Yes, I'd like to see more variety; I don't think we see enough climbing courses......
Yes, I'd like to see more variety; I don't think we see enough climbing courses......
It's good to mix it up. It will probably make the race more exciting than the last few world cups, that's for sure.
Should be some good battles in a few of the non-elite races. In particular, I'm interested if the Holmgrens can finish anywhere close to Molengraaf in the women's juniors.
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Isn’t that a little surprising (late) given his already long career in CX. It would be interesting to hear more about it and what ambitions he and the team has.
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I don't think the Development team is neccesarily a development team like the ones for FDJ, Jumbo, Sunweb, etc. are. This is more a team that comes under the same banner of Alpecin Deceunick that has younger/less experienced road racers with some who don't want to do the big major world tour or proseries races. This seems similar with the women's Fenix Deceunick team, which is why I was wondering a couple of pages back why someone like Pieterse was in the Worldteam, whereas someone like Laura Suessemilch was in the 'development team' having a fair amount of road racing, and started the Tour de France last year.
Betsema pretty much ran away with the race today in Zonnebeke. If Norbert Riberolle got a cleaner start it may have been slightly closer. The men's race was much more exciting with a group of 7 riders being virtually inseparable for 7 of the 9 laps. Merlier got away after powerful mud section and then no mistake on the final camber/ditch with 1.25 laps to go.
Betsema pretty much ran away with the race today in Zonnebeke. If Norbert Riberolle got a cleaner start it may have been slightly closer. The men's race was much more exciting with a group of 7 riders being virtually inseparable for 7 of the 9 laps. Merlier got away after powerful mud section and then no mistake on the final camber/ditch with 1.25 laps to go.
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Regarding Süßemilch, she has mostly excelled on the track, so I assume that she will be using most of the year to try and make a comeback there to get selected for the Paris Olympics. Both she, MTBer Ronja Eibl and Imogen Cotter, who were all injured during some/all of last season, have been placed in the devo team (for now). It might also be a question of salary, since Pieterse is probably earning a WWT wage anyway, while the other three might not.
Having watched Pucks video, will be interesting to see if there are more riders in contention than usual. Will Vos/Brand be able to hang on to the young guns and will something similar happen in men's race? Think it's more likely in the womens race.
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Grass sections seem alright, woods reminds me of that awful course in Fuiggi. Lots of big stones.
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Kasteelcross was an enjoyable watch, especially if you allowed yourself to forget that these guys are normally challenging each other for lower top ten places. A bunch of eight for most of the race, with the front, and the ones who looked like they had dropped off the back but recovered, being different individuals all the time.
They could, 2nd and 3d on 5 seconds. Molengraaf still won. They're probably close to her in terms of power, but she's just technically really good. Puck even thanks her for her tips on winning the Dutch nationals in that recon video.
One wonders which teams have their eyes on her, she's also pretty useful on the MTB; Alpecin would be a good match, especially with Puck there. And you always fear the Holmgrens will be lost to CX unless they're signed up by one of the major CX teams.
Good to see Van Empel back at (close to) her best. Okay, the course suited her, but she had that seated acceleration again, which is her main strength I think.
It's a possibility, but their father is the cx head with the national federation so the cross lineage is there. I'd imagine for the next few years we see a combined MTB and CX program for them.
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