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Hey I want Wout to finally snag RVV or PR this year, but during the ceremony he just looked big. Maybe he was layering i don't know. But the 2 correndon guys looked way slimmer.Wout the F**k?
You people calling Van Aert fat? We're scrappin' saunaking. Man just feasted on the whole cross field. I'm feeling optimistic about a fantastic classics season, don't ruin my hopes.
It seems no worlds for him. I believe he will have a free role in the Giro unless Vingegaard goes there. Everything suggest he won't but we never know.No MSR nor Strade for WvA according to Wielerflits. Double Giro, Tour and an early start with some Iberican racing (Jaen, Algarve).
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Wout van Aert heeft een succesvol veldritweekend achter de rug met zeges in Gullegem en Dendermonde. Maar de grote doelen van de renner van Visma | Lease a Bike liggen nog altijd op de weg. Het Laatste Nieuws doet alvast zijn vermeende programma voor de eerste helft van 2025 uit de doeken. Van...www.wielerflits.nl
Would be weird that he won't do Worlds, since the national coach said he believes he has a chance to win it, and that he already talked with Evenepoel and WVA about it. It's just that his schedule after the Tour isn't known yet.It seems no worlds for him. I believe he will have a free role in the Giro unless Vingegaard goes there. Everything suggest he won't but we never know.
It's such a weird decision to not do Milan-Sanremo. I just don't get that.
Yeah, but he has won it and been on the podium twice there. It should be a race where he always has a chance to win. However, given his results he might just want to skip it and train after Kuurne rather than go back and forth to Italy. Build form towards other goals.It's such a weird decision to not do Milan-Sanremo. I just don't get that.
I'm not a big training build-up connoisseur, but the last two years MvdP managed to do both CX worlds and be in top shape in the spring. What makes it different for WvA? The fact that he has goals later on in the season as well?Same as skipping the CX worlds, however that's a much more understandable decision from a training build-up standpoint.
He looks built to win PR. But, and this is a biggie, his team needs to get him some equipment (wheels/tyres) that can hold up to the cobbles. Because he is a bigger guy, he seems to puncture in PR more than MvdP. It's time for his team to invest in some 34mm road tubeless tires for the cobbles of PR.Hey I want Wout to finally snag RVV or PR this year, but during the ceremony he just looked big. Maybe he was layering i don't know. But the 2 correndon guys looked way slimmer.
Fat remco won a fistful of gold medals tho, so maybe not so bad
It's such a weird decision to not do Milan-Sanremo. I just don't get that.
Tour-Vuelta confirmed for VingegaardI'm not a big training build-up connoisseur, but the last two years MvdP managed to do both CX worlds and be in top shape in the spring. What makes it different for WvA? The fact that he has goals later on in the season as well?
Btw, Visma confirmed that Kooij and him are both doing the Giro.
Talent, MVDP is just better.I'm not a big training build-up connoisseur, but the last two years MvdP managed to do both CX worlds and be in top shape in the spring. What makes it different for WvA? The fact that he has goals later on in the season as well?
Yeah, I get that - and Flamin's points as well - but Van Aert simply hasn't won enough big races to have the privilege to skip Milan-Sanremo. He has one monument win in his career, and should aim to get as many more as possible, whether that's Flanders, Roubaix or Sanremo.Yeah, but he has won it and been on the podium twice there. It should be a race where he always has a chance to win. However, given his results he might just want to skip it and train after Kuurne rather than go back and forth to Italy. Build form towards other goals.
I guess he just wants Ronde or PR, both, badly at this point of his career.
Ouch. Finally, I can agree with you on something. You dropped your belgian hat for once, you should do more of that with Remco.Talent, MVDP is just better.
I don't have a Belgian hat. My favourite riders since I started watching cycling were Petacchi, Valverde, Nibali, MVDP and Evenepoel.Ouch. Finally, I can agree with you on something. You dropped your belgian hat for once, you should do more pf thst with Remco.
I'm not a big training build-up connoisseur, but the last two years MvdP managed to do both CX worlds and be in top shape in the spring. What makes it different for WvA? The fact that he has goals later on in the season as well?
Btw, Visma confirmed that Kooij and him are both doing the Giro.
Glad to see you again, I thought you had deactivated your account.Beats me too. It's such an easy race to do. Perhaps he is avoiding MVDP as much as possible because his morale goes down whenever he's beaten, I don't know. Same as skipping the CX worlds, however that's a much more understandable decision from a training build-up standpoint.
I personally think he should race it. He has chance to win it every year. Evidently by his one win and podiums.Yeah, I get that - and Flamin's points as well - but Van Aert simply hasn't won enough big races to have the privilege to skip Milan-Sanremo. He has one monument win in his career, and should aim to get as many more as possible, whether that's Flanders, Roubaix or Sanremo.