- Jul 7, 2013
- 8,069
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If FW really doesn't suit Pog well then this is his best opportunity to win.
If FW really doesn't suit Pog well then this is his best opportunity to win.
- Nov 6, 2020
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IPT will get their first win of the season tomorrow if Woods doesn't start mur de huy in 50th position.
Conclusion: IPT is not getting their first win of the season tomorrow.
Conclusion: IPT is not getting their first win of the season tomorrow.
- Jan 10, 2019
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- Jul 15, 2021
- 1,042
- 2,148
- 7,680
How is he on steep walls like Huy actually? Can't remember seeing him up front on races / stages like this.
- Feb 9, 2013
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Not sure who has a realistic chance of winning, but I'll be rooting for Hindley and Chaves. (Didn't know Chaves was still even racing, haven't heard much about him lately.)
- May 17, 2013
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There's going to be some positioning game, if Pog doesn't get bottled up on one side and the move comes from the other side, there's only one outcome. Me sayin'...
I'm very curious to see what my chouchou Gaudu will do and Neilson Powless needs to be a presence, take a shot. I'll watch these two.
I'm very curious to see what my chouchou Gaudu will do and Neilson Powless needs to be a presence, take a shot. I'll watch these two.
- Aug 13, 2011
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Mas could also be a sleeper pick. Bad track record but he was showing last year he started having a kick at the end of climbs and steep sections.
- Jul 15, 2021
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- 2,148
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- Aug 13, 2011
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What would you call it? Terrible? Deplorable? Bad? DNF, 30, 77, and 33. Do us a favor and figure it out.
- Jul 15, 2021
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- Sep 20, 2017
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8th on the wall in Itzulia, which was harder. Third in Cullera (1.9k at 8.7%) in the 2021 Vuelta. As for this race, he’s only done it in his neopro season when he came a respectable 19th, and he’s clearly a better rider now.
- Aug 13, 2011
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- 12,032
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Mas was with Valverde for two editions. Others have also been able to go for their own results as well in the past with Valverde and didn’t have the next in line tag like Mas had. Mas also didn’t show any quick accelerations until last year that you’d need to win FW.Here it is, all figured out for you: Valverde
- Jul 15, 2021
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- 2,148
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Fleche Wallone has always been Valverde's race. Come on, nobody on Movistar where ever allowed to go for their own success.
And Mas did a pretty good job at Amasa-Villabona..
- May 3, 2010
- 4,487
- 4,556
- 21,180
If Pogacar can start the Mur in a good position you would expect him to win. He was absent in the year he won LBL, so those previous results don't say that much. He should go full from the bottom, preferably launched by a teammate.
Who are the other candidates? One group are GT riders like Mas, Gaudu. Landa, Hindley, Bardet and Lutsenko, but they probably miss the explosiveness for a steep 1 km climb. Then there are the more explosive climbers, like Pidcock, Healy, Higuita, Ciccone and Ulissi. One of them could take it if the Slovenian has an off-day.
Soudal-QuickStep should send Van Wilder in a break, trying to avoid the unavoidable.
Who are the other candidates? One group are GT riders like Mas, Gaudu. Landa, Hindley, Bardet and Lutsenko, but they probably miss the explosiveness for a steep 1 km climb. Then there are the more explosive climbers, like Pidcock, Healy, Higuita, Ciccone and Ulissi. One of them could take it if the Slovenian has an off-day.
Soudal-QuickStep should send Van Wilder in a break, trying to avoid the unavoidable.
- Feb 26, 2022
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Valverde will get out or retirement and wins this easily.
- Nov 16, 2013
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You must not have seen much of Itzulia and Catalunya...
Mur de Huy is not only about explosiveness. Apart from positioning, timing is also key. I recall some memorable displays of badly timed explosiveness in 2010 (Anton and Contador) or 2013 (Betancur)
- Feb 21, 2019
- 4,344
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I will go with Enric Mas for the win as he actually dropped Pogačar on Giro dell'Emilia last year in a relatively similar climb.
I think Pidcock could win this edition of FW, couldn’t he? I cheer for the man, because he‘s a good guy.
FW was always Albasini‘s race. I was repeatedly surprised. You see skinny guys here, guys with hard looking muscle flesh. Then came Albasini, with softer muscle, softer legs, and these legs really created fireworks. I was always happy for him. He nearly won the race, and had super good results there.
Fleche Wallonne IMHO is one of the best races of the year. So I‘m looking forward to it, today…
FW was always Albasini‘s race. I was repeatedly surprised. You see skinny guys here, guys with hard looking muscle flesh. Then came Albasini, with softer muscle, softer legs, and these legs really created fireworks. I was always happy for him. He nearly won the race, and had super good results there.
Fleche Wallonne IMHO is one of the best races of the year. So I‘m looking forward to it, today…
- Aug 29, 2009
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Movistar also has Aranburu, who was 2nd behind Alaphilippe when they finished on the Mur in Tour de Wallonie last year. Two very different riders, but may very well end up in about the same range.
- Jun 6, 2017
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- Aug 6, 2010
- 6,884
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