Recent content by senna6541

Agreed. On LBL, would be great if Pogi decided to sit it out now that winning all the Monuments in the same year is off the table. Without Pogi MVDP would have a fighting chance of winning there. Wishful thinking though and I doubt MVDP goes there just to fight for a podium spot.

And the only other worthwhile goal is road WC's but seems too hard - at least if a decent Pogi is defending?

Yeah, was interesting to see how much he still thinks about the MTB in the short film that just came out. Between the fact that MTB riding/ racing is just more fun than the road, and the fact that it remains a massive personal challenge for him when everything else comes so "easy", the guy is...

Frustrating race to say the least. The competition needed him to have that bad of luck to keep him from winning (whether in a spring or even dropping Wout and Pogi on the cobbles). Tough breaks at both spring monuments but that's the way it goes and in cycling if you come out in one piece and...

He was chased down by 4 strong guys that were working together on a flat headwind. Also, I don't think it's a stretch to chalk up MSR to the crash actually benefitting Pogacar. MVDP doesn't get dropped when Pidcock makes it. Finally, MVDP went into RVV last year sick and crashed too - so we'll...

As good as he is, folks can have the 140lb Pogi on his clown bike and clown bars. There's nobody like MVDP. The style, the handle, the sheer athleticism and strength is unmatched in bike racing. It's never boring with MVDP.

Bad TDF route and bad WC course make it easy for MVDP to finally focus on the MTB after the Spring Classics!

Sounds good to me, especially given the 2026 WC road race course in Montreal likely has too many sustained climbs?

I'd like to see him ride everything because any race or stage is worth watching if he is in it. But focus on getting at least one more PR and RVV and then the only other road targets should be those he can fit in around a robust MTB season from now until the Olympics in 2028. The guy obviously...

Yeah, don't spend as much time on the MTB here during the summer. But it's still plenty doable early AM. And there's some good stuff up in the mountains as close 90 minutes to the east or 2+ plus hours if you want to hit Prescott, Sedona or Flag.

South Mountain and Hawes are my favorites, but we're lucky to have a lot of good options here in Phoenix Metro and in AZ in general.

I get it. And there is no doubt the level on the descents has gone way up since MVDP was winning in 2019 - it's actually kind of insane how fast the younger guys descend techy stuff. That said, older guys like Fluckiger and Blevins have managed pretty much stay on level. The sport has gotten a...

Pidcock better on the MTB (mostly because he rides it a lot more often), but he's nowhere near the bike handler that MVDP is in CX or on the road. In CX he takes all kinds of time on Pidcock in and out of corners, over barriers, in the sand, technical power uphills sections that no one else...

I don't think MVDP is lacking in XC skills, but rather he's never built up any race rhythm since he stopped racing with any regularity after 2019. The bikes have changed a lot - as in they've made it a lot easier to ride faster (especially on the techy stuff) than MVDP's setup 6 years ago when...

Happy for Wout, but he caught a big break when MVDP went home.