cycling season) and then I think we might see great things from him we...

So it should be something like this: TTT Mallorca Valenciana Altitude + possibly another stage race to be decided: UAE/Paris-Nice/Tirreno Catalunya Ardennes Altitude (I guess?) Dauphiné Tour

Disappointing indeed. Looks like both the so called Plan A (Giro) and Plan B (classics oriented with possibly RVV/MSR) have been ditched. It does sound like it is not all set in stone though so I hope they might change their mind during the season. Also, he wants to start with a ITT at...

This journalist is usually quite reliable and well-informed so it's not pure speculation but more like an informed guess. But yeah, it's definitely still possible that the schedule will look a bit different after all.

Yeah, include MSR and I'd be very happy with this schedule that looks like a nice mix of stage races and one day races.

I get it. It's an honorable attempt to make sure he gets the trophy for most wins in the 2026 season and to at least beat Pogi there!

That sounds pretty damn impressive!

RVV clashes with altitude camp only IF he's riding the Giro. If he skips the Giro (which does seem likely at this point) that does open up the possibility to ride RVV because he wouldn't go on altitude in April in that case. At least that's what I get from the article.