Liege Bastogne Liege-7 hour monument, Sunday, April 21, 2024

[velaso montador]

Mvdp tackle Teddy in his domain. The battle of these two historic riders in Flandern I do believe is some of the best the sport has to offer ( both proven they can beat eachother there without asterisk) BUT in Teddys domain I cant see Vdp beeing close here.

Also been a month since E3 performance then flandern - robauix which he went deep in all 3, Mvdp has to be on the way down too is my belief. Hes surprised everyone on several occasion before and I do believe VDP performances in glasgow etc and robauix this year is a totally new level and weve been impressed before but I will be impressed if he even is on the podium here.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

The last time anyone needed seven hours to finish LBL is 2019 with Clément Chevrier, Romain Hardy, Luka Pibernik, Pavel Kochetkov,
Arnaud Courteille, Jacques Janse Van Rensburg and Marcus Burghardt. In 1997, the race took way more than seven hours.

 

[Froome]

Isnt the poll something a mod can change or whats the point of it as it is now?

Because the poll is a spoiler of what will happen on sunday.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

The OP should've at least added Other/Vino option, which would have record-breaking votes percentage this time!

BTW: highly anticipated Pogacar vs Evenepoel battle won't happen for the 3rd year running!

 

[scribers]

How many collective minutes have Pogi and Remco actually raced together?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Margin between Pogacar/VDP?

I'm going with >2 minutes, with Skjelmose, Pidcock, Santi and Hirschi anchoring the chase somewhere inbetween

I think Van Aert would have a great chance in this if he came with his Tour climbing legs, unfortunately too near the cobbled classics to be competitive.

 

[Taxus4a]

I dont know if more or less subconsciously, but maybe VDP was more thinking at Liege this past weekend than in Amstel. It is an important clasicc, the best race of his country, and of course he was trying to win, and hoping the race was in a good situation for him.
But to be to win at San Remo, RVV, PR, Amstel and Liege is maybe impossible. Riders as Pidcock are really strong for Amstel. I dont say with that he is going to be to win Liege, but maybe he needed an small break of superperformance to shine at Liege.

Why more motivation for Lieje?
-it is a monument.
- it is teorically, for other kinds of riders. Just to be podium there make him a more complete rider.
-As well, his father won that race, and his famous grand father was 3rd.
-Half of his family spoke the same lenguage than in Liege.
-Of course he will try to get the 5 monuments and he need to try it already.
-Pogacar is there and is always a motivation. To lose with him after a great battle is already historic and make big this sport.
-If he win, it would be of course historic.

Once I said this, I would love to be here more than MVP at Evenepoel, and as well than MVDP, Roglic and Van Aert.

Pogacar and Remco have won this race recenttly with a great exhibition, and it is the duel all cycling fans want to see.

The race suits perfectly at them and with this parcours they have to make hard from far, and attack form far.
it is not a race that suits for VDP. I heard lot of times this about Boonen and he couldnt stay there. VDP is a better climber, but not much better. He has been 6th here, and now is better, but he had the same time than 16th, and it was a race in october.

Anyway is a good motivation to see the race to have there Pogacar and MVDP trying to win. Hope no crashs.

 

[Volderke]

can you add profiles?

___________________/\___________/\___________/\____/\____/\____/\____/\____/\____/\____/\___/\___

11 climbs. You can print this so you can follow it better.

(pro-tip for pro-riders: stick it on your stem).

 

[tobydawq]

Isnt the poll something a mod can change or whats the point of it as it is now?

It's just topcat pestering us with his 'being funny'.

 

[Winnen]

Honestly, try picturing MvdP following Pogi on La Redoute and say that's not a ridiculous thought. I know the poll here is a joke but the whole media narrative of vdP having a chance against Pogacar is not. And that's honestly remarkable

I fully agree that van der Poel will be unable to follow Pogacar. But I do hope for a proper battle, doesn't matter who it is. I prefer a battle over a solo.

 

[topcat]

Thank you to the hundreds of posters for their biting criticisms of my OP and the poll. I didn't ask for your feedback, but I'm going to use it to become a better person.
This thread: you've read it, I've read it-it is what it is.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Thank you to the hundreds of posters for their biting criticisms of my OP and the poll. I didn't ask for your feedback, but I'm going to use it to become a better person.
This thread: you've read it, I've read it-it is what it is.

Salvarini is just sour because you didn't write GOAT anywhere in the OP or poll

 

[topcat]

Salvarini is just sour because you didn't write GOAT anywhere in the OP or poll

See the tag

 

[QueenStagiaire]

See the tag

There is none,
Edit: Ha, I was tricked!!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

See the tag

I think it has to be capitalized to count

Search results for query: GOAT

forum.cyclingnews.com

 

[Tim Cahill]

Egan Bernal is making his Liege debut apparently

 

[Tonton]

Eddy Merckx did it FOUR times, that is winning three monuments in one year. And Matthieu can do it, and after his dominance in cyclo-cross, MVDP will be heralded as a legend of the sport...absolute...and who knows how much more he can win...

With regards to the poll, it was missing the Vino option. That's my only complaint, but it's a major violation when it comes to polls...

I will never bet against Tadej Pogacar. He beat MDVP at the Ronde last year, against the universe in MSR he read the last kilometer like Hinault in Prague. The best doesn't always win, I just won't bet against him.

 

[Sciatic]

Egan Bernal is making his Liege debut apparently

Glad to hear that, adds another rider who I’ll be very interested to see how they do.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Eternally hoping Foss & Vos win.

 

[Rob5091]

So how strong a tailwind do we have on Sunday? Record speed strength maybe?

 

[AmRacer]

So how strong a tailwind do we have on Sunday? Record speed strength maybe?

The wind change when they are heading back to Leige.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So how strong a tailwind do we have on Sunday? Record speed strength maybe?

Wind always helps Teddy, Mathieu and co!

 

[Salvarani]

Salvarini is just sour because you didn't write GOAT anywhere in the OP or poll

Sami, you misconstrue "sour" with speaking the absolute gospel. I wasnt put here to spread lies. I was sent to preach as an apostle and spread the good word.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I see Pidcock managing to hang on to Pogačar on La Redoute if he is on a good day. But, he will more than likely be dropped before the finish.

As for Van der Poel, the only attack that I see him doing on La Redoute is a backwards one.

Like he did in Strade? The weather will be cool, the race even more hilly. Looking at what happened in SB I can't see anyone matching Pog when he decides to go solo.

 

[KZD]

Like he did in Strade? The weather will be cool, the race even more hilly. Looking at what happened in SB I can't see anyone matching Pog when he decides to go solo.

That is a possibility however I think that there is a chance that someone, most likely Pidcock, manages to hang on La Redoute or gets back in the descent like he did last year with Remco before getting dropped on the next climb.

Still, I would be really surprised if Pogačar doesn't arrive to the finish line solo.