Recent content by pablohidalgo7

Because Magagnotti will be the next Petacchi ;)

Magagnotti is the real deal in terms of sprinting, but still quite surprising his podium with 0 experience at this level.

Shape matters too, not just for the cyclists. Most Movistar riders usually start the season close to their peak form, while Moscon, Denz, or Cattaneo just the opposite, moreover they still can add riders like FFB, Tratnik or Pithie to the final TTT instead of Finn and one of Moscon/Denz (I dont...

Very good team performance today, not only from Remco and Van Gils, also the kids controlled the race quite well until top of Puig Major with Boichis as last man again like yesterday.

Will Remco go for it again from far or they will play also the Van Gils card today? I have the feeling that Maxim is also in shape and they are number 1 and 2 favourites over Morgado and Scaroni for today. This means nothing for the reast of the season in terms of team level, but I think that...

Perfect explanation, thanks. Finn was a bit the weak point I would say, dropping even before Moscon (wich normally is out of shape in this arly months) but still managed to be with the team and contribute for more than half of the TTT despite his inexperience and light weight, not bad. Van Gils...

I didn´t timed it, but after Denz pulled only for some seconds Lipo did a pull of more than a minute carrying great speed. Although is possible that he is in best shape than the rest of Red bull Mallorca riders, he is coming from altitude.

Lipowitz finished the Paris-Nice TTT like a bullet last year, and yesterday I got the feeling he was almost on par with Remco in the few turns of him that we were able to watch. Honestly, I don't think it will be easy for Remco to shake him off in the Tour de France TTT, even going all out. Most...

Van Poppel's strengths are his skill and reaction time, which is why he was able to catch the Ineos train and then, at the last moment, switch to the Decathlon train; he's very much like Sagan in that sense. This, combined with his consistency, makes him ideal for achieving top-five finishes in...

Puntcure in E3 when riding for a minor place, covering movements in the GW climbs for Meeus, 11th in RVV, crashed in both DVV in Roubaix when he also had the chance to fight for some sort or result (top 10 at most) after making the early selection of riders. Wasn´t great but not physically as...

I feel that Pithie is one of the cyclists most unfairly rated by the press and fans in terms of his performance last year. The problem (beyond crashes and punctures at key moments in some classics) is that when he's had the legs, they've wasted him as a domestique. Last year he did incredibly...

Furthermore, he had entered his typical downward spiral that occurs when his injuries are more serious than they appear and are worsening. At first, he could disguise his struggles in uphill sprints, but without explosiveness and basically just surviving (a bit like in this year's Giro before...

Im a Primoz mega fan but to be honest for 2025 Rogla is not good, very hard for him, a *** but explosive parcours like 2025 Vuelta would have been better. He will need to rediscover 2023 level or at least 2024 Vuelta shape to be the favourite versus Almeida and company… Seems complicated but...

Exactly, Roglic rarely gives his all without the guarantee of gaining significant time on a rival when the race is very close (last year's Volta a Catalunya is the exception, and I think that's because he was frustrated with the intermediate sprints). And that was clearly seen at Lo Port. In my...

Hope so! Although for me he should do other type of schedule, more 🇮🇹 and 🇪🇸 .1 and . Pro races with some 🇧🇪 hilly races not suitable for sprinters.