79th Dwars door Vlaanderen - A travers la Flandre ME (1.UWT) April 2nd 2025

[Heston]

Jorgenson: "in the car they decided to go for the sprint. We made the wrong decision"

 

[MartinGT]

Honest from Jorgenson. Fair play,

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Nah what the hell? That was worse than Omloop 2015. Not even a single effort by Visma to put him under pressure. They were too focused on bringing Wout a morale-boosting victory. They just underestimated Powless so much.

And you know it was soul crushing. He doesn't even factor on Sunday, as I (nor anyone else) see a scenario where he can get away from Mathieu and Pog, be it early or the end.

Bummer, I was really hoping this would show me he was back, but it appears that what he was before is not what he is now.

 

[AmRacer]

Somebody needs sprint training

 

[ice&fire]

Rabofail has finally outrabofailed Quickstep. It's taken them 10 years to restore order in the World.

 

[zlev11]

lmfao hahahahaha they didnt even attack him once rofl

 

[Lequack]

This was the plan

How it went:

 

[jaylew]

It wasn't even like Powless came off of Wout's wheel in the sprint. It was a straight head-to-head and it wasn't even close.

 

[tobydawq]

Why are full results out so early, are Flanders Classics ill today?

 

[jono]

Jorgenson: "in the car they decided to go for the sprint. We made the wrong decision"

There would have been a less diplomatic way for him to phrase this.

 

[Ripper]

I can't believe that Visma did not attack in the last 10kms. Even if you can't drop Powerless you are making him work and blunting his sprint.

When you have 3 to 1, you don't even need to attack, you can just repeatedly let gaps open and if Neilson wanted to win, then he would have had to close the gaps. But they did nothing, and they also messed the sprint. So they really did earn that loss. As for Wout, I think he needs to really look at where his sprinting actually is. I believe he is now riding with smaller cranks, and he seems undergeared a fair bit of the time, which results in him spinning out.

I don't see them currently being a factor in the next couple of weeks

 

[Leinster]

I just saw the result; did Powless pull a Stannard on the Visma lads?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Any chance Visma will sport their brain helmets on Sunday?

 

[Red Rick]

Me neither. But I guess they laugh at Visma's tactics rather than Wout's demise. At least I hope so, but Wout is for some reason a divisive rider who gets a lot more hate than he deserves.

Obviously it's laughing at Visma first.

Van Aert mainly depends on if he pushed for the plan to sprint for this. Cause then he's absolutely to flame for this.

 

[Didinho]

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Nice interview, Powless a super likeable guy.

A couple of my riding buddies, rode with his wife and mom last year, at his Fondo in Auburn. They said they were some of the nicest people they've ever met. I've never ridden with him when he's in town, but everyone I know who has, says he is also a truly nice guy.

 

[theyoungest]

When you have 3 to 1, you don't even need to attack, you can just repeatedly let gaps open and if Neilson wanted to win, then he would have had to close the gaps. But they did nothing, and they also messed the sprint. So they really did earn that loss. As for Wout, I think he needs to really look at where his sprinting actually is. I believe he is now riding with smaller cranks, and he seems undergeared a fair bit of the time, which results in him spinning out.

I don't see them currently being a factor in the next couple of weeks

To be fair, Benoot did leave a gap. Once. That's it.

What was promising to be a morale booster for Visma turns out to be a massive f.ckup. I don't think they have what it takes to beat Pogacar or MVDP, but maybe what they learned from this is that individually they're really not good enough to beat anyone and they need to play it smart. Yes, that means Van Aert as well.

 

[pastronef]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1907443507217809531

View: https://x.com/soudalquickstep/status/1907443507217809531

 

[Didinho]

I was saying here Wout didn’t looked good uphill. More grimacing in his face than previous years. But you still expect him to win the sprint after some easier last km’s. He just misses some base. You can’t sprint if you haven’t got the legs.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

When you have 3 to 1, you don't even need to attack, you can just repeatedly let gaps open and if Neilson wanted to win, then he would have had to close the gaps. But they did nothing, and they also messed the sprint. So they really did earn that loss. As for Wout, I think he needs to really look at where his sprinting actually is. I believe he is now riding with smaller cranks, and he seems undergeared a fair bit of the time, which results in him spinning out.

I don't see them currently being a factor in the next couple of weeks

He was completely spun out at the end for sure

 

[red_flanders]

A couple of my riding buddies, rode with his wife and mom last year, at his Fondo in Auburn. They said they were some of the nicest people they've ever met. I've never ridden with him when he's in town, but everyone I know who has, says he is also a truly nice guy.

Love that. Yeah it's obvious from every bit of his manner.

I can't stand JV, so never have rooted for EF, but Powless has made me a fan today.

 

[zlev11]

A couple of my riding buddies, rode with his wife and mom last year, at his Fondo in Auburn. They said they were some of the nicest people they've ever met. I've never ridden with him when he's in town, but everyone I know who has, says he is also a truly nice guy.

yeah i like him a lot more than Jorgenson, who kinda seems like a fake nice guy

 

[Salvarani]

We love a good Visma-fail

 

[scribers]

These decisions are bread and butter for visma managment. But they wildly overestimated wouts legs here

 

[Salvarani]

This was the plan

How it went:

Can we get an out-zoomed for full effect?

Another classic