It does normally but I thought i'd seen that due to covid and some riders being disadvantaged by lack of racing due to travel restictions and/or cancellations they'd be reset.Doesn't rotate around the last 12 months?
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It does normally but I thought i'd seen that due to covid and some riders being disadvantaged by lack of racing due to travel restictions and/or cancellations they'd be reset.Doesn't rotate around the last 12 months?
I don't understand the uci cx rankings, because as far as I understood, all the cx rankings would be reset to 0 for the start of the season, yet riders like van Aert and van der Poel still had points when I looked at one point in early november.
After Namur I hold Vanthourenhout as the technically best rider among all bar only Van der Poel.
Really?? One race is a small sample size........
MV needs to lift some weights or something. He's just weak compared to WVA and MVDP. He needs power.It was the race confirming what has been apparent for some time. MV has excellent technical abilities. Differences are minute at the highest level but it was discernible already a couple of seasons back but shadowed by his underperformance relative to WVA, MVDP etc. Often he has been slightly off in terms of endurance but he rarely makes mistakes. Check the races of the last two years and he impresses a lot - technically. Missing piece was endurance power but seemingly that’s now in place.
Well compared to Wout - Terminator - Van Aert and Mathieu - the Punch - Van der Poel, just about anyone will look like a marshmallowMV needs to lift some weights or something. He's just weak compared to WVA and MVDP. He needs power.
MvdP: "...The back is holding up at the moment, not how I would like it, but it is holding up..." That doesn't sound positive to me. His back issue may keep him from ever reaching his full potential. Theoretically, a male rider should keep increasing in power and strength until age 28 or 29. He may have peaked early in life.
MV needs to lift some weights or something. He's just weak compared to WVA and MVDP. He needs power.
Surely it depends how muddy it is? Can it be as muddy as last year?Well today is the day, a shame it's on probably the worst track in the World Cup; if it was an Ethias Cross race, then it's okay. But I struggle to accept it's worthy of a World Cup race......
Going by the earlier races, the most powerful riders will win; Brand & Van Aert.
Yep, WVA should be favourite although expect Toon to do well today. He was unlucky at Namur and showed good form there.The course is muddy but much less muddy than last year. Still Van Aert should be the favourite in the men's just as Brand in the women's.
Well today is the day, a shame it's on probably the worst track in the World Cup; if it was an Ethias Cross race, then it's okay. But I struggle to accept it's worthy of a World Cup race......
Going by the earlier races, the most powerful riders will win; Brand & Van Aert.