Sporza facebook live feed.Seriously? Where/when did he say that?
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Sporza facebook live feed.Seriously? Where/when did he say that?
Sporza facebook live feed.
Who will ride for Remco in the GT's to come then? Van Aert? Alaphilippe?He didn,'t say Van Aert should change teams though, just make it clear that with his abilities they should build a team around him for the classics, which Jumbo probably won't do since they mostly care about the tour. If he's smart he goes to DQS after next season imo. Jumbo Visma doesn't offer the best support for the classics.
The decade to come will be horrible. Wuyts having two Boonens at the same time with Van Aert and Evenepoel.It's batshit insane. Michel Wuyts is claiming the Belgians have been "cheated on" because Roglic didn't pull. He's talking how Van Aert should switch teams and how the TJV management should have a word with Roglic.
Lol he said that Evenepoel is another dimension compared to Pogacar.Sporza facebook live feed.
Why would DQS sign him? They have the World Champion already . And today we may have seen the beginning of what's to come: no one will want to work and get obliterated in the final 300 meters. Welcome to Sagan's world. He made it. Scary good and scary fast. Winning won't be easy, he's a marked man. Fantastic rider.He didn,'t say Van Aert should change teams though, just make it clear that with his abilities they should build a team around him for the classics, which Jumbo probably won't do since they mostly care about the tour. If he's smart he goes to DQS after next season imo. Jumbo Visma doesn't offer the best support for the classics.
You could go work for Wielerflits .Lol he said that Evenepoel is another dimension compared to Pogacar.
Alaphilippe's contract with DQS expires end of 2021 as does Van Aert's contract at Jumbo Visma, Van Aert is probably more interesting for the Belgian sponsors compared to Alaphilippe. Bennett his contract also expires in 2021 so they could take Van Aert to le Tour for the sprints and the green jersey. Riding for DQS would also prevent Van Aert from falling into the Sagan trap of being isolated in the classics.Why would DQS sign him? They have the World Champion already . And today we may have seen the beginning of what's to come: no one will want to work and get obliterated in the final 300 meters. Welcome to Sagan's world. He made it. Scary good and scary fast. Winning won't be easy, he's a marked man. Fantastic rider.
Those aren't on the same level as Asgreen, Stybar, Lampaert, Jungels, Alaphilippe. It's not the worst team, but a champ like Van Aert deserves better than that imo, of course no one knew Van Aert would take off like he did this season. If Jumbo Visma keeps chasing a Tour de France victory after 2021 he definitely needs to change.I think their team is well suited for helping him in the classics with Teunissen, Jansen, Roosen and Wynants mainly, i don't see any other teams being stronger really.
Ok, Quickstep has a decent team that could really use a big undisputed captain but without Wout they're certainly not better.
Rembo doesn't need a team, guy is a one man armyWho will ride for Remco in the GT's to come then? Van Aert? Alaphilippe?
Jungels is gone.Those aren't on the same level as Asgreen, Stybar, Lampaert, Jungels, Alaphilippe. It's not the worst team, but a champ like Van Aert deserves better than that imo, of course no one knew Van Aert would take off like he did this season. If Jumbo Visma keeps chasing a Tour de France victory after 2021 he definitely needs to change.
Even flamme rouge call it out but then deletedIt's batshit insane. Michel Wuyts is claiming the Belgians have been "cheated on" because Roglic didn't pull. He's talking how Van Aert should switch teams and how the TJV management should have a word with Roglic.
He isn't right. It's a huge generalisation. Belgians in general aren't that nationalistic at all. But obviously Wuyts was in the wrong here. His commentary is usually pretty decent compared to others, but he gets carried away too much if there is a Belgian, or more specific a Flemish rider among the favourites.Even flamme rouge call it out but then deleted
View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1310348670404001793
He shouldn't have deleted it and he is right. This kind of behavior is a real problem in today's cycling.
Funny. Roglic probably did all that he could. Legs were gone (and have probably been gone since the end of stage 20 in the TDF).See some Belgians are fuming Roglic couldn't close a 15 second gap for his non teammate while he got dead last in the sprint.
Ringeloren =/= cheating, but i see it's become a trend among some posters to knowingly pull things out of context or purposely mistranslate just for dramatic effect. *** like this should get moderated. You then carry on lying, since he actually said van Aert should NOT change teams.It's batshit insane. Michel Wuyts is claiming the Belgians have been "cheated on" because Roglic didn't pull. He's talking how Van Aert should switch teams and how the TJV management should have a word with Roglic.
I would agree with you if there were a few isolated cases. There are always some few people who are salty nevertheless.He isn't right. It's a huge generalisation. Belgians in general aren't that nationalistic at all. But obviously Wuyts was in the wrong here. His commentary is usually pretty decent compared to others, but he gets carried away too much if there is a Belgian, or more specific a Flemish rider among the favourites.
Being nationalistic isn't an issue unless you are attacking someone else because of it. I don't mind commentators being biased, all of them are but what Sporza commentators was not cool. I saw much more belgians agreeing with and defending Wuyts than the opposite side. Maybe belgian people are not nationalistic in general but the belgian cycling fans definitely are.
Then they should not act like "don't generalize us" when exactly the same happens for Dutch/English football fans, the countries get generalised because of their behavior. It's not like the nationalistic behavior can be expressed in a lot of ways.Yes, Belgian cycling fans are nationalistic. So are Dutch/English/... football fans. And you'll probably be able to say similar *** about basically every country in the world, when it comes down to things that are deeply rooted within their culture.
But the hypocrisy of social media strikes once more.
By the way, you realize that Zonneveld is Dutch?
Oh, so generalization is ok then. Gotcha.Then they should not act like "don't generalize us" when exactly the same happens for Dutch/English football fans, the countries get generalised because of their behavior. It's not like the nationalistic behavior can be expressed in a lot of ways.
But saying "others do it too" is the classical way of trying to circumvent the issue and excusing bad behavior. For a lot of people saying that is just a poor excuse from someone who doesn't have any really good argument.
Zonneveld's nationality is irrelevant and the last time I checked Flanders speaks Dutch. I never said anything about Zonneveld's affirmation, I just pointed out the massive traction this has, it's not just a few isolated cases. Unless you want to convince me those were Dutch fans in the replies?
Even flamme rouge call it out but then deleted
View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1310348670404001793
He shouldn't have deleted it and he is right. This kind of behavior is a real problem in today's cycling.
Some belgian fans are sore losers unfortunately. Look at this instagram pic, so much saltiness.
View: https://www.instagram.com/p/CFb6xfih7hG/?igshid=1mk4a49wt3ofz
Attacking the leader from other country because he didn't sacrificed himself for his club's teammate. I love WvA but JA was just better today, WvA couldn't follow and couldn't attack from that group to get him. Imagine what Slovenians would think of Rog if he sacrificed himself for WvA after Pog made the race hard for him.
Some things have been taken out of context here, as explained above.
That said, people with a wide (media) reach or official function should think a bit before typing cynical tweets or judging. To me, it looked like Roglic pulled the least of all riders in the group, but Van Aert said Roglic did what he could, so I believe him. Media this morning in Belgium are pretty nuanced, even analyze that Roglic indeed took quite some pulls put that the TV images were misleading to show he hadn't.