Teams & Riders Cian Uijtdebroeks - From the wetlands to the top of cycling

[CyclistAbi]

He is too young anyway, to be taken all that serious. We'll see on how he progresses at Visma over the years.

P.S. AFAIK Jonas is giving him advices, maybe just not the same ones, Rogla gave to Jonas.

 

[Potomac]

Do we have a short spellable nick name for him yet?

 

[Potomac]

An acronym maybe?

Cian
Uijtdebroke the
Next big
Cyclist?

CUNC ???

 

[pastronef]

An acronym maybe

Cian
Uijtdebroke the
Next big
Cyclist?

CUNC ???

with a T?

 

[pastronef]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1770126616712122593

View: https://twitter.com/klusmaan/status/1770126616712122593

 

[ingsve]

Maybe just suffered from the weather yesterday.

Or was he caught behind the uphill crash at the start of the climb perhaps? Having to suddenly chase back uphill when UAE had already started uping the pace would take the steam out of most riders.

 

[Netserk]

Or was he caught behind the uphill crash at the start of the climb perhaps? Having to suddenly chase back uphill when UAE had already started uping the pace would take the steam out of most riders.

Before Pogi's attack when they were ~7 riders in the lead group, he was there. I think the cold got to him and that was it.

 

[Salvarani]

Or was he caught behind the uphill crash at the start of the climb perhaps? Having to suddenly chase back uphill when UAE had already started uping the pace would take the steam out of most riders.

Could also be a factor, but maybe not the sole or main one.

 

[Blanco]

Maybe the wind wasn't blowing in the right direction...

 

[Berniece]

Before Pogi's attack when they were ~7 riders in the lead group, he was there. I think the cold got to him and that was it.

That's indeed what he said after the finish.

 

[SafeBet]

Before Pogi's attack when they were ~7 riders in the lead group, he was there. I think the cold got to him and that was it.

I think he was the rider letting the gap open when Pogacar was about to attack and Almeida finished his pull.

 

[Extinction]

Maybe his TT bike was not up to standards.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

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Uijtdebroeks, the new Mollema.

 

[Mayomaniac]

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I need a lower back massage after watching him climb for 5min or so...

 

[AmRacer]

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Maybe put 20 between the third and second last word.

 

[hayneplane]

Climbing in Tirreno wasnt bad though. Maybe just suffered from the weather yesterday.

He just looks very "ordinary". He is the type of rider that just hangs on and is solid/consistent, for the most part. Bad ITT is a handicup on the best GC riders. However, his climbing and not having super bad days in the high mountains will probably make him have a good chance to finish in the top 10, for the most part.

He will have a hard time winning races though if not getting either so strong that he drops everyone, becoming more explosive or getting better in the ITTs.

Seems like a new Jurgen Van Den Broek is his absolute ceiling. Got no winning trick and short of the best in every area.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Seems like a new Jurgen Van Den Broek is his absolute ceiling. Got no winning trick and short of the best in every area.

It's a bit too soon to talk about his ceiling. But his style makes Vansevenant look like poetry in motion.

 

[proffate]

Seems like a new Jurgen Van Den Broek is his absolute ceiling. Got no winning trick and short of the best in every area.

More charitably he could be the new Enric Mas

 

[Red Rick]

More charitably he could be the new Enric Mas

Mas could actually be 2nd best, multiple times.

The problem I see for Uijtdebroecks is that he has many weaknesses but inconsistency isn't one of them. In other words, he doesn't have these positive outlier performances, he just grinds his way to a top 10 spot everywhere. To me that makes it more likely he has a limited ceiling.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Then again Visma was trying something today and Pogi put three minutes and half into Sepp. We can't hence pin point this on Cian. The idea we will soon again have a Tour winner at this age was ridiculous in the first place.

 

[Hugh Januss]

It's a bit too soon to talk about his ceiling. But his style makes Vansevenant look like poetry in motion.

About 20% of his energy expenditure goes to wasted motion.

 

[iBanesto]

Uijtdebroeks not finishing in the top 10 of a GC.

 

[Rackham]

Uijtdebroeks not finishing in the top 10 of a GC.

He didn't even finish at all, i.e. he DNF'd today.

 

[iBanesto]

He didn't even finish at all, i.e. he DNF'd today.

Is he sick/injured?

 

[tobydawq]

An acronym maybe?

Cian
Uijtdebroke the
Next big
Cyclist?

CUNC ???

Maybe just CU. That would have been apt last week every time he got dropped.