Quinn Simmons is the new Quinn Simmons

[DNP-Old]

He's riding Dwars door het Hageland today. Don't know if he copes with gravel, but otherwise, this should be right up his alley.

Dwars door het Hageland live on Sporza as we speak. Most interesting thing here is probably Simmons, who used to do insane gravel races in the States, like the Leadville 100, against full time pros and given his recent form in Poland he should be up there.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

lol, ok

 

[F_Cance]

That was really impressive. He wasted so much energy attacking, i think the first attack came with ~70km to go and from then on he attacked all day and still was strong enough to make the final group fighting for the win.
So power should not be a problem for him. He needs to be a bit more patient and work on his tactics, but that should come with a bit more experience.

 

[SafeBet]

That was really impressive. He wasted so much energy attacking, i think the first attack came with ~70km to go and from then on he attacked all day and still was strong enough to make the final group fighting for the win.
So power should not be a problem for him. He needs to be a bit more patient and work on his tactics, but that should come with a bit more experience.

Yeah I agree with this. He also tends to attack in places where attacks are expected, like he wants to prove he's strong enough to drop the whole peloton.
A very impressive performance nonetheless. Hopefully we'll see him in more races soon.

 

[DNP-Old]

That was really impressive. He wasted so much energy attacking, i think the first attack came with ~70km to go and from then on he attacked all day and still was strong enough to make the final group fighting for the win.
So power should not be a problem for him. He needs to be a bit more patient and work on his tactics, but that should come with a bit more experience.

Learning to be conservative is definitely something he'll have to work on, but since he's coming straight from the juniors, where this is pretty normal, it's not too concerning. If he can learn to do so, and get just a little bit stronger, you're looking at an awfully good rider. He is rapid in the sprint, so learning to control his powers will do him oh so well.

 

[gerundium]

impressive showing by Simmons today. Did look like he was barely hanging on in the final selection. When the Delko-Marseille guy pulled out with 1.5k to go and he was gapped it looked like he would get dropped but just managed to latch back on. The signs of his potential were there in this race.

 

[Jspear]

Yeah I agree with this. He also tends to attack in places where attacks are expected, like he wants to prove he's strong enough to drop the whole peloton.
A very impressive performance nonetheless. Hopefully we'll see him in more races soon.

He should learn that only Remco can accomplish such feats.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He's doing much better post covid-break than before. Very impressive.

 

[hayneplane]

He's doing much better post covid-break than before. Very impressive.

I think it’s fair to believe that the season reset gave him the chance to reflect on the early part of his pro career and go away to have fun on the bike before coming back refreshed mentally to get stuck in again.

Its no longer looking like a wild prospect that he might win a race this season.

 

[Salvarani]

I think it’s fair to believe that the season reset gave him the chance to reflect on the early part of his pro career and go away to have fun on the bike before coming back refreshed mentally to get stuck in again.

Its no longer looking like a wild prospect that he might win a race this season.

Or just has had more time to train. Developed further during the break.

 

[gerundium]

Or just has had more time to train. Developed further during the break.

I think he mentioned at the start of quarantaine that he hadn't approached it quite correctly coming into this first pro season. don't remember where i saw / read it though, maybe it was on his instagram?

 

[DNP-Old]

The real story is that he was just fat coming into the season. Not because he was lazy in the offseason, but because he didn't exactly know what weight to be at as a classics man. He was hovering around 80kg. He used the break to slim down a bit, standing at a solid 72kg at the moment.

 

[F_Cance]

2nd today and 2nd in GC at Hongrie.
Mountaintop finish 12km 5,5% (last 3km 8,3%). Only Attila Valter climbed better today, while Simmons was better than Howson, Foss, Tolhoek and lots of lesser names. I'm really impressed.

 

[hayneplane]

2nd today and 2nd in GC at Hongrie.
Mountaintop finish 12km 5,5% (last 3km 8,3%). Only Attila Valter climbed better today, while Simmons was better than Howson, Foss, Tolhoek and lots of lesser names. I'm really impressed.

For a rider built more for Paris Roubaix than Lombardy that bodes very well to see him post top results on a circa 30 minute mtf.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

2nd today and 2nd in GC at Hongrie.
Mountaintop finish 12km 5,5% (last 3km 8,3%). Only Attila Valter climbed better today, while Simmons was better than Howson, Foss, Tolhoek and lots of lesser names. I'm really impressed.

Let's hope he doesn't win, or he'd be on schedule to meet Remco's first year (give or take 2 months due to Covid19) and you'd have to decide whether to complain or insinuate.

 

[Juan Pelota]

First big race tomorrow.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

First big race tomorrow.

He was climbing well in Poland, but i don't expect any miracles tomorrow.

 

[Juan Pelota]

He was climbing well in Poland, but i don't expect any miracles tomorrow.

I'm mostly amazed that at 19, he's on the roster for every one of the big classics.
FW
Liege
Amstel
PR
Flanders

 

[Bolder]

I'm mostly amazed that at 19, he's on the roster for every one of the big classics.
FW
Liege
Amstel
PR
Flanders

Even just to start a single one of those races would be a dream for me. Good for him, hope he finds a break or makes the final selection in one or two of them. Given what he's done in the past, that should be attainable.

 

[King Boonen]

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Hi,
FYI:
didn't you miss one post (on top of the post I quote here?

 

[hrotha]

Guys what do you think is Quinn Simmons's favourite dessert

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

So apparently the fact that his team has suspended him has also been deleted. Trek has pulled him out of the races for the foreseeable future. If you want to know why, you'll have to google it because according to the forumrules, it can not be discussed

 

[King Boonen]

Hi,
FYI:
didn't you miss one post (on top of the post I quote here?

Thanks. It got reported too. I'm guessing that it moved across pages while things were being removed. It's gone now.