Recent content by Vinther1991

According to his wikipedia page, VdP won E3 like half an hour ago :laughing: Whoever updated his page must be sweating now, haha.

Lipo doesn't need an excuse, he performed at roughly the expected level, or the level reflected by the hype (he probably outperformed that honestly) and betting odds.

Bring the excuses, the popcorn is ready.

When looking at this you have to consider who from the past 2 years have been the strongest GC rider besides the ones who already won the Tour (Vingegaard, Pogacar and I guess Bernal). That would be Roglic, Evenepoel, Lipowitz, Almeida (not counting retired Yates). You can add in a couple of...

Axelgaard is right. No matter how people here try to twist and turn and rationalize this announcement and its timing, it is really strange and can only suggest something being seriously off. Usually riders don't retire on a wimp just after a training camp and just after the transfer window has...

I don't want to accuse Simon Yates of breaking any rules, there can be other reasons for this looking weird. But everybody have to admit this is probably the weirdest retirement from cycling in many, many years. I don't think the team has told us everything that has been going on. S. Yates comes...

Of course I can, a win is better than second place.

Obviously two historic seasons, and only the best of Merckx seasons are in the same conversation. I vote for 2024. I could maybe be convinced that 1st in Flanders, 2nd in Roubaix, 2nd in Amstel, 1st in Fleche and 1st in EC tie a Giro win. I think Giro d'Emilia is worth a bit more than Tre Valli...

Another classics podium, this time in Paris-Tours. A rider who can podium both Tre Valli Varesine and Paris-Tours is automatically an interesting rider to look out for. Means he can probably do well in any classic.

Slovenia should have send Roglic instead, he is the better TT rider.

1. Pogacar 2. Vingegaard 3. Almeida 4. Roglic (clinging on as I am still factoring in 2024 and 2023 a little. Catalunya was impressive this year, but it was his weakest season since 2017) 5. Evenepoel (based almost exclusively on the Tour 2024, he has to prove himself next year or he will drop...

I don’t even know why this is a question. Last two years GC results in major races: Evenepoel: 2024 Paris-Nice - 2nd Dauphine - 7th Tour - 3rd 2025 Romandie - 5th Dauphine - 4th Almeida: 2024 Catalunya - 9th Suisse - 2nd Tour de France - 4th 2025 Paris-Nice - 6th Basque Country - 1st Romandie...

A pity to miss out on the podium, but he showed that he is still a very serious GC rider when he manages to hit his peak shape. Then he can be a podium contender for any Grand Tour. This Vuelta didn’t even have a route that was particularly good for him.

I was thinking he could perhaps just get a top 10 if he was lucky. He far exceeded my expectations. I never viewed him as a serious GC rider, but he has definitely proven himself now. I think the Giro and the Tour are much harder for him, but if he can carry on the good trend, maybe he can also...

Sorry, was just assuming he would, seems it isn’t the case. My larger point still stands.