2022 Canadian WT Races - September 9th + September 11th

[Kwibus]

Van Aert almost dropped on a 2k 6%

2k 8%

 

[roundabout]

And of course he finished last in the group

 

[Didinho]

POGIII awesome!! Love to see Bagioli ready for the end of the year

 

[Volderke]

WvA 2nd. Nothing extraordinary happened!

 

[postmanhat]

Normal service is resumed.

 

[Red Rick]

Naichaca is gonna have a field day with this one

 

[tobydawq]

Very nice final lap but the race does show the fundamental problem with circuit races.

And please don't mock Wout for this, there really is no shame in losing to Pogacar...

 

[RedheadDane]

Today, only Pogacar could beat Van Aert.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Pogačar‘s sprint keeps getting better and better. By now, he‘s really more of a puncheur than a climber.

 

[Didinho]

which race was that? can't remember...

Dauphine uphill sprint

 

[Kwibus]

Impressive Pogacar. van Aert has a hard time winning sprints from small groups. I'm sure Ilmaestro will enjoy it...

Pogacar simply the strongest! This guy is so versatile, he's pretty much the GC variant of van Aert.

 

[Bolder]

That was tremendously entertaining.

 

[Nick2413]

Pogi boy beating Van Aert in the sprint from starting in front of him

 

[sir fly]

Congrats to Pogačar.
WVA empty for real, wasn't calculating when lost wheels.
Bagioli in good form.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wout not the best after difficult racing beforehand and redzoning to close attacks

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Wout van 2nd at it again.
Pogacar World champ in 2 weeks?

 

[Eeslliw]

Pogacar's sprint from reduced group after hard race is really something. He will win many monuments becasue of it.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Volderke]

I wonder now if world's will be too hard for WvA... He isn't in TdF shape. Maybe he can improve slightly but Pogacar (and MvdP?) seems a better fit to the parcours, if he rides like he did today.

 

[Nick2413]

The only way to slay Van Aert is full gas racing ideally with small climbs close to the finish. Not great for monument prospects.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Almost 5000 meters of climbing seems to be too much for Van Aerts build, sure, he‘s not on peak form but I think he‘s overrated when it comes to pure climbing and endurance.

 

[Kwibus]

I wonder now if world's will be too hard for WvA... He isn't in TdF shape. Maybe he can improve slightly but Pogacar (and MvdP?) seems a better fit to the parcours, if he rides like he did today.

To me it seems that van Aert used his effort following Poga/Yates on the 2k 8%. Pogacar is known for crazy high recovery.

 

[Red Rick]

Guys just remember that Van Aert is a better and more verstatile rider than Pogacar

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I thought Van Aert would win when Pog was nice enough to lead him out, but not this time.

Gaudu should have attacked the moment he was alone on the other side. He would probably not have won anyway, but it would have been a better way to to play it

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Congrats to Pogi, he's back! Should be very strong at the WC and Lombardy as well. He attacked strongly on the last lap dropping most guys and then Yates did an even stronger surge (slightly dropping all except Pogi there) but the top5 stayed together until the finish, when Pogacar had the most power by far.

Pogi boy beating Van Aert in the sprint from starting in front of him

Van Aert was more tired from those 50 or so hills on this long route (resulting in 4000+ m of climb). Pogacar as a great climber went into the red for shorter time.