Recent content by Lurkerman

My username is due to the fact that I lurk this forum, used to and still do! One disadvantage of being a lurker is that you can’t post, and so even if you have ideas for posts when lurking, they simply remain in your head. And so when I signed up, I made a lot of posts right away - the name...

All message boards have a thread like this, and so now also Cycling News has its own (sorry if it exists already, couldn't find it). Your username - what's the meaning or story behind it, why did you choose it?

When I say "Remco to the Giro 2026", I don't actually care if he goes or not, I'm not his biggest fan. It's merely me wondering how it's like to be a top rider of your generation and then race against the goat - if that was me, I'd adopt a bit of loser mentality and not waste all of my top form...

Not sure if Vingegaard will ever retire, I can see him having a Froome-like career, forever chasing the next and final TDF. I am not at all convinced that he enjoys or wants to renovate kitchens, I think it's his wife or family who has a thing for TDF winners, sure, but also for handymen...

Vingegaard, meanwhile:

Does Pogacar have a beard? If not, why not? Does his body not grow beards? Is this a marginal gain, to not waste energy on growing beards?

I have thought about this transfer too, but I can see him wanting to try at MSR every year for as long as he can maintain the level. Just like Pog. So maybe it gets a bit complicated at UAE

I don't think it makes sense to think of TDF as a sports event. Or, to be precise, it is primarily a TV event - then there is a bit of sports in it, sure, but that's far from all that the TDF is about, I think it's primarily a vehicle for showing French sunflower fields on TV. Something like the...

I like this way of looking at it as a big 2, with MVDP showing this year that he's final obstacle for Pog to completely dominate the big scene. Who knows for how long this can last, though, and so maybe next year already there's just a big one in cycling who wins all five monuments and TdF? I...

I think the idea of the big six (from spring 2023) was that it was a small group of riders where, if only one of them started the race, you just knew (that is, pretty much 100 %) in advance that he'd win (or gift the race to Laporte). Important to keep this in mind in case someone tries to...

They're looking for the elusive mystery man who can win Québec so UAE can finally do the Canadian double. Sometimes you need to scout a bit deeper since the merely obvious signings like Adam Yates for winning UAE Tour don't always pan out

Chris Froome erasure, the season ends 31-Dec

Also the first wins of Scaroni, Astana fighting relegation was the most exciting thing in the early season

For a biased/fanboy pick, I found it exciting to see Alaphilippe pull it off at Québec

It's funny to me that Benji Naesen kept on correcting Patrick Broe whenever they discussed Paul Seixas on LRCP, due to Benji disagreeing with how Patrick is naturally bent on pronouncing "Seixas" in the "Portugese way". Patrick has realized that it'll ruin their podcast if they have to spend...