Recent content by Hugo Koblet

True, that of course is a good point.

What I don't understand is why he didn't try, if that's the case. It's a rare opportunity to test yourself against the clock, and you should take it. Especially when you're on a new team with new equipment.

That makes no sense. Is it too dangerous or not?

He does indeed seem like a much more well-rounded rider than one would think. He was also great on the sterrato stage in the Giro last year, and I think his time trial was decent as well. I'm looking forward to seeing him in Strade this year. I think he can top 5 that race.

Let's see if he can keep this up. He's obviously in stellar form, but can he keep that until the Classics? I would love to see him do well in the classics, and I think he's very well-built for that, but his history in mind, I fear that he's peaking too early once again.

How the hell did Christen and his buddies close a minute to the peloton who's closing in on the front group?

That's very true. I would expect that as well, the circumstances being very different this year.

Milan actually lost less than 30 seconds on the Skyview stage when he did it 3 years ago. With bonifications he could actually be a legit threat to GC. I also think that Söderqvist might climb well enough to do a good GC as well. All depending on the final time gap of course.

Any news on how the recovery is going?

I would expect him to do a warm up race before the Vuelta. Tour of Denmark, for instance. But I also think that Visma is careful to not overdo it. Their riders usually don't have that many race days, so I understand why they would want to nurse Brennan a bit this season.

What does that mean? 😅

Any news on De Lie?

I guess it's a fine exercise to try and work out what the absolute maximum a rider can score is, but I don't think that Evenepoel will get anywhere close to 3900 points. I did "realistic best case" (if that's a thing) for Evenepoel at some point with these results: Valenciana 1st, Catalunya 3rd...

You lost me in your first sentence, yet you still managed to convince me that 2026 is the year of Quinn Simmons. Or Fred Wright. I'm not entirely sure.

I gotta say that I love it, and I think he should be able to do fine. But he does have a ridiculously hard schedule with 12 hard one-day races within two months, so I agree that my worry is whether he still has enough left in the tank for what should be his biggest goal, the Ardennes.