Teams & Riders Jakob Fuglsang discussion thread

[Valv.Piti]

Never a fan, too much of a whiner constantly pointing towards others when failing. His win in Liege was great.

Must admit I can't really get all excited about him like everybody else apparantly these days. Not really a rider or character Im gonna miss at all.

 

[tobydawq]

Never a fan, too much of a whiner constantly pointing towards others when failing. His win in Liege was great.

Must admit I can't really get all excited about him like everybody else apparantly these days. Not really a rider or character Im gonna miss at all.

I didn't really understand the hype for him as a commentator, either.

A bit of humour is a good thing for a commentator, and I think he lacks that.

 

[Vinther1991]

The best thing about him as guest commentator for the Tour was that he kept calling M. Jorgenson, Jürgensen, and nobody was correcting him 😂

 

[Vinther1991]

I was a big fan of Fuglsang as a rider, he was a joy to watch. Not always the luckiest rider. He also made the mistake on focusing too much on Grand Tour GC, which clearly wasn’t his greatest strength. I think the one-week stage races were the ones that fitted his abilities the best, but in his prime he was also incredible in classics. It is a pity it took him too long to realise what his strength was.
Still, when looking at his palmares, it is hard to see what he should have achieved, that he didn’t.

2X Dauphine GC winner (arguably the most prestigious one-week race nowadays)

Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Il Lombardia (The only two monuments he had a strong chance of winning)

Olympic Silver (Gold would of course have been even better).

Several podiums in one-week races, especially in Tour de Suisse.

He should probably have won a stage in the Tour and Giro, to get the most out of his career, but he can be very happy.

 

[RedheadDane]

Must admit I can't really get all excited about him like everybody else apparantly these days.

He did basically carry all of cycling-Denmark on his own for several years. That's something worth honouring.

I didn't really understand the hype for him as a commentator, either.

I personally quite like it when someone who was in the pro peloton very recently commentates, as they have insider knowledge people who retired longer ago simply lack.
(Of course, the ideal would be someone who's still a pro, like when they got Minke Anderson to commentate for the Tour de France Femmes.)

2X Dauphine GC winner (arguably the most prestigious one-week race nowadays)

Unfortunately, he had to make a sacrifice to the Cycling gods of not being able to finish the TdF either year.

 

[Valv.Piti]

So? I wasn't really a fan of him, so his results are not anything else than say a Dan Martin winning these races to me. Apart from Liege, I will give him that, I rooted for him that day when Valverde was out of contention, and that was extremely impressive

 

[buddy buddy buddy]

Never a fan, too much of a whiner constantly pointing towards others when failing. His win in Liege was great.

Must admit I can't really get all excited about him like everybody else apparantly these days. Not really a rider or character Im gonna miss at all.

yes yes but when exactly? i cant remember an unusual level of whinyness

 

[Danskebjerge]

Jakob Fuglsang has put forward a thorough and imo well-founded critique of the impact of motorcycles on bike races.

Moderator: Moved that content to https://forum.cyclingnews.com/threa...cles-out-of-control.17307/page-4#post-3329148

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

@Danskebjerge ; this is more about motorcycles than Fuglsang: do you mind if I move it, and the follow-ups, to one of the three or four threads we already have on motorcycples and the peloton (and maybe merge those as well)

 

[Danskebjerge]

@Danskebjerge ; this is more about motorcycles than Fuglsang: do you mind if I move it, and the follow-ups, to one of the three or four threads we already have on motorcycples and the peloton (and maybe merge those as well)

I guess it would make sense.

 

[Panda Claws]

Whenever Fuglsang's name pops up I have to remember how stunned I was at him being one of the very best cyclists in the world in 2019-2020.
For a while he was the only one that could compete with Alaphilippe and I'd never have guessed that would happen in 2015.

 

[tobydawq]

Whenever Fuglsang's name pops up I have to remember how stunned I was at him being one of the very best cyclists in the world in 2019-2020.
For a while he was the only one that could compete with Alaphilippe and I'd never have guessed that would happen in 2015.

I heard a podcast with him once where he said that he began experimenting with eating 120g of carbs per hour a couple of years earlier than most other riders. I think that explained what we saw from him in 2019.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I guess it would make sense.

Done

 

[Gobbo]

Fuglsang was my favorite rider for many years, since as a Dane I especially followed Danish riders and before the great generation of cyclists that Denmark NOW has, he was the only real Danish top rider that could compete with the best, maybe except Matti Breschel who peaked in World Championships races and did very well in those specific races. I also like him as a person because he seems nice and is very polite in his way of expressing himself.