Recent content by Hugo Koblet

Wow, what a win! I don't remember ever having seen anything like that before. Masterpiece.

Didn't he crash as well, though? Not sure how serious it was, but it might have taken the top off his shape.

What the hell happened to Tiberi?

I've always said that I think Sanremo is the hardest for him to win. I still think that he'll win all of the above, though.

His ride today was one of the most impressive performances I've ever seen, age taken into consideration.

Honestly, I think it's a disadvantage for your odds of finishing in the top 10 to go in the early break in this race with UAE keeping the gap so small.

I'm pretty sure that Boonen had a higher top speed than Evenepoel on flat road, so it's actually Evenepoel who can't ride as fast as Boonen could.

This kid is insane. Obviously it'll be very interesting what he does at the Tour, and I think at this point it'll come as no surprise to anyone if he just straight up podiums. I'm very much looking forward to his performance in Strade Bianche. Obviously expecting him to put up a fight against...

Omloop is very balanced and even a bit harder this year than usual. I don't see how it's a sprinter's race at all. Plus Van der Poel usually doesn't do it, which is probably the most important factor that speaks against a sprint this year.

My stars for the race: ***** Van der Poel **** Magnier, Brennan, Philipsen *** Laporte, Pidcock, De Lie, Girmay ** Wellens, Abrahamsen, F. Vermeersch, Van Baarle * Wærenskjold, Withen, Vacek, Meeus, Andresen

Great news that Van der Poel is riding. Omloop is one of my favorite races of the year and obviously it's nice to see the biggest riders ride it.

Can't wait to see Seixas in action in a stage race again. I'm also curious to see how Widar fares. His debut in Figuera was promising.

Do you know if anything happened? Or did he just give up?

As a fellow Tiberi disciple, I gotta say that I'm happy with how Valenciana went. 4th was just about the best he could have hoped for in a field like this and with this parcours. I'm very optimistic for his season - he looks great.

True, that of course is a good point.