Recent content by ChasingPotatoes

I think MvdP was really good in the 3 monuments and had, as always in the last couple of years, the potential to win all 3 of them with highest chances in Roubaix (without bad luck he would have been in the mix, 100% sure) but also chances in MSR and Flanders if riding a bit more conservative...

There's simply a limit on what Pog can achieve in a flat race with his all-in / long-solo riding style, and he hit the wall twice in Roubaix. People can argue other riders aren't as crazy as he is, but why should they be? And some races are won by a tiny bit of tactics (and luck and no...

You really seem to try hard to stretch it. From what I saw, the pulling was around 40% WvA en 60% Pog. And the main culprit was Pog: he tried 4 times to drop WvA: on Bersee (just after WvA's attack), Mons-en-Pevele, the uphill after Mons-en-Pevele and Carrefour. He also tried to put pressure on...

There is a difference between getting the draft from a team car and going 70K/hr back to the peloton, and sitting behind the team car that is in a convoy of cars, behind the peloton. If you're sitting in between cars, you're not doing anything wrong. If you're doing a Zingle / Nils Eekhoff...

The UAE car passed before WvA got going again. I don't know what other cars passed / were in that convoy but it seems to me WvA all cars aheard, while Pog got going while some cars were still passing, so more of a ride in between the cars for Pog. And also just a quicker bike change, due to...

This edition gets: 6.5/10 and there is nothing and no one that can convince me it should rank any higher. I love WvA but a lot of ratings are largely based on how people feel about WvA winning. In order to be a bit more objective, I developed a scoring system to rate the race. Far from perfect...

So much happened in the race but I can't help thinking: WvA had his usual share of mechanics (2 flats). So even though he won, he and his team should seriously look at his material / riding, because he always seem to have flats in Roubaix. Watching slo-mo footage going through corners, you see...

Moments you cry as an adult man: ✅ cutting onions ❌ second kid gets born ✅ Bike crash, frame cracked ❌ Mother-in-law dies ✅ WvA wins P-R

There are some subtle nuances / differences compared to last year: There was a headwind between Cipressa and Poggio and a tailwind on the Poggio (the other way around last year), and the 3-man break had Pidcock instead of Ganna. So last year was a super fast run in to the Poggio, and with the...

You have the podium! Not sure if there was a couch though 😉

It’s clear mvdp isn’t in the same league as the great wva.

We don’t know how many bullets he used to get back from the crash, but in any way, Pog used more bullets / sacrificed more skin!

This was awesome.

Front 2 surplace and wva taking it

This is becoming a Goss - wheel - sucking finale.