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King Albert is back! Probably has not quite matched the expectations after 2023 so far, but not for a lack of legs. In Paris-Roubaix he crashed at Carrefour de ’larbre but managed to catch up with the leading group and probably would have won if his chasers had not taken a shortcut in the...

Joseph Blackmore took the final stage and the gc in Circuit des Ardennes. That’s his third gc victory so far this year and sixth win in total. I know the level of these races hasnt been the highest but its very impressive for a rider in his age nonetheless. Two times he has now taken the...

Hoping for a surprise top 10 for Casper Pedersen. He quietly won the sprint behind the front group in MSR in front of Kooij among others. Last year he seemed to have had a revival after his transfer to Soudal and was at his best level since his Paris-Tours win in 2020, but he was very unlucky...

Well, Kron is not some nobody. He won stages at Catalunya and tour de Suisse, was 4th at Amstel this year and 4th in an uphill sprint at the Tour last year behind Van Aert, Pogacar and Matthews. He is very strong in these kinds of efforts. Also Gregoire had almost closed the gap at the top. He...

He’s litterally a first year espoirs. Seems a little premature, no?

Strong break. Peloton might not see them again. Look out for Rootkin-Gray as an outside bet.

I know Denmark famously used to have lots of exciting juniors and espoirs riders who did not live up to the expectations later on, so one should be careful with these super young riders. But I have never seen a Danish junior who compares to Withen Philipsen. Not even Mads Pedersen leading the...

The winner from the juniors race Albert Withen Philipsen just won the XCO event as well. Unfortunately (but understandable) not on the startlist for the itt.

Didnt know Hagenes could climb like that. Interesting.

Enlighten us.

He cant really help Ciccone nor Skjelmose if he just gets dropped on Soudet. Makes perfect sense to gain an advantage beforehand

IF Vingegaards ends up winning the Tour over Pogacar again this year, it would make good sense for UAE to send both Pogacar and Ayuso next year.

I believe one can acknowledge that this was not the best version of Remco and still feel like he might have big trouble with Ayuso come La Vuelta. IMO Evenepoel still has some questions to answer with regards to his climbing ability. Not in terms of being a very good climber (which he already...

No disrespect to Almeida who is a great rider but Ayuso is in another class, really. I dont think it will be long until Ayuso has overtaken the former in the UAE hierarchy. Potentially after this year’s Vuelta already.

I dont think he lost 9 seconds by sitting up for the last 50 metres lol