Recent content by Oldman

That is the heart of what I witnessed. Tadej took every favorable meter of terrain to punish whoever could follow and had the poise to settle into a great tempo after. Rinse, repeat time and again. It was alot like Strade Bianche where he got gaps, settled in and monitored the chasers. To...

of crashing?

This seems reasonable. The risks and GT climbing training can't wait in this planning progression, IMO. Recovery from PR, particularly the first time is no small thing.

And MvP will likely have a serious teammate, capable of winning in proximity.

And there are no 20% power sections that favor Tadej. He turned the screws on each of those opportunities and everyone scrambled to gain contact in pure futility. The first time everyone was right there and fresh. His power/wt pedalling style was on full display. PR may present...

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Belgians send death threats to other Belgian riders....Who knows what motivations require such analysis of guys riding a bike. Don't think there was an Alpecin rider in the same time zone as Mathieu so I'd rely on his judgement. He doesn't seem to whine or lose sleep over not winning since...

If he admits after the fact and you question the approach he is being situationally realistic. It's amazing that many here pillory Tadej for demonstrating serious skills and denigrate all but the Belgian losers. Eddy would be embarrassed and he knows how he was treated by Spanish and French...

It's reality. Races that long can make you feel like crap, then OK, then great at different points. You keep going in hope the rider in front experiences some failure and try not to hyper-extend resources in the process. I'm sure the pain-fog doesn't help after 4 hours either.

It's easy to analyze that huge effort from our comfy perspective. One thing is clear: Mathieu is accustomed to and expects to win every race he enters. He wasn't riding for 2nd and Remco is an afterthought until he rides close enough to be of assistance. He would know that Remco has zero...

That's the call up when 2 of the 5 have won it multiple times, one has 2 recent gold medals....It's also not a single track CX start for a 45 minute race. None of those guys stayed in the front 20 riders for more than a few minutes so your point suggests subterfuge where it doesn't really...

Roubaix is brutal on all levels. IMO he should take the good signals from Flanders and work on continued climbing power, wherever. It wouldn't need to be at altitude necessarily. Taking a beating at Roubaix could add 2 weeks to recovery for the efforts he should be working on. It's more...

That's credible, tactically. That leaves two Belgian heroes to wait how long before they engage? The press has not let up on expectation once Wout has shown signs of injury recovery and Remco became the Suprise Party Debutante. It's not like you can cruise indefinitely and still have your own...

And one for the Cream fans involving their crazy music cousins.... View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss1EyyXL4Gk

And one for the Rushcanucks: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQzTSDgUlEs