Recent content by Brullnux

Seixas just rode a reverse Mont Blanc sportif, 320km and 12 hours, for fun. I don't think Seixas has any issues with distances of 200km+

I suppose this is confirmation Del Toro isn't on the Hirschi-schedule next year

Good win, strange win. Looked down and out with 10k to go, then the strongest from there on in

Motorbike in front of the chasers, nice. Forza UAE

Crazy race. The two riders who looked the best on Diesel Farm dropped here.

It's a weird twist when you could ride a road bike to win the gravel WC but need a gravel bike for a 1.Pro race

Okay they need to perhaps make the gravel a bit more hard pack. It's not dangerous or anything but it's so loose that it's quasi-sand like, and on a road bike that is so difficult

Partly, but he looked much more comfortable on the gravel than De Pretto anyway

There we go, I was too impatient... poor De Pretto though

I remember this climb being a lot more gravelly

Strong break too.

I don't think anyone criticised Vingegaard for racing too little once he did the Tour-Vuelta double. I do think he under-raced in the run up to July, and it didn't help his performances. That was the bulk of the criticism, and 18 days of racing pre-Tour is a bit ridiculous (and detrimental)...

Racing Paris-Roubaix to win takes way more out of you than any other one-day race in cycling. I think you can gather that from riders' reactions and also the fact anyone who then does Brabantse Pjil or Amstel tends to underperform (apart from Van Aert, though his only Amstel win was after he...

Are you serious?

Yeah I reacted to the fact the OP said 'if there's a race with a hill in it and no Pogacar then he wins', which I thought exaggerated his level because of the limits you spoke about. But it's true, I am underestimating the streak for those two reasons and I agree that maybe only Pidcock and...