Amstel is Gold, Jerry, Gold! Men's Classic One-Day Race, April 14, 2024

[fbjim]

Im so sick of producers just not caring about anything that happens behind the winner. It makes zero sense to film the guys that finished rolling after the finish line when the peloton sprints for top 10 just behind them…

Yes we really needed to see Michael Matthews win his 30th career garbageman fraud sprint for 9th place or whatever

 

[Brullnux]

Pidders only has 'haters' because he gets put in conversations with all-time greats, pretty silly if you ask me.

What confuses me is that I have honestly never seen him in the same conversations as van der poel, van aert, pogacar, remco etc. Not on the road at least. Does it happen more in CX? Even the British media (not that much re cycling exists)/Kirby never really compare Pidcock with the very best.

 

[red_flanders]

I just woke up. What happened to MVDP? Alien abduction?

 

[fbjim]

I just woke up. What happened to MVDP? Alien abduction?

He was in poor form

 

[noob]

Kwiat voice is so special

 

[DNP-Old]

What confuses me is that I have honestly never seen him in the same conversations as van der poel, van aert, pogacar, remco etc. Not on the road at least. Does it happen more in CX? Even the British media (not that much re cycling exists)/Kirby never really compare Pidcock with the very best.

Yeah, the Big 3 in CX is a very regular thing.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Matthews wins the sprint for 10th, ffs

 

[jmdirt]

TP!

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

His 2nd Gold Race victory.

The ink isn't even dry on the win, and Wout isn't even in the race, yet back we are to the unhinged hatred...pity.

 

[tobydawq]

Van den Berg 11th despite the crash.

 

[Brullnux]

Braet finishes 4th in the bunch sprint lmao... Intermarché the dumbest team in the peloton?

 

[Squire]

What confuses me is that I have honestly never seen him in the same conversations as van der poel, van aert, pogacar, remco etc. Not on the road at least. Does it happen more in CX? Even the British media (not that much re cycling exists)/Kirby never really compare Pidcock with the very best.

Yeah, the 'overrated' thing is very artificially constructed, I think. Almost everything I've read about him has him rated pretty fairly, as a contender for best of the rest in hilly classics behind the aliens, and as someone with potential but no real results in stage races.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Yes we really needed to see Michael Matthews win his 30th career garbageman fraud sprint for 9th place or whatever

It’s still a part of the race and still much more interesting then helicopter shots of the finished riders rolling away and slowing down.

 

[tobydawq]

Yes we really needed to see Michael Matthews win his 30th career garbageman fraud sprint for 9th place or whatever

Yes we really needed to watch the backs of riders rolling after having crossed the line.

 

[DNP-Old]

Van der Poel said he was worried about the Keutenberg. If that's the concern, I've got some news for him waiting at the top of La Redoute.

 

[postmanhat]

What happened to Vauquelin? Seemed to disappear from the front group while I wasn't watching.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Van den Berg 11th despite the crash.

Must have been the world's stickiest bidon.

 

[tobydawq]

Leknessund 26th.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Benoot looked the strongest in the front group but never really tried to win the race

 

[yaco]

Impressive from Lapeira to win the sprint there too after the chase.

Also Matthews won from the peleton

Like in Brabantse. It was a massive failure for Matthews not to follow Pidcock. It is unforgivable.

 

[tobydawq]

What happened to Vauquelin? Seemed to disappear from the front group while I wasn't watching.

He was dropped on the Bemelerberg.

 

[Rob5091]

Chapeau Pidders & Ineos! He now has the same amount of career wins as Lenny Martinez!
Lapeira good again and Lefereve's "team chat" got some results. MvdP on an off day?

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Kwaito would make a very good punter on comms

 

[Danskebjerge]

I just woke up. What happened to MVDP? Alien abduction?

He had picked his non-battery bike for today.

 

[Brullnux]

Yeah, the Big 3 in CX is a very regular thing.

That's fair. I'm not sure it carries over in the same way to the road, though, to me it feels he's spoken about as just below the very best in hilly classics like Strade Bianche, Amstel, Liege, which is very fair imo.