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For what? The strategy should be: ride as hard as possible until La Redoute, Pog will do the rest.
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I agree with @Red Rick points regarding head-wind race, which usually sticks riders together. The two main questions are:
1) What will be the state of the peleton once Pogacar decides to attack. Will they be able to form organized head-wind chase or will they be too weak and too few to do anything (due to UAE drilling the pace and generally cold conditions when Teddy burns glicogene like none other).
2) Will anybody be explosive enough to jump on Pogacar's wheel when he attacks (it should be easier in the headwind). If so then who will it be? Pogacar can smoke small boys on the line but not a big boy like MVP (in this case he will probably finish a 2-man sprint in the 4th place).
1) What will be the state of the peleton once Pogacar decides to attack. Will they be able to form organized head-wind chase or will they be too weak and too few to do anything (due to UAE drilling the pace and generally cold conditions when Teddy burns glicogene like none other).
2) Will anybody be explosive enough to jump on Pogacar's wheel when he attacks (it should be easier in the headwind). If so then who will it be? Pogacar can smoke small boys on the line but not a big boy like MVP (in this case he will probably finish a 2-man sprint in the 4th place).
Actually same weather as today predicted for Sunday.... 6 max degrees in the Ardennes, possible snow. Still early ofcourse.
So yeah if this actually turns into a cold wet race again the headwind really won't matter.
So yeah if this actually turns into a cold wet race again the headwind really won't matter.
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Pogacar to go solo 40 kms out, MVDP to realize he has to prepare specifically for this race in order to win.
Or perhaps prepare the Ardennes a little better for his own good, e.g. by hammering down the worst hills just a tad in levels, offsetting the slight advantage to his biggest competitor...
Not convinced here that MvDP stands a chance to the experts in this race if raced hard, even in his best version...and it's gonna be raced hard on sunday I'm pretty convinced.
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Sounds spectacular, but admire your thinking out-of-the-box
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Well, Skjelmose doesn't seem to lack confidence...
www.wielerflits.nl
Mattias Skjelmose reageert koeltjes in aanloop naar Luik: “Ben in de vorm van mijn leven”
Interview Mattias Skjelmose haalde woensdag alle voorpagina’s van de wielermedia. Na de ijsregen in de Waalse Pijl werd hij compleet schokkend en onderkoeld van zijn fiets naar de ploegbus gedragen. Het gaat intussen een stuk beter met hem. “Al voelden de benen tijdens de verkenning van...
They came to the shocking conclusion that weight loss has a negative effect in cold circumstances. Who would have thunk it.Well, Skjelmose doesn't seem to lack confidence...
Mattias Skjelmose reageert koeltjes in aanloop naar Luik: “Ben in de vorm van mijn leven”
Interview Mattias Skjelmose haalde woensdag alle voorpagina’s van de wielermedia. Na de ijsregen in de Waalse Pijl werd hij compleet schokkend en onderkoeld van zijn fiets naar de ploegbus gedragen. Het gaat intussen een stuk beter met hem. “Al voelden de benen tijdens de verkenning van...
Teddy looks fat and ready to rule in cold Ardennes!
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There's still a lot of drinks that I ain't drunk
Lots of pretty thoughts that I ain't thunk
Lord, there's still so many crazy polls
In this best of all possible worlds
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I'm all for a bit of banter and such, but these thread starts have begun to really piss me the **** off at this point. I want the route map and profile, maybe start list in the OP. Maybe even a write up as was common years ago on this forum. At this point, just put a link to PCS and be done with it then.
That being said, Pogi to win by a landslide.
That being said, Pogi to win by a landslide.
I feel personally responsible for this as I started a race thread for fleche wallone whilst out drinking. You know when your friends go back to the bar, it's too early to be on the dancefloor , but you are still already losing hinhibitions. So I went to cn and made a fleche thread. I didn't mean for this to happen, I think I started a bad trend. I want a nice informative forum. I am sorry
Quickstep just announced that Fausto is doing this race! MASSIVE NEWS . Hopefully it can be again a great performance if the weather is good.
By Redoute he'll be the only rider remaining with all his competitors already in warm buses cheering for him on TV.
It's a shame Evenepol will not be there to help the Great Fausto, but i believe Masnada will get the job done!
Your Fleche thread was second to none.
Against my better judgement, I have added profiles and a war and peace write up to the OP.
He's going to post last year's winner as well as soon as the race is finished. It's all good.
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