Recent content by Oldman

And this explains why, IMO he's a true racer. He enjoys the preparation, the tactics and accepts the outcomes with a share of humility and grace. That others find it necessary to start a thread, separate of this one to outline his slide to retirement is painful to see. Negativity gets...

This thread does seem like an opportunity to just over critique a currently enigmatic rider. He does what he wants and seems pretty good with himself. He'll be deified by rabid fans if he wins some Fall races or written off by those that never thought he would be the King. Unfortunately...

If he has anyone that contribute to maintaining the gap he would be usually smart enough to do that until he doesn't need any help. He has other races to contest so; why overwork? He didn't at Worlds and that seemed to turn out great. Absolutely no point in piling on minutes purely for ego's...

....the part that only works in Belgium.

Always....

Well, it's good Remco's team had a plan; if that was his backup. It couldn't have helped Evenpoel's calmness knowing he was getting low on backup.

Would've been more fun with Primoz, too.

That would suggest he could've gotten out of the saddle more frequently. I just don't buy that his saddle misaligned/settled to the degree he'd cramp without him actively requesting a teammate's bike. If the Belgian team didn't send someone, like all GT teams tend to; that is very close to...

Good points. There's also the history of it being difficult to drop him. It took a crash at PR for MvP to work Tadej over in much the same way as I've suggested he uses climbs to take time out of Remco and anyone else. Anyone with him on their wheel is almost instantly forced to play the...

Here's the thing: with more reliable information on gaps(?) where should a solo rider put out the most effort? The answer is simple: on the hardest parts of the course where chasers tend to go into survival mode until they are back into territory where they feel more comfortable...

Another 100 posts sorting out Remco's reactions to his loss? He should be able to win it and that situation isn't lightening the self-pressure that undoes some of his best days.

Realistically doing the longer work loads that benefit Pogacar and other GT contenders would accomplish both of those things. It's always been a balance, IMO. Could he do it if really wanted that increased climbing ability? Hard to say with the theatrics coming from Saddlegate. He doesn't...

Unfortunately those instances don't last long. Vindegaard hangs on a bit more but same result.

Skujins is definitely a hard man. He's managed to finish well in varied and somewhat tortuous WCships, classices and hard GT stages. I'm not sure they can afford to let him on his own agenda based on the dollar$ going to the other 3 you mentioned.

He'd better win the RR.