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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    Close. The Poets Bureau was established during the Cold War, to propagandize behind the Iron Curtain. Rumour has it they wrote the...
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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    Nys has been a celebrity pretty much all his life, a real life soap following his every move, he's the chouchou of the Flemish public...
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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    I'm not sure that's even the reason, Del Grosso used to be known as somewhat of a difficult kid. Alpecin is a much better fit for him...
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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    Tibor made Thibau look like a struggling fish out of water today. That sand section where he looked out of it and both Belgians...
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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    Del Grosso is known to be a guy who is somewhat "difficult" in the sense that he doesn't take things too seriously and prefers to just...
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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    Both of them sound Belgian to a Dutch ear. And Wout is more capable of code switching than Mathieu is, maybe because Wout spends more...
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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    I doubt it. The Belgian nats are in Beringen. A good course for Thibau Nys, I would think.
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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    His strength, and a bit of pushing and shoving. Which is what you need to do when it's basically a crit race like today, but it's what...
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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    Van Aert just didn't have it. He couldn't create a gap, and he's not going to take all these corners faster than Nys or Del Grosso, or...
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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    Puck will be the underdog in Hulst, on a course that really suits her. I wouldn't count her out just yet. All pressure will be on Brand...
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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    If you look at the moving images, he doesn't.
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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    I think Del Grosso lacks a bit of engine for the real big races. He needs his tactical and technical skills to win, like in that stage...
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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    The cycling gods are cruel, but sometimes they also give a rider his long deserved due. Van Aert will win Flanders or Roubaix at some...
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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    Anyone can win a sprint against Van Aert these days ;) Just kidding, but he just doesn't have the awareness or the confidence to make...
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    theyoungest replied to the thread Race Thread.
    Del Grosso is such a technically gifted rider... just doesn't seem to move a muscle, other than his legs. And also quick, apparently.