Teams & Riders Official Wout Van Aert thread

[Lequack]

What is the first road race they will ride against each other with MVDP?

 

[Berniece]

What is the first road race they will ride against each other with MVDP?

I think E3

 

[Gwbert]

That's 13 silver medals in championships in road racing and CX.
Olympics, Worlds, Euros and Belgian championships.

MVDP has 2

Incredible consistency really

 

[Ripper]

Nice to see the man put the knee injury behind him, more or less. His cx technique was a bit rough compared to when he puts in a fuller season, but his power and endurance seem to be doing OK, and his weight seems to be more or less in control.

Hopefully he maintains a positive inertia on this and has a really awesome road season.

 

[AmRacer]

Official Wout Van Aert II thread

 

[Divergence]

I guess it will be another year of 0 monument wins for WvA...

 

[Peyroteo94]

I guess it will be another year of 0 monument wins for WvA...

He is washed. There is zero chances he beat Pogi and MVP

 

[Divergence]

He is washed. There is zero chances he beat Pogi and MVP

Idk about washed but he does no look good today. Unless he is sick I am not optimistic about his chances.

 

[Red Rick]

Should see how MvdP rides around in Tirreno every year.

 

[Divergence]

Should see how MvdP rides around in Tirreno every year.

Do you think WvA did not care today?

 

[Red Rick]

Do you think WvA did not care today?

I think monuments are not won in mid-February. I also think that every time Van Aert has been flying from the get go he's then been disappointing in April.

He's not the favorite versus Pog and MvdP in Vlaanderen. But that's not at all because of today.

 

[theyoungest]

Don't worry, according to Sporza he was just training and let himself get dropped from the peloton

That's why Tulett did all that work for him initially.

 

[Divergence]

I think monuments are not won in mid-February. I also think that every time Van Aert has been flying from the get go he's then been disappointing in April.

Sure, but being dropped by Labrosse does not bode well whatever time of year it may be.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Wasn't all that bad. If he's not progressed or looks sluggish again in Omloop, you can being to be concerned

 

[Netserk]

Hard to compare to last year's race, but he was also very unimpressive then when he tried to get back after his mechanical. Opening weekend is the proper benchmark for where he stands.

 

[Red Rick]

Hard to compare to last year's race, but he was also very unimpressive then when he tried to get back after his mechanical. Opening weekend is the proper benchmark for where he stands.

He's racing Algarve again first.

He was pretty bad in Algarve last year.

 

[Boes]

He's racing Algarve again first.

He was pretty bad in Algarve last year.

Didn't he win a stage in Algarve last year?

Suposedly he was in 'his best form of his life' when he fell in Dwars door Vlaanderen LY. That's why he's copying that approach. I can only imagine there's some truth to it, why on earth would he do the exact same thing as last year if it wasn't so.

I think he's aiming for Roubaix to be his best self as that's the race where he should be able to follow MVP. That's in 60-ish days. Hell, Vingegaard just left ICU 60 days before the start of last years TDF. Still all to play and train for.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Don't worry, according to Sporza he was just training and let himself get dropped from the peloton

That's why Tulett did all that work for him initially.

An in form Wout would have closed the gap when he hit the front. Mathieu would have attacked from 50K out and held off everyone else by 5 minutes. Pog would have attacked from 120K out and won by 35 minutes.

Normal stuff.

 

[Unchained]

An in form Wout would have closed the gap when he hit the front. Mathieu would have attacked from 50K out and held off everyone else by 5 minutes. Pog would have attacked from 120K out and won by 35 minutes.

Normal stuff.

Agreed.. But Wout rode excellent, he was solo yellow on the front pulling everyone for miles, yes he blew up but he also rode some intense quality kilometers,
I saw his efforts as encouraging The Pog God was beat by 2 riders at UAE, Jonas not to be seen, Roglic getting coffee, Remco mendind eating pizza..MVdP transitions from cyclocross.. February..

 

[theyoungest]

Agreed.. But Wout rode excellent, he was solo yellow on the front pulling everyone for miles, yes he blew up but he also rode some intense quality kilometers,
I saw his efforts as encouraging The Pog God was beat by 2 riders at UAE, Jonas not to be seen, Roglic getting coffee, Remco mendind eating pizza..MVdP transitions from cyclocross.. February..

It's not a disaster, but to call this encouraging is a bit of a stretch.

Pogacar was beaten by two pure powerhouses on a flat course, and of course he'll win with at least a minute advantage on the climb tomorrow. That's different from Van Aert struggling to follow riders who will be nowhere in contention for the races he's trying to win.

 

[Peyroteo94]

WVA can win PR but RVV is out of reach IMHO. Dude is a shadow of his former self.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

It's not a disaster, but to call this encouraging is a bit of a stretch.

Pogacar was beaten by two pure powerhouses on a flat course, and of course he'll win with at least a minute advantage on the climb tomorrow. That's different from Van Aert struggling to follow riders who will be nowhere in contention for the races he's trying to win.

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[Boes]

WVA can win PR but RVV is out of reach IMHO. Dude is a shadow of his former self.

Agreed. Top par WVA 2020-2022 could have also won RVV if he sprinted earlier, didn't get sick, didn't fall, ect.
For WVA to win RVV he'd have to do it Gilbert style or both Poggy and MVP would have to miss RVV.

PR is another thing, suits him well and if no bad luck he will always contend for the win.

 

[theyoungest]

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Yeah, I thought they did the other climb today. This was the usual bunch sprint climb. He'll win the other climbing stage by a bigger margin.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Good ride today by Wout. Not in flying form, but improvements being made.