Recent content by hfgon1

In all your comments you miss a decisive point. It is different to look on an era while it is ongoing than looking on an era that is gone for a long time. All riders from the Merckx era already have their careers finished, so their palmares is complete. So you have a whole look on their career...

This is such a weird post in my eyes... I could also say that Pogacar has beaten Chris Froome in 2021 Tour de France. He has beaten Grand Tour winners like Geraint Thomas, Vincenzo Nibali, Tom Dumoulin, Richard Carapaz, Egan Bernal, Jai Hindley, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Nairo Quintana, Sepp Kuss...

Doesnt matter at all how he thinks right now about retiring. It is nothing more than a hint on if he is having a short or a long career. 3-4 years from now his feeling can be much different.

To read the name of Jens Voigt in this thread is weird for me. As a german I followed his career closely and of course you can always talk about someones attitude and there will always be different opinions. I wouldnt even say that I was a big fan of Jens Voigt. But he was a really great...

Thanks for organizing and keeping us up to date every day. Last year yellow, this year on the podium and in green. Seems like Le Tour suits me :oops:

Excited for this stage. I'm pretty sure that Remco will win today easily. Behind it's Pogacar versus Vingegaard. I think Vingegaard is the better time trialist in hilly sections. That were the time trials where he gained time but today is completely flat. I think that a flat time trial pretty...

This guy is hilarious good. Beating Jan Christen on a 2,4km 7,8% hilly finish while close to Maxim Van Gils is crazy. He will win a lot in the future.

Doesnt matter at all. Pogacar, Vingegaard and even Evenepoel are so much stronger than the other guys that the helpers wont be much relevant. Their job is just to control the rest of the field and there UAE is strong enough without any doubt. In the end Pogacar, Vingegaard and Evenepoel will...

For me, right now he is with some distance the highest hope to become the next french Tour de France winner.

Just noticed that Zambanini is in the front group. Should be one of the fastest.

Why the hell is Pithie attacking? This should be a race he is able to finish top 10 from the main field. Very weird again how Bora uses him.

Great startlist. Philipsen, Magnier, Welsford, Pithie, Matthews, Andresen, Vernon, Garcia Cortina and the local guys Ackermann, Teutenberg and Kanter for a sprint. Cort, Adria, Aranburu, Nys, Morgado, Powless, Wellens, Hirschi, Alaphilippe, Teuns, Stephen Williams, Velasco or again a local with...

Question for the future: Would it be possible to use cq-ranking from a bit prior to the event? I have a limited amount of time these days and others surely too, so using the ranking from 4 days prior the start of the event is a bit suboptimal in my eyes. I think it wouldnt change a lot to use...

Vingegaard now favourite to win Le Tour.

Narvaez and Wellens out. Major blow for Pogacars Ardennes.