2021 World Championships in Flanders: Road Races

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Mar 19, 2009
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I don't know that Belgium's tactics were that bad. Wout just didn't have the legs today - it happens. Neither he nor Van der Poel had the legs to win today. Colbrelli I'm not totally sure about.

Where did this sudden form from Valgren come from? He's been mostly mediocre for a few years now and the last few weeks he's back to 2018. It was super impressive the way he bridged to the front group, the only guy able to do it.
 
May 14, 2017
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Belgium evidently wanted a hard but controlled race to drop other sprinters, that backfired spectacularly. In the end Remco getting in breaks only contributed to the race being too hard for WVA today.
 
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I don't know that Belgium's tactics were that bad. Wout just didn't have the legs today - it happens. Neither he nor Van der Poel had the legs to win today. Colbrelli I'm not totally sure about.

Where did this sudden form from Valgren come from? He's been mostly mediocre for a few years now and the last few weeks he's back to 2018. It was super impressive the way he bridged to the front group, the only guy able to do it.
If you have one of the strongest riders, and completely waste him with 200km to go, i think it's fair to say tactics sucked huge balls.
 
Jul 2, 2019
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I don't know that Belgium's tactics were that bad. Wout just didn't have the legs today - it happens. Neither he nor Van der Poel had the legs to win today. Colbrelli I'm not totally sure about.

Where did this sudden form from Valgren come from? He's been mostly mediocre for a few years now and the last few weeks he's back to 2018. It was super impressive the way he bridged to the front group, the only guy able to do it.
Hes good again because Team NTT no longer exist
 
May 23, 2011
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I don't know that Belgium's tactics were that bad. Wout just didn't have the legs today - it happens. Neither he nor Van der Poel had the legs to win today. Colbrelli I'm not totally sure about.

Where did this sudden form from Valgren come from? He's been mostly mediocre for a few years now and the last few weeks he's back to 2018. It was super impressive the way he bridged to the front group, the only guy able to do it.

Valgren hit a really good form at the 2020 Vuelta and has been pretty good since. He has been unlucky with crashes but his form has been good all year.
 
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He was like second in predictions here. Not sure what you are talking about. I didn't check the bets sites.
Really. Thought most agreed the parcours didn't particularly suit him here, compared to other favourites. At least from all the previews I read.
 
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If Remco would have been protected, I think he showed he had the legs today to have covered Alaphillippe.
Maybe, maybe not. Riding on the front at a hard steady tempo isn't the same as the kind of explosion in the legs Ala has. I don't think he would have been able to go with him. Maybe once or twice but I don't think anyone had the form today to go with him on that last one. But yeah, if somehow he'd been able to go with him every time at least Belgium would have come away with a silver.
 
Aug 9, 2021
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I need therapy! How did this happen?! Did I really watch Alaphillipe do exactly what he did last year and actually winning again? Or is this a weird parallel universe?!