Recent content by Matthijs

the worlds are very hilly this year. So he has to drop a lot of weight and try to be in Mendrisio form or he has nothing better to do after the cobbles than the Tour... Besides, how many TT in the Tour did Cancellara won? Not so much. He rides for an American team, so their tacticks are as much...

Cancellara will try to win important races the rest of his career instead of pile up TT wins and working for GC men in the tour like he did in his early years. Wiggins for the Tour has to loose more weigth then last year, so he is worse in the TT. So that leaves Martin.

Astana Pro Team - Vinokourov (i'm sure he will be back) BMC Racing Team - van Avermaet Cannondale - Capecchi Lampre – Merida - Cunego Omega Pharma – Quick Step Cycling Team - Boonen/Terpstra ORICA GreenEDGE - Albasini Sky Procycling - their all boring, ok mayb EBH Vacansoleil-DCM Pro...

yeah, and Levi leipheimer is the greatest cyclist if you take polls here on cyclingnews seriously. But come on guys, I can understand that if you consider Boonen from 2009-2012 that it is equal. But Boonens results untill 2008 where so outstanding. The intro says its about all their active...

Its clear. If there is a 3rd place in your very best results you're not the greatest ;)

main differences: Boonen +2Rvv, +2PR, WC, green jersey Cancellara +MSR, 4TT WC + olympic TT People can argue MSR is nearly a WC. But how can people argue TT WC is the same as winning a Monument??? not so many years ago their wasn't even an TT WC. The rest, Tour de Suisse, 3x Gent-Wevelgem is...

With Devolder in another team, Boonen still had Pipo 'the shadow' on his wheel. Devolder could almost as easily use their rivalry as he used the fact that he was teammate of Boonen. Getting away would be a little bit harder, but if he really wanted it, I wonder if Pipo and Boonen really would...

they just try in mountain stages, so actually it looks very brave but I think they attack less then many other small teams who attack on the flat and hilly stages

I have serious doubts in the way Vacansoleil helps their riders through hard times. With Devolder it didnt looked so well.

I can see Iljo win a rainbow jersey on the track :p How many seasons did Keisse ride on the road?

Vanmarcke was up there in a lot of cobbled races last 2 years... I rate consistency high too, but consistenty in riding for the win. Not consistency like Vdb or Leukemans: they are there in the final but aren't close to winning. I'd rather have a rider being 8th and did everything he can to try...

It's easy guys: I've never seen Cancellare riding all the cobbles as first man of the peloton like Boonen does, every year... Besides, Boonen is way better in strategy. He adapted to being the best, people follow him for years and still he wins. While Cancellara is a one trick pony that could...

Everybody wants to be WT because everybody wants te ride the Tour. Euskaltel will get dropped right away I think. Their attacking breakaway climbers who never win can be easily replaced by French ones. Besides, they only really focus on 3 days in the Pyrenees and do nothing besides maybe 2...

She is not the best sprinter. Ina Yoko Teutenberg 37 year old! is probably better. She wins bunch sprints after a hard race, but not that often. She wins more the smaller bunch sprints like Boonen or Degenkolb. If she is the best climber I doubt. Maybe last 2 seasons since she lost weight for...

Even Devolder in a bad year wins more then Joost Postuma. Ok not every bad year, but at least he became Belgium champion, won TT, Belgium Tour after his Rvv wins..