Another snoozefest as seen yesterday already. Shame about no Wout and Pidcock.
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Another snoozefest as seen yesterday already. Shame about no Wout and Pidcock.
Riiber in Nordic Combined is dominating his sport in a similar way. Has only lost once this season if I remember correctly.I know CX is a niche sport, but is there currently any other athlete anywhere who has mastered their specialty better than Mvdp? Serious question.
He's won 20 of last 25 races, 4 2nds and a 5th.Riiber in Nordic Combined is dominating his sport in a similar way. Has only lost once this season if I remember correctly.
Backsteadt is quite ahead like MVDP at 19 in CX and Road, but she's also World Champion on Track and nearly in TT also so I think at some point she could surpass MVDP at Elite level too, but time will tell.I know CX is a niche sport, but is there currently any other athlete anywhere who has mastered their specialty better than Mvdp? Serious question.
Who was?Why didn't Sanna Cant yesterday wear the jersey she won in the Belgium nat's?
Others are in their winners jerseys at the Worlds.
Backsteadt is quite ahead like MVDP at 19 in CX and Road, but she's also World Champion on Track and nearly in TT also so I think at some point she could surpass MVDP at Elite level too, but time will tell.
Shiffrin in slalom for a few years, but doesn’t have dominance like MVDP nowadays.For sure, I meant right now.
I’m glad they showed him taking his final lap, that was great to see!
My bad - the UK jersey looked to my eye like the Nats one.Who was?
I think as a time trialist there's definitely the potential for Backstedt to become a new Ellen van Dijk. As a cyclocrosser I'm not too sure. She's still quite far from Van Empel's level, and then there's also Pieterse and Van Anrooij, all of them just 2 years older than Backstedt. Podiums are possible on certain courses, wins as well, but really dominating the sport? That will take quite a big leap.Backsteadt is quite ahead like MVDP at 19 in CX and Road, but she's also World Champion on Track and nearly in TT also so I think at some point she could surpass MVDP at Elite level too, but time will tell.
I think as a time trialist there's definitely the potential for Backstedt to become a new Ellen van Dijk. As a cyclocrosser I'm not too sure. She's still quite far from Van Empel's level, and then there's also Pieterse and Van Anrooij, all of them just 2 years older than Backstedt. Podiums are possible on certain courses, wins as well, but really dominating the sport? That will take quite a big leap.
Perhaps not better, but on the same level: Mikaela Shiffrin in women's slalom, Marco Odermatt in men's giant slalom.I know CX is a niche sport, but is there currently any other athlete anywhere who has mastered their specialty better than Mvdp? Serious question.
No, he needs one more world title to equal Eric De Vlaeminck, or two to break the record. Otherwise he'd just be another could-have-been.So, if MVDP never races cross again, is he the best ever?
I was comparing CX riders at the same age currently, so that is 19. Elite results from Vos and MVDP are meaningless to compare with a 19 year old but why I said time will tell with Backsteadt.She's only ever been junior world champion on the track, and she hasn't done any track racing since turning pro. Also in order to become elite world champion in ITT, you have to be selected for the race, and she hasn't been that yet. I won't be surprised if she wins it one day though.
In CX it will be hard for anyone to surpass Vos' 8 elite titles, but at the moment there's only one rider who looks like she could potentially achieve it, and that ain't Bäckstedt.
That she's a very talented rider, nobody questions that. But I reacted to someone suggesting she could become the new MVDP and dominate a discipline the way he does. That's what I have my doubts about, at least regarding cyclocross.shes got a very strong ITT record so far, national junior champion, junior world champion, Euro u23 champion, she has alot of power in those legs, and shes still only 19, still got tons to learn and develop as a rider, both Pieterse and Van Anrooij have two years extra on her, and yet we are talking about them as if they are meant to be equal, that I think shows how good Zoe is she is challenging riders who are older than her.
There's the quite recent example of Pieterse and Van Empel at 19, already challenging for (and in Van Empel's case, winning) elite world cups. Backstedt is good, but her level at that age is not unheard of in CX.I was comparing CX riders at the same age currently, so that is 19. Elite results from Vos and MVDP are meaningless to compare with a 19 year old but why I said time will tell with Backsteadt.
Yes,So, if MVDP never races cross again, is he the best ever?
Well you used Vos as the yardstick. At 19 Vos had 1x CX World Champs title, Backsteadt has 2x CX World Champs, 2x Road World Champs, 1x TT World Champs & 1x Track World Champs titles.That she's a very talented rider, nobody questions that. But I reacted to someone suggesting she could become the new MVDP and dominate a discipline the way he does. That's what I have my doubts about, at least regarding cyclocross.
There's the quite recent example of Pieterse and Van Empel at 19, already challenging for (and in Van Empel's case, winning) elite world cups. Backstedt is good, but her level at that age is not unheard of in CX.