Recent content by gavia88

I don't agree there were a few more aspects that could have been different: -I think Jumbo rode very defensive in the beginning of the Tour, because of the Dauphine crash. So, the Dauphine crash really has impact -I think they underestimated Pogacar, plus Pog probably had some likeability...

2019 just by showing up 2020 without the Dauphine crash and/or more agressive tacticts by Jumbo 2018 was too early to see a prime Roglic so, no. And 2021 he crashed out, but I think Pogacar was too good already at that point, so even without crash I think no.

I don't want to imagine that, awful idea :sweatsmile:

ok, very fair comment. Maybe I judged the course indeed by the presence of Pogacar. I mean pre <2020 I would say, Montreal is a difficult course but not specifically for climbers. You would get your typical course, 150 k nothing, than a bigger attempt 100 to go from some countries who need to...

Sure, but in most cases, you can tweak the difficulty of the route. I mean, if swiss and Rwanda are difficult, Sallanche will have a very hard climber course, they at least could have asked to be a bit more creative with the Montreal circuit for example.

Especially in this area, with one domination rider, giving him this ultra hard courses is making it even 'easier' to win. Less tactics and less need of a strong team. Automatically a very selective race which favors him. An easier course would make it more exciting. Earlier this centary I would...

I agree! It understandable that after a while the Pog domination (and if he's not there MvdP, Vingegaard and Evenepoel are still there to win the race) get predictable and less exciting. But we should absolutely, I repeat we should absolutely not forget how boring cycling was during a lot of...

Actually, it's a bit weird that that 4 world championships in a row are extremely climbers friendly (Zurich, Rwanda, Montreal and Salanche). And than 2 sprint World Championships in a row (Abu Dhabi and Kopenhagen). A bit more variation would have been nice. Any news from the Kopenhagen...

I don't think anything is known yet over the routes those years. About Brussels 2030: https://sporza.be/nl/2024/09/27/aan-welk-parcours-denkt-flanders-classics-voor-wk-2030-in-brussel-we-kijken-naar-hoogtemeters-in-onze-hoofdstad~1727430927127/ In Brussel kan je opteren voor klimmetjes of...

That it was raining in 2024 and a good day to be behind your television

what is the hill just before they enter the circuit?

Only the finish seems to differ a bit. If I'm not mistaken they do not enter the finish lane with the hairpin they do now, but with a paralel street. But yeah, realy minor difference.

no, just switching bad between languages haha

damn, typing in Dutch was a bit silly. But yeah, with Guzet-Neige out, it's already a bit of a different story indeed about my story about the originality of the Pyrenees stages

I wouldn’t want to be too negative. It’s only stage 3, and we can't expect the queen stage anyway at stage 3. But this could, for the first time in living memory, actually turn into “original” Pyrenean stages: Les Angles, Guzet-Neige, and Gavarnie. Okay, the last one will probably be combined...