Recent content by djerkson

Yes, I'm from Belgium, cycling is very popular here, in fact it's on the same level as football. Flanders is a true 'Mekka of cycling' you might say. And I'm living close to the border with the Netherlands, very close to a small village where Dumoulin is living (Kanne, a pitoresque village quite...

Dumoulin couldn't handle top sports and cracked mentally. Didnt' want to be the hero and had a hard time being treated like this ever since he had won the Giro. So no.

Van Aert's been doing road racing since he was a kid. Like Oliver Naesen and Tiesj Benoot were stating on Belgian television: Wout and Mathieu aren't coming from out of nowhere, they were dominating cycling ever since they started. They did the same, in cyclocross AND on the road when they were...

I'm pretty sure Salieri said the same of Mozart. Or Iniesta of Messi. Do you recognize a wonderkid when you see one? Van Aert, Pogacar, Bernal, Mathieu van der Poel and Evenepoel: the future of cycling. Better get used to it.

So you're admitting genes play a huge role, technically speaking.

Nothing alien about MvdP. Good genes with Poulidor as grandfather and dad as a very good rider himself. I see pages with tons of bullsh*t accusations in them, but zero evidence. Mathieu is really that good and David van der Poel is really that normal. You would think if they both were doping, we...

I've read the Pelgrim-article as well. Indeed, it seems RE is surpassing expectations. Between the tour of Romandy and Hammer Series/the tour of Belgium, there's a significant difference in his performances. Is it because of his altitude training? Because of the weight loss? Because of the...

Ok, since you've taken the time to give a decent answer, I'll do the same :) So it can't be that he's a Messi (or a Ronaldo if you're suspicious of all the hormones Messi received when he was a kid) or a Mozart of cycling, simply brilliant by nature because of his physionomy? In all layers of...

No, also not entourage-wise. Dad Adri is his only entourage, since he has no trainer. Must Belgians cheer for Mathieu, but is by no means a Belgian guy. Neither is Pogacar nor Bernal, also incredible almost unbelievable riders according to this thread. Winning the tour at age 22 is madness as...

I could mention Rasmussen, Riis or Holm. Or Festina. Or US Postal. Or Rabobank. Or Lpr brakes starring di Luca. Or Telekom. Or Gerolsteiner with Kohl and Schumacher. How many Belgians do you count?

Of course DQS is the most logical choice. It's a team of winners and also professional. Tom Boonen used to be a councellor for Lotto in his first year after retirement. His words when quitting this job were: miles away from professionalism, no science, no tactic, no decent training etc. You...

Not full clean, but you can't deny there's been a shift. Youngsters used to have a hard time confirming their talent in pro cycling. When you were top in u23 in the 90's or the 00's, it was by no means a promise of making it big time in pro cycling. Then there was the fact of the real 'aliens'...

Look at your nickname. Wasn't that the doped bike guy? Oh wait, there's no evidence. And yes, Mathieu, Wout and Aert are all pretty solid throughout their careers, with wins ever since they started doing what they're doing. Mathieu and Wout redefined the cyclocross. It's easy for us, ain't it...

This thread is stupid. It's the same with Mathieu Vdp and Wout Van Aert. He's a once in a lifetime kind of guy. His results don't come from nowhere, they are pretty much constant and it's like that ever since he decided to exchange his football shoes for a bike. Evidence in this thread: 0. Oh...

Re: Re: https://twitter.com/dklasikoa The official organisation thread on twitter mentions 10 seconds for Gva and the next post is about Adam Yates. Enough evidence to convince you?