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Krzysztof_O

Krzysztof_O

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Skijumper Roglic fan said:
Tadej exactly where he needs to be.

It was the same with Lombardia 2021: in the preparation races, he lacked a little bit, and in the Monument itself, he was unbeatable.

I think Tadej will be unbeatable in de Ronde… :)
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I would say it's the opposite - Pogacar has been in top form for a few weeks but he may have spent too much energy today. Then again, it's Pogacar so he'll probably be fine on Sunday.
 
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Samamba said:
Can't blame Campenaerts for his tactics today. They were on point. He knows his sprint isn't the best so he went all out for that win.
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he was running a 58 tooth chainring, so making the difference on the descent must have been the plan from the start.
 
Valv.Piti

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Great that Pidcock suddenly became a contender for Flanders. Now we all of a sudden have a much better field contesting the win that I thought a few weeks back with Mathieu and him back, Pogacar riding as well, and obviously Asgreen. I probably forgot a few. Its obvious that the generation of the last 10 years (Terpstra, Stybar, Vanmarcke, Naesen, Sagan, GVA) are past their prime so the field could look a bit lackluster if we dont have Van Aert's opposition firing on all cylinders which they seem to be doing (or very close it it - Pidcock and Mathieu).

Disappointing showing by Pedersen, he seems to be very hit and miss. I doubt he will do great in Flanders.
 
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Krzysztof_O said:
I would say it's the opposite - Pogacar has been in top form for a few weeks but he may have spent too much energy today. Then again, it's Pogacar so he'll probably be fine on Sunday.
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Yeah, he spent some energy today, but took it easy after 170kms. So he will have three days now to get ready, and on Sunday probably will have the legs of Liege and Lombardia 2021… :)
 
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Valv.Piti said:
Great that Pidcock suddenly became a contender for Flanders. Now we all of a sudden have a much better field contesting the win that I thought a few weeks back with Mathieu and him back, Pogacar riding as well, and obviously Asgreen. I probably forgot a few. Its obvious that the generation of the last 10 years (Terpstra, Stybar, Vanmarcke, Naesen, Sagan, GVA) are past their prime so the field could look a bit lackluster if we dont have Van Aert's opposition firing on all cylinders which they seem to be doing (or very close it it - Pidcock and Mathieu).

Disappointing showing by Pedersen, he seems to be very hit and miss. I doubt he will do great in Flanders.
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wasnt expecting Pidcock to be good before the Ardennes. But very nice to see him here. Wonder if he will have the same level in the much harder Flanders though.

With regard to Pedersen. I think he should have a different focus on his program next year and maybe even skip E3 and Flanders entirely unless there is bad weather. He should focus on races like Roubaix, San-Remo and then Kuurne, Gent-Wegelgem, de Panne, Scheldeprijs etc. with a shot at DDV and Omloop. Multiple punches in a race just seem to empty the tank for him very fast. So at the moment I think E3 and Flanders are just too much for him. Just like the tougher editions in DDV and Omloop.

Then again with some damaging weather the power output of others on those multiple punches might decrease in such a way that Pedersen is a contender. ;)
 
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Samamba said:
Great racing today btw. No team dominating. Just 6 really strong guys going ahead early and giving us an amazing last 10k.

One of the better ones of this year so far definitely.
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I think the course helps. None of the deciding climbs are super hard. And the final loop is even quite easy (compared to RVV anyway). So riders like VDP and Pidcock can't exploit there extreme power on harder climbs or cobbled sectors.

Levels out the playing field. Those flat run-ins as well make it a difficult cat and mouse for riders like VDP and Pidcock.

We saw a lot of the same in GW, I think 2 years back? When VDP and Van Aert cancelled eachother out, also because of the flat run in.

RVV is a completely different race where the strongest automatically come to the fore and you don't get such fun groups as today.. The race is too hard for that. So it'll be less cat and mouse
 
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Yeah, he has rarely done well in these races. Maybe the only time was in 2018 when he anticipated (he has been garbage in E-3, and I cant really remember how well/bad he has done in Flanders since).

I dont think he should drop Flanders, after all its such an integral part of the cobbled classics calendar, but youre right that he should maybe focus a bit more of the other classics he has a better shot at. Maybe he should just try to anticipate again in Flanders, I think thats the only thing he can do to make himself relevant.
 
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Devil's Elbow said:
That looked like it could have gone wrong about three times for MvdP but the attack with Benoot was perfectly timed and then he couldn't lose anymore. Pidcock had no legs and no brains in the end.
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Those "easy" course finales with a lot of shallow climbs and flat are so hard to win for him. Especially if the group is 8 man big and hard to control.
 
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Valv.Piti said:
Great that Pidcock suddenly became a contender for Flanders. Now we all of a sudden have a much better field contesting the win that I thought a few weeks back with Mathieu and him back, Pogacar riding as well, and obviously Asgreen. I probably forgot a few. Its obvious that the generation of the last 10 years (Terpstra, Stybar, Vanmarcke, Naesen, Sagan, GVA) are past their prime so the field could look a bit lackluster if we dont have Van Aert's opposition firing on all cylinders which they seem to be doing (or very close it it - Pidcock and Mathieu).

Disappointing showing by Pedersen, he seems to be very hit and miss. I doubt he will do great in Flanders.
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Pidcock won’t be competitive with the top two on the cobbled climbs on Sunday but I expect him to be dangerous in the Ardennes.
 
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Skijumper Roglic fan said:
Tadej exactly where he needs to be.

It was the same with Lombardia 2021: in the preparation races, he lacked a little bit, and in the Monument itself, he was unbeatable.

I think Tadej will be unbeatable in de Ronde… :)
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Great race by Van der Poel, I hope that he didn't spend too much energy.

As for Pogačar I am still not 100% convince despite his great performance today, let's not forget last year he had a puncture in Tre Vali Varesine where he looked set to win the race and then raced Milan Torino the day and still managedtoget 4th. Still, I think that he will manage to top10 or be close to it
 
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Lefevere and Peeters will be furious again… „Are you guys even able to go straight on the bike?!“… ;-)

If QS‘s performance won‘t improve for RVV, Patrick will probably be like: „I am the boss, and I pay you. Your performance is good enough to win 1.2 and National elite races, nothing else. Mr Bakala knows people who might visit you, and who‘ll be less friendly…“.

This could be hard weeks for QS, until LBL. I fear RVV won‘t be much better than today. Then, Remco maybe will get ROGLSTOMPED next week in Basque Country, and maybe get dropped with 40kms to go in LBL.

Lefevere then will hope that Alaphilippe saves their April with a victory in Liege… :)
 
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Valv.Piti said:
Yeah, he has rarely done well in these races. Maybe the only time was in 2018 when he anticipated (he has been garbage in E-3, and I cant really remember how well/bad he has done in Flanders since).

I dont think he should drop Flanders, after all its such an integral part of the cobbled classics calendar, but youre right that he should maybe focus a bit more of the other classics he has a better shot at. Maybe he should just try to anticipate again in Flanders, I think thats the only thing he can do to make himself relevant.
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Yeah dropping Flanders probably is a bit too much. But looking at this year he skipped Omloop, Kuurne & De Panne, which I think include two of the races that suit him best.

Obviously winning the Panne is not as prestigious as E3, but it is still an important win. And with the way he is developing he basically has zero chance at the E3, while he has a great shot at the Panne. Skipping E3 would probably also increase his chances at G-W. Anyway, just my thoughts. :)
 
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Devil's Elbow said:
That looked like it could have gone wrong about three times for MvdP but the attack with Benoot was perfectly timed and then he couldn't lose anymore. Pidcock had no legs and no brains in the end.
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To me it looked like his teammate Turner was actually stronger than him today, but kept working for him.
 
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