76th Dwars door Vlaanderen: 30 March, 2022

[Eddy Evenepoel]

No still in the peleton.
So no Jumbo in the front

No, Benoot went with MVP. He is in front group.

 

[tobydawq]

No still in the peleton.
So no Jumbo in the front

Lol, what? I guess your facts are your facts...

 

[Lequack]

So where is Quickstep?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Pidcock seems to be back to his normal self today, however I still have my doubts about him in Flandres as he was only 41st last year

I think he still lacks a bit in the endurance part when it comes to such a long race at this stage, but he's still young and can improve.

 

[Mayomaniac]

So where is Quickstep?

 

[Volderke]

Is there a way MvdP can loose this?

 

[Mayomaniac]

My impression is that MVDP is still not at 100%

 

[Boes]

Lol, what? I guess your facts are your facts...

No, Benoot went with MVP. He is in front group.

My bad!!
all is well in the world, jumbo in front

although only one guy though...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Is there a way MvdP can loose this?

He's on his own for starters, could easily be caught out by a late attack as everyone will look at him to close any gaps. He's also been grimacing a bit and he doesn't usually pretend to be struggling.

 

[postmanhat]

Front group a better size now. Jakobs wasn't contributing at all

 

[JosefK]

Good tune-up ride for Pogi.

 

[Mayomaniac]

He's on his own for starters, could easily be caught out by a late attack as everyone will look at him to close any gaps. He's also been grimacing a bit and he doesn't usually pretend to be struggling.

Plus if Politt manages to hang on he's pretty good in a reduced sprint after a hard race, I remember him outsprinting guys like Trentin at the end of one day races.

 

[postmanhat]

I think he still lacks a bit in the endurance part when it comes to such a long race at this stage, but he's still young and can improve.

He looked pretty good at the end of last year's Worlds, riding away from WVA and MVDP. I think his lack of racing will be a bigger factor this year.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Plus if Politt manages to hang on he's pretty good in a reduced sprint after a hard race, I remember him outsprinting guys like Trentin at the end of one day races.

To be fair it doesn't take much to outsprint Trentin after a hard race.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

My impression is that MVDP is still not at 100%

?

Didn't even once get that impression. Seems to be able to follow everything easily so far.

Pidcock is a danger in the sprint tho

 

[Bushman]

Pogacar doing his best Milano-Torino ‘21 impression. Meaning he will smoke everyone on Sunday.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Pogacar doing his best Milano-Torino ‘21 impression. Meaning he will smoke everyone on Sunday.

It's not even bad legs today, just bad positioning on the wrong climb. Oude Kwaremont will be a problem for him come Sunday though.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Lol at Pogacar destroying specialists on flat cobbles.

 

[Mayomaniac]

To be fair it doesn't take much to outsprint Trentin after a hard race.

Yeah, Trentin can either do well in a bunch sprint after an easy race or go on the attack in a hard race, but sprinting after a hard race isn't his biggest strength.
that said, Politt was 5th in the 2019 RVV sprint, only beaten by MVDP and Kristoff, ahead of guys like Matthews and Naesen, the guy has a decent sprint after a hard race.

 

[Eclipse]

Pog is just box office lol

 

[Mayomaniac]

?

Didn't even once get that impression. Seems to be able to follow everything easily so far.

Pidcock is a danger in the sprint tho

Yeah, they are both similar sprinters who rely a lot on their kick/being explosive.

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Pog has been insane this race, even if he has no chance to fight for the win.

 

[glassmoon]

Bad luck for Greg... rear flat

 

[Mayomaniac]

That said, Politt looks pretty cooked to me.

 

[Salvarani]

Good race and Sunday will be very interesting