Giro will be much the poorer for Wout's absence. But I'm optimistic that Wout can potentially return for the Tour or Vuelta and shine at the WC/Olympics.
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In before Van Aert is too good a rider to work forI think the Vuelta will be his only GT this year.
How is helping your team win the biggest race in the world wasting your talent?I don't ever want to see Wout wasting his talents working for Vingo or for anyone else, honestly.
No one remembers helpers. Team sport yes, but individual winners take the prize and go in history books.How is helping your team win the biggest race in the world wasting your talent?
We all remember Landa.No one remembers helpers. Team sport yes, but individual winners take the prize and go in history books.
No one remembers helpers. Team sport yes, but individual winners take the prize and go in history books.
One gets a parade in their home country. The other has to read about that parade in the news.How is helping your team win the biggest race in the world wasting your talent?
Wout minus 10kg and retaining same watts would be a disgusting cyclistWva is a bigger talent than Vingo. I just said it. Yet, managment plugges Wout into a wattage plan last year for a lesser talent to win the overall of the biggest race on the calendar
Philipsen? After Glasgow?With all this talk about the worlds and olympics how will Belgium play it with Remco and Jasper Philipsen presumably wanting protected status,
He definitely is! Yet I guess Visma/himself didn’t want to go down the starvation route… At the Tour Vingo clearly has/had a better chanceWva is a bigger talent than Vingo. I just said it. Yet, managment plugges Wout into a wattage plan last year for a lesser talent to win the overall of the biggest race on the calendar
It's so unrealistic it's even boring to think aboutWout minus 10kg and retaining same watts would be a disgusting cyclist
This is true for me too. Make no mistakes about it, Wva is no where near Vdp level in pure power or strenght, flats or whatever in my opinion in classics, Vdp is simply on another level thats pretty clear for me over the years but Wva is for me aswell a bigger talent than Vinge.Wva is a bigger talent than Vingo. I just said it.
This is apples and oranges. Wout has the same chance of ever winning the TDF as Vingo does of winning a cobbled classic or cyclocross WC.Wva is a bigger talent than Vingo. I just said it. Yet, managment plugges Wout into a wattage plan last year for a lesser talent to win the overall of the biggest race on the calendar
2 options. Being 4 leaders and everyone rides for themselves, or bring Benoot and LampaertWith all this talk about the worlds and olympics how will Belgium play it with Remco and Jasper Philipsen presumably wanting protected status,
For sure, but that wasn't the point I was making. Wout was used as a watt machine to get Vingo a win. What did wout come away with and what has he accomplished the last 2 years + this year? Not near what we should expect from him. He dictates every race he is in and is always a factor.This is apples and oranges. Wout has the same chance of ever winning the TDF as Vingo does of winning a cobbled classic or cyclocross WC.
Though to be fair Wout has a better chance of winning TDF than Van der Poel.
Right! Even him stage hunting on all terrains and contesting for the green jersey was fabulous to watch.This is true for me too. Make no mistakes about it, Wva is no where near Vdp level in pure power or strenght, flats or whatever in my opinion in classics, Vdp is simply on another level thats pretty clear for me over the years but Wva is for me aswell a bigger talent than Vinge.
Wva in a team in a GT wheres the stages are not that hard as classics/monuments in a team he can hunt stages whenever he wants the entire grand tour would be a beatiful thing to watch and would play right into his talent. Jack of all trades at a insane high level!
Nope.Wva is a bigger talent than Vingo. I just said it. Yet, managment plugges Wout into a wattage plan last year for a lesser talent to win the overall of the biggest race on the calendar