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Have some respect. Lucinda Brand lost her mother this winter, who had a stroke and whom she's been caring for ever since. Still she kept pushing on like the professional she is. I think she couldn't care less whether you find her "likeable".

It's really clear how Del Grosso always keeps a huge gap when he's following Nys, whereas Nys is safe to ride on Del Grosso's wheel because the latter hardly makes any mistakes. Which in a way is an advantage for Nys.

Sven Nys was saying live on tv that Thibau was planning to change tires in the final lap. Obviously didn't do it. But what won Tibor the silver medal was the fact that he was the best on that climb, he's been the best on it all weekend. Even better than Mathieu.

Chladonova the strongest, Bentveld the best technically. The winning move on the descent where Pieterse crashed yesterday... that takes some metaphorical balls. There's no doubt that Chladonova is the bigger talent, but she needs some more actual climbs to make the difference.

That was clearly the best race so far. Won by a 16-year-old. Hopefully the course won't dry out too much before the men's race. This is what this course needs: a bit of mud, a bit of sliding in each corner, the descents a bit more tricky. Then it becomes a really great course.

Yeah, that was unnecessary by Manon Bakker... who rode an impressive race otherwise. Not that much worse than Fouquenet in the end. Puck has had one good weekend this season and the rest was just all crashes and mistakes on decisive moments. Alvarado rode a perfect race but just doesn't have...

The general public is exactly the reason why Tietema should be in. Of course that team moves the needle. My little cousin has no idea who any of these Caja Rural guys is (or who Jonas Vingegaard is, for that matter) but he knows the Rockets. Don't underestimate the power of the internet...

Exactly. This choice is just a very deliberate middle finger to Tietema. I'm not his biggest fan, but it's pretty clear that in terms of impact on the race, and attention around it, they would be by far the better choice. They're trying to do everything right, and Prudhomme's response is...

Having watched the relay, I think at least most elite men will be able to climb it. That hill in Maasmechelen is more difficult.

It's fun because unlike in other sports, where they usually have man - woman - man - woman, in cyclocross the teams themselves can decide which category rides when. At least the last time I watched, I don't know if that's still the case. But then you get a race with lots of plot twists, where...

There were fewer world cups, but as Sven Nys rightly indicated, MVDP isn't racing them all so that about evens it out. Regarding the opposition, that's always difficult to compare, but there probably wasn't someone of Van Aert's talent among them. I don't remember every cross with Sven Nys...

It's purely theoretical anyway, as MVDP won't quit cyclocross and Van Aert will keep wanting to win a Monument... but the question was whether he could, and that's what my answer was about. Maybe if in the next one or two years it becomes clear that he simply doesn't have it in him anymore to...

I think he could, if he focuses more on cyclocross... he's probably still physically the best of the rest, although not as good as he was a few years ago. But technically he's never been great and without a lot of races he's quite bad. Someone with not as much power like Del Grosso can follow...

I think most races with Pogacar are boring as hell as well, in fact last year I couldn't be bothered to watch a lot of them since I already know the result beforehand. But that doesn't mean I think Pogacar should quit cycling to become an alpine skier. It's not his fault he's so much better...