John Degenkolb discussion thread

[ppanther92]

Still with some distance one may take the positives: when was the last time he was that strong? Ages. So if he can keep that up, results will follow (he anyway still had a good result today).

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Still with some distance one may take the positives: when was the last time he was that strong? Ages. So if he can keep that up, results will follow (he anyway still had a good result today).

I think he‘s past being competitive in hilly races or bunch sprints so he‘ll have to wait another year for the next Roubaix.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Let's be real, odds are that this was his swansong ride. To have it be so rudely interrupted by a crash he couldn't do anything about is truly heartbreaking.

 

[HelloDolly]

He was MIA all spring so I would say he concentrated on this race all season
Its the only race that an non GT rider can still be competetive in at 34
Maybe he trained so hard for it and it showed...he had great legs
But at 34 legs dont come easy or often....I think he knows that was maybe his last chance at a monument podium and that was why he was lying on the grass bawling

 

[HelloDolly]

Also anytime I have ever seen him interviewed it struck me what a really nice guy he is

I remember him so much from the 2012 Vuelta and all the stages he won and the big in your face laugh he had at the end of of each win

 

[gunara]

Also anytime I have ever seen him interviewed it struck me what a really nice guy he is

I remember him so much from the 2012 Vuelta and all the stages he won and the big in your face laugh he had at the end of of each win

Always one of my favourite guys (Vuelta is so nuts he didn't win point jersey), even before he made it big in the classics, he made me like Skill, Argos, or whatever they are called at that time, when everyone seemed to hate them and all the GT wild cards they got. Always a top guy. Too bad I'm not in his family or something so I can't tell him I'm so proud of you today, Big John

 

[Mayomaniac]

Great guy. Today he showed that his Roubaix win back then wasn't just down to a weaker field. Back then he actually won by taking the bull by the horns and attacking.