Is it a goal for Remco? The road race I mean, because I mostly understood that the TT is a goal for himThink only VDP and Remco are making a real goal out of it?
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Is it a goal for Remco? The road race I mean, because I mostly understood that the TT is a goal for himThink only VDP and Remco are making a real goal out of it?
I know he said he wanted to have the TT title, since he hasn't got that one yet, but afaik both are in the goal for him. (followed by Il lombardia which is his final goal of the season)Is it a goal for Remco? The road race I mean, because I mostly understood that the TT is a goal for him
I wish this hadn't come true...Big duels like these are usually decided by a mechanical or a crash.
No, and if I ever muster the hubris (or self-confidence, you could say) needed to do so, it would have to be prepared and presented professionally. Tracing routes is more of a creative hobby, a different way to think about cycling, both past and present.Did you try sending your suggestion to the race organizers? (FYI: this is a serious question, not as a joke or as a laugh)
Yeah nah. The Ans finish would have given Healy a better chance against Pidcock and Buitrago. That’s about the only difference it would have made.Bring back the old finishes at Cauberg and Ans so everything is decided at the end like FW.
6 of the top 10 are aged 24 or younger, and all look destined to have that “2nd tier climber” type career, or better, ahead of them.What happened to the second tier riders climbers who used to do really well in this race? Seems like it’s just full of random names behind the big two
Alright, give Evenepoel good weather and some motivation to further increase the gap and its easily 2.30-3 minutes today. Lets be honest now, this was more convincing. We knew the race was over the moment Pidcock was dropped.
I like the new route, the small climb after Redoute is worth shortening the real climb for, Borges into Roche aux Faucons + the drag is quite the final.
He looks happy to go.... home.
I rate Santiago Buitrago in that list, or am I missing something?What happened to the second tier riders climbers who used to do really well in this race? Seems like it’s just full of random names behind the big two
Relax, two Merckxs at the same time only happens every 150 years, so I am happy to be watching it. Gosh, the Halley's comet passes through the earth more often than these guys at the same time!Good point. And even if we don't know the exact premises here, it's still bad for cycling. Cycling is essentially about groups having advantages that the lone rider doesn't have - that mechanism is no longer in effect when the riders "from another planet" are participating.
What?Don’t want to put this in the Pog thread. Seems best here. But a little while ago, a heated discussion had poginators (or simply Remco haters) saying the two were not even close based off of Pog’s spring. I warned that things/perceptions could change as they did last year based off of the riders goals.
Pog has had an absolute stunningly super spring (even better than last spring!).
However, as I mentioned during that discussion, should Remco get a result at LBL and then at the Giro, he could potentially take over as #1. Should he actually WIN the giro, then he would be the holder of two GTs at the same time at age 23…
I agree that Pog is the best rider at the moment, but to say he is in a “completely different league” is utterly ridiculous.
I am sure I misunderstood your post.
Relax, two Merckxs at the same time only happens every 150 years, so I am happy to be watching it. Gosh, the Halley's comet passes through the earth more often than these guys at the same time!
I think this particular win was a dominant rider against weak competition, but it was still better to watch than average riders riding defensively. As long as there's multiple dominant-like riders (which there are) it's completely fine and good for the sport, as most of them happen to have some personality as well which is not a given.
WVA would do himself such a disservice if he did not make sure he had something left for the WC.Did you try sending your suggestion to the race organizers? (FYI: this is a serious question, not as a joke or as a laugh)
but glassglow might not feature Pog & vingegaard. WVA rides the tour, so depending how vingegaard does, he might be out or burned as well. (unless he restricts his efforts).
Think only VDP and Remco are making a real goal out of it?
I think trying to put a #1 badge on anyone is futile, if not slightly childish.Don’t want to put this in the Pog thread. Seems best here. But a little while ago, a heated discussion had poginators (or simply Remco haters) saying the two were not even close based off of Pog’s spring. I warned that things/perceptions could change as they did last year based off of the riders goals.
Pog has had an absolute stunningly super spring (even better than last spring!).
However, as I mentioned during that discussion, should Remco get a result at LBL and then at the Giro, he could potentially take over as #1. Should he actually WIN the giro, then he would be the holder of two GTs at the same time at age 23…
I agree that Pog is the best rider at the moment, but to say he is in a “completely different league” is utterly ridiculous.
Finally a race in which two of the world's best climbers are there... and then one crashes out. I feel like we've mostly been watching solo rides for the past few weeks.
Today Tratnik was the only one who tried to prevent this scenario, unfortunately he got hardly any help. In hindsight he may even have been one of the strongest riders in the race (behind Evenepoel, obv)
I think trying to put a #1 badge on anyone is futile, if not slightly childish.
There definitely is a "different league" though. And it contains six riders.
Absolutely. With Valverde you knew what you were going to get, he was always beatable by a stronger rider on the day or someone who got their sprint right. Obviously that isn't relevant to Fleche, but it's a special case.Normally I would have agreed with you, but when the big races are decided in predictable manners time and time again - like in this season -, they are lacking what is rather essential in cycling: suspense. Yes, we have previously seen favourites winning, but a rider Valverde didn't win by going solo in the last hour. That's what Pogacar and Evenepoel are doing repeatedly. And they win all kinds of races while Valverde had weaknesses in certain of them.
And of course, Valverde wasn't the cleanest rider.
Don’t want to put this in the Pog thread. Seems best here. But a little while ago, a heated discussion had poginators (or simply Remco haters) saying the two were not even close based off of Pog’s spring. I warned that things/perceptions could change as they did last year based off of the riders goals.
Pog has had an absolute stunningly super spring (even better than last spring!).
However, as I mentioned during that discussion, should Remco get a result at LBL and then at the Giro, he could potentially take over as #1. Should he actually WIN the giro, then he would be the holder of two GTs at the same time at age 23…
I agree that Pog is the best rider at the moment, but to say he is in a “completely different league” is utterly ridiculous.