Recent content by stekelegel

Indeed you missed my point, ofc Pogacar and MVDP are the better riders. Van aert is the most versatile but he might end up with the resume of a bits and pieces player. I find it really hard to say if he really has a weakness on monuments or that he just has been unlucky and mismanaged. Look at...

I think the only thing wrong with WVA has been that he is too good in too many things. He is the best allround cyclist in a very long time. He can win bunch sprints, he is top ITT, he can win any classic and probably could ride top 5 in a GT if he focussed on it. And he isnt to bad at cyclo...

True, not looking good for WVA. He will be known as a good rider that never really made it. Massive potential, maybe the most versatile of all greats today, but never the undisputed number 1 and massivly unlucky. Could have nicked 2-3 classics from MVDP, injuries, corona,...

Great race, just made the same small mistake as many others, letting mvdp dictate the sprint. Take the lead and let mvdp overtake you, with tailwind and ganna the highest top speed of those 3 , he sure could have won.

why change? Not to make it so that the same 5 riders that dominate other races win here to? It’s great that riders from sprinters to lightweight climbers can both win. I would prefer a race that has more possible scenarios then now, combined with the same mix of riders. I saw editions with la...

[content deleted]Contador only won the tour 2009 dominating the field. 2007 and 2010 were very close. Nibali’s was probably more dominant than Contador ever realized in the tdf. Contador has the best gt record of that generation, but you always felt that he could be beaten if he wasn’t 100%...

A few weeks ago there was big discussion on age groups in football teams. An interesting fact was that people can differ 3-4 years in development. Thats why you get so many riders winning Avenir and then doing nothing as a pro. So peaking early can mean a lot or nothing at the same time...

A single simple physical issue would and should probably have been found now. This is a guy that has been racing at 150 % very early , got a few good results (not exceptional) and was expected to step up even more. And it is not happening. Might be one of those that peaked early and never gets...

I have a feeling that this rather bland and average route serves different purposes: - provide a close and exciting race for as long as possible - convince the top 5 GT riders to ride the Giro by presenting a rather easy route that makes it possible to do 2 GT / year. They want Pog, Vinge...

Add to that the incredibly bad Belgian roads and road design, combining all kinds of traffic, congestion, and absolutely selfish and dangerous driving style of all road users… no offense but riding 50 kmh in a city center is often asking for trouble. I am a rider myself but half of the time I...

Does this mean the giro / tour double is already off the table

like I said before, he is not a natural rider like Pog that can rather easy get to 80/90% and then just ride a few races to become top. Not saying these guys have it easy, but Remco needs more. He always seems to need a rather longish and perfect preparation to get to top form. Might be that he...

In 2023 yes. In 2024 no. Pog is just on another level, no shame in that. There will be some races where Remco or another Vingegard can keep up, or where he makes a tactical mistake, but if Teddy keeps his current level, everybody is riding for second place.

To early; He had a GOAT start to his career and this season probably has been the GOATest season in cycling. Glad to see it. But really needs to dis this afor another 5 years to come close. Right now he is probably in the top 5 somewhere. When tiger was playing golf, everybody was talking about...

Pogacar was obviously the best rider on the day and that by a big margin, but indeed, he rode the race like he wanted to make it challenge fior himself. If he would have waited until 50km, he wins by a couple of minutes. It would have been a perfect scenario for riders like VDP and Evenepoel to...