Recent content by Hugo Koblet

I understand why you'd see it that way, but you could also argue that skill plays a bigger role here than in any other race. There's a reason why the best cobbled riders almost never crashes or punctures.

Wow lol this kid is unreal. Seriously, what the hell? He's just destroying everyone for fun.

Who was the guy who said Seixas was boring?

Some great storylines waiting to be unfolded here: VDP winning a historical 4th in a row? Pogacar on his way to winning all five monuments in the same season? Van Aert finally getting that coveted cobblestone? Same for Pedersen - and add his injury to that. I think that Pogacar takes it. How...

Great stage design today. I'm leaning towards a break away victory again today. Healy's time to shine?

Solid leadout by Arrieta. But hey, what's he supposed to do?

He was solid but unspectacular last year. He was 8th in LBL, yes, but only because he won the bunch sprint. He was just 20th and 49th in the other two. I think he'll do much better this year.

I think that Laurance will be the big revelation of the Ardennes this year.

Yeah, of course he shouldn't do Tour + Vuelta this year, if that's what you're alluding to? Also, the best case scenario for anyone not named Pogacar is finishing second, so that logic should apply to everyone then. A logic I don't agree with. Finishing third behind Pogacar and Vingegaard is a...

I'm sure that the Tour has been planned for a very long time already, and I don't see why he shouldn't do it.

This is the one to look forward to. Sanremo was always gonna be a head to head between Van der Poel and Pogacar (well, at least until Pidcock showed that is wasn't), whereas this is a four horse race with Pedersen and Van Aert with a decent shot at winning as well - and, I'd argue, this is also...

This kid seems pretty good.

This could be the stage race of the season. Great parcours and great field with no one big favorite. Close call between Ayuso, Del Toro and Seixas, although I do think that Del Toro will have a hard time winning this, actually. I think that Seixas will take it just ahead of Ayuso.

I think he should do: Strade MSR E3 Flanders Roubaix LBL I do think that AGR suits him very well, but I think he would be too affected by Roubaix to do well at AGR like Pogacar was last year. But if not, by all means add AGR to the schedule as well.

I've been saying for a long time that he should do Flanders (Sanremo as well), so I'm glad to see him on the start list. I think he should be able to do very well, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him on the podium. He has a very good build for the race, lots of power, great acceleration and...