Brabantse Pijl 2025, April 18

[Peyroteo94]

Remco seems better than ever. Can we finally have a showdown between Remco and Pogacar in the Ardennes?

 

[ChasingPotatoes]

Wout is looking more and more like Franco Ballerini in the sprint. Strong as an ox but no sprint.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

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Remco actually is an outstanding sprinter these days. This isn't 2021

Beating Van Aert in a sprint is not the benchmark it used to be.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Caja Rural 2x top 10!!!

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

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Remco actually is an outstanding sprinter these days. This isn't 2021

Pog will smoke him on Sunday.

 

[Lequack]

Lost: Wout’s sprint…..

I need to reuse this meme from Dwars

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Beating Van Aert in a sprint is not the benchmark it used to be.

This is a fair statement.

 

[Cycling111]

Let that be a lesson to the Pog fans

Remco actually is an outstanding sprinter these days. This isn't 2021

From that quote, it would seem that Pogacar is the one who lost the Tour, Lombardy, or World Championships against Remco last year.

Others have to prove themselves and beat him in the races Pogacar won last year.
The winner doesn't have to teach any lessons LOL.

 

[Didinho]

Milan Menten 9th is really impressive actually.

 

[Wvv]

Remcomeback

Sad for WVA, but wow Remco.

 

[Berniece]

Remco seems better than ever. Can we finally have a showdown between Remco and Pogacar in the Ardennes?

Let’s see what AGR gives first

 

[houtdffan]

I think there's something wrong, actually. Something with his knee. It's like he tried to get on the pedals and then stopped.

Wout simply went up against a better sprinter

why do people still have this fallacy that Remco can't sprint?

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Remco, like Powless, thinking he was racing against 2022 and 2023 Wout/

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pog will smoke him on Sunday.

Calm down. AGR doesn't have long hills. Maybe you are right but there is still hope he can follow him in Eyserbosweg

 

[awavey]

Tbf Wout looked blown the last time he was on the front, you don't often see pros doing the puffer fish look when they ride.

So despite Brian claiming Wout was a dead cert for the sprint, once Remco hadn't wasted more energy on the last climb than he needed to I felt he had the advantage

 

[houtdffan]

From that quote, it would seem that Pogacar is the one who lost the Tour, Lombardy, or World Championships against Remco last year.

Others have to prove themselves and beat him in the races Pogacar won last year.
The winner doesn't have to teach any lessons LOL.

I said in the sprint

Pog is still the better climber

 

[Gigs_98]

Wout simply went up against a better sprinter

why do people still have this fallacy that Remco can't sprint?

The point is not that Remco cannot sprint. The point is that Van Aert used to win bunch sprints in the TdF

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Wout simply went up against a better sprinter

why do people still have this fallacy that Remco can't sprint?

At Wout's best, Remoc isn't nearly the sprinter. Absurd to suggest otherwise. Wout is not at his best, and he may never be again, but this narrative that he never was is absurd.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

I said in the sprint

Pog is still the better climber

You coud have left out "climber"

 

[houtdffan]

At Wout's best, Remoc isn't nearly the sprinter. Absurd to suggest otherwise. Wout is not at his best, and he may never be again, but this narrative that he never was is absurd.

again, this is not 2021

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Van Aert wants to get the race over with as fast as possible, because it's 100 km too short for him to be able to recover from a small crisis later on.

He almost managed it, but the race was indeed too short.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Calm down. AGR doesn't have long hills. Maybe you are right but there is still hope he can follow him in Eyserbosweg

He barely beat Wout van Aert...I think reality is speaking, and you're missing the train.

 

[Cycling111]

The point is not that Remco cannot sprint. The point is that Van Aert used to win bunch sprints in the TdF

And this year he hasn't even been able to do in Algarve against second and third level sprinters.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

again, this is not 2021

Again, thanks for making my point.

 

[Samamba]

Caja in hilly races is top tier last few weeks. Again 2 guys in top 10.