No, it *** doesn't...
To be fair, and even as a Wout fan I say this, when he sits on Mathieu's wheel, and then lets Matnieu kick first...his results aren't good. Nor are anyone elses.
He is not the same Wout, who was winning this sprints. Now it's less explosive scary to *** dude, who is unofficially retired.
You are right, but here is the counter point.
If u get excited with 15th places, i don't mind. For me as a fan it's extremely frustrating and he is just forcing people to make fun of him and forget how great he was at his peak.
What this does is it relegates a rider to having to satisfy your needs, and it takes away all his agency.
Agree with quitting on top. But Wout isn't on top anymore. If he doesn't get results this year this is TDE Sagan territory and it was embarrassing to see.
Honestly, it doesn‘t even make sense to engage with the take that WvA should retire if he hasn‘t got it anymore, because Wout literally won three stages at the Vuelta last fall, then injured his knee and has done nine race days since. Maybe he gets over his (somewhat conjured up) mental blockade next week when he should have apparently retired because he didn‘t win a stage at Algarve and didn‘t look great at E3 two days after coming back from altitude. By that standard, basically half the Peloton should have retired by now, because for them, their biggest win is past them.
This list was very accurate. Thank you for taking time to put it together.
you forgot:
Hilarious only in light of this forum discussion. Although not a fan, I certainly wish him the best of luck anyhow.
Yeah though he was in exceptional form at the Vuelta pre-crash. I don't feel comfortable saying he's in a Sagan arc given how good he was about seven/eight months ago. It might well be that though he looked pretty good at the end of the cross season, he was still a bit shy of his best and he hasn't been able to recover it yet. Who knows.
i would celebrate like madman, but again, this is just wishfull thinking at this stage of his career
Indeed you missed my point, ofc Pogacar and MVDP are the better riders. Van aert is the most versatile but he might end up with the resume of a bits and pieces player. I find it really hard to say if he really has a weakness on monuments or that he just has been unlucky and mismanaged. Look at his resume with wins in E3, Wevelgem, omloop, you can’t say he is unsuited? He’s won in MSR and gold race and added lots of podiums in 250 km races. Guess will never really know..
Don't forget Cancellara was injured in 2012. Best Boonen is without a doubt 2005/2006 Boonen.
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