Recent content by Davesta

Interesting, thanks 👍🏻

Do you have Froome’s score for when he finished 3rd on Alpe d’Huez in 2022? It’d be interesting to see if he struggled to reach his previous level after his crash, or whether he got back there but in the meantime the sport & its climbing speeds left him behind…

Would it not be less professional though to half-ass his way around his final season, being of no use to the team but picking up his €m paycheck, like Sagan & Froome? Surely better to call it a day, and at least help the team save the money?

This is a useful summary of the team changes taking place tomorrow. Can’t wait to hear the commentators pronouncing the new Baloise Lions name 😅 https://rijden.uk/blog/guide-cyclocross-teams-and-riders/

I suspect MvdP’s legs didn’t feel good because he was forced to ride harder than he wanted due to Nys’ forcing…he definitely looked under pressure, but as someone above said - Nys wasn’t ever gonna ride MvdP off his wheel, so probably not the best tactics.

Wearing glasses at the start can be v useful, to stop mud from getting in your eyes as it flicks up from other riders’ tyres…as the riders become less crowded after a couple of laps, there’s less chance of mud flicking up, so you can then get rid of the glasses (especially as they’re probably...

He didn’t start today due to illness. So likely he was suffering from it yesterday too, hence his lacklustre race

I thought the opposite - there were a lot of mistakes made by the elite men, which is why the race situation changed & shifted so much. None of the errors were Casasola-esque and race ending for anyone, but rather small and subtle errors that cost riders 3-5 seconds, but which meant they went...

I suspect yesterday was due to fatigue from Saturday’s race - he was making uncharacteristically sloppy errors and was clearly easily irritated by them & whatever bike issues he had. It was noticeable that Mason also had a lacklustre day - despite a decent start, he quickly went backwards and...

Lars van der Haar has announced his retirement on Instagram - this will be his final season. Hopefully we’ll see him on the podium a few more times before he finishes!

Fem dabbled in bunny hopping a couple of years ago, for a few races, including the Fayetteville World Cup where she hopped them on the final lap to open a gap for the win IIRC. But since then has gone back to running them…perhaps she had a scare in practice and decided it wasn’t worth the risk...

Where did you find the coverage? I couldn’t see it on Discovery+

Got the hole shot today 😲

The stages / races that spring to mind for me are : Amstel Gold - obviously Finestre - the only stage I’ve watched twice! Ventoux - Vingegaard & Visma throwing everything at Pog, plus Healy vs VPP vs Mas. Great action. Montmartre - the only time Pog got dropped on a climb all year, and a...

That’s a shame, but not a surprise, after his long road season and with what will surely become an increased focus on the road next year following his Vuelta podium.