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MvdP has to be the biggest favorite for worlds.
The only ones I see that might be strong enough, to stay with him when he kicks, is Alaphilippe and Asgreen, everyone else will have to drop him before the last 10 k.
Asgreen has no accelaration. Not nearly good enough to follow this.
Is this some Danish joke? Asgreen has even been in a break with MvdP in Dwars door Vlaanderen and then was dropped even when he was riding tempo. He isn't even 1 tier away from MvdP in acceleration.. Asgreen is an endurance/solo/ttist rider. Nowhere near Alaphilippe or Mathieu in accelerationMvdP has to be the biggest favourite for worlds.
The only ones I see that might be strong enough, to stay with him when he kicks, is Alaphilippe and Asgreen, everyone else will have to drop him before the last 10 k.
His sprint is really good for a non-sprinter. That's true. But we also have to look at the riders that finished in front of or just behind him.
Suisse:
GVA and Fraile finished right behind him.
California:
Also i was more referring to the actual Acceleration and not the Sprint itself.
- Sprint for minor places. Beat Philipsen and Schachmann was "3rd".
- Sprint. Got beaten by Higuita and again Schachmann finished just behind him.
Is this some Danish joke? Asgreen has even been in a break with MvdP in Dwars door Vlaanderen and then was dropped even when he was riding tempo. He isn't even 1 tier away from MvdP in acceleration.. Asgreen is an endurance/solo/ttist rider. Nowhere near Alaphilippe or Mathieu in acceleration
Is this some Danish joke? Asgreen has even been in a break with MvdP in Dwars door Vlaanderen and then was dropped even when he was riding tempo. He isn't even 1 tier away from MvdP in acceleration.. Asgreen is an endurance/solo/ttist rider. Nowhere near Alaphilippe or Mathieu in acceleration
If VDP kicks on one of the short ramps I can see the likes of Kwiatkowski, Gilbert and Valverde matching, maybe (but it's a BIG maybe) Sagan, GvA and Matthews as well.MvdP has to be the biggest favourite for worlds.
The only ones I see that might be strong enough, to stay with him when he kicks, is Alaphilippe and Asgreen, everyone else will have to drop him before the last 10 k.
It’s really going to depend on a) who’s still there and b) who’s freshest.If VDP kicks on one of the short ramps I can see the likes of Kwiatkowski, Gilbert and Valverde matching, maybe (but it's a BIG maybe) Sagan, GvA and Matthews as well.
Staying with him to the line is another proposition though.