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Not the Wout Van Aert to win stages for the moment. Thanks to his incredible recovery he'll be able to be usefull in 3rd week though.

Wout van Aert?

It's clear he wasn't at the level of big 3, big 4, big 5 whatever like he used to be in period 2019-2023. It's possible his injury in Spain last year is to blame. The alternative is that he's physically over his top. In that regard next year will be an important one for him. We'll know more...

It's his first Fleche, so I don't think he has done it in an actual race. But I haven't seen such a killer since MVP. He hardly never makes the wrong choices.

Bold statement here, but to me he's the absolute favorite for the Fleche. - The race is only 205k - Traditionally punchers can conserve energy in the bunch untill the final ascend of the Mur - when in a good position, Nys hasn't lost an uphill sprint last 12 months. If he starts the Mur in the...

So he'd be like Evenepoel?

What hits me the most is that he's been sprinting backwards all year. His only weapen to win against MVP and Poggy is to somehow outlast and then settle the sprint (like he did in E3 2023). That is no longer an option. I can only imagine it has something to do with his Vuelta fall last year and...

Pedersen you mean? probably the strongest guy in race again. He pretty much keeps the difference around 30 seconds on his own against 4 guys relaying.

It's not over yet. If a group of 5-6 guys can get clear and relay, they might get back.

If only Pozato had such teammates back in his days.

I've seen this story before Stannard

Perhaps ask Bouhanni for a few pointers.

I think Poggy and MVP will just call that a good leadout :)

Tom Boonen had his best year in 2012 when he was 32. I'm not writing WVA off just yet, however it woun't be for this year. And even in future years he'll never be topfavourite for a race again.

A year a half ago WVA had trouble holding his wheel in the EC in Netherlands Col du Vam. What happened to those legs. Not sure if it'll help, but perhaps time for a new team and fresh surroundings.