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theyoungest

Jan 11, 2010
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Berniece said:
Good race and deserved win from Nys. No clue what WVA was doing those last rounds
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Van Aert just didn't have it. He couldn't create a gap, and he's not going to take all these corners faster than Nys or Del Grosso, or anyone really. So then there's no opportunity for him.

Nys rode like Iserbyt. Which gets you the win on a course like this.
 
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jono

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pastronef said:
what a race WITHOUT VDP. I pray his last CX race ever is the Worlds so he wins it for the 32846493 time time and adieu
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I understand the sentiment but this race wouldn't have been much different with MVDP. In dry conditions like this, the course is like Benidorm. Fast and nowhere to make a difference. It would still have been group racing.
 
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ChewbaccaDefense

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theyoungest said:
Van Aert just didn't have it. He couldn't create a gap, and he's not going to take all these corners faster than Nys or Del Grosso, or anyone really. So then there's no opportunity for him.

Nys rode like Iserbyt. Which gets you the win on a course like this.
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To be fair, Nys did it without having Vanthourensleestack getting in 2nd position, and then soft pedaling to let Iserbyt get a gap. Nys used his strength, only.
 
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jono said:
I understand the sentiment but this race wouldn't have been much different with MVDP. In dry conditions like this, the course is like Benidorm. Fast and nowhere to make a difference. It would still have been group racing.
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Which would have been quite different from how it usually is when MVDP is racing...
 
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jono

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Unless he adds a race to his calendar, that was Wout's last of the year without MVDP present aside from the Belgian national champs.

Could we see a winless season from van Aert?

This has never happened before. The closest was 2019-20, when he add to wait until after worlds to pick up his only win.
 
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theyoungest

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ChewbaccaDefense said:
To be fair, Nys did it without having Vanthourensleestack getting in 2nd position, and then soft pedaling to let Iserbyt get a gap. Nys used his strength, only.
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His strength, and a bit of pushing and shoving. Which is what you need to do when it's basically a crit race like today, but it's what Iserbyt is very good at.
 
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awavey

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jono said:
Unless he adds a race to his calendar, that was Wout's last of the year without MVDP present aside from the Belgian national champs.

Could we see a winless season from van Aert?

This has never happened before. The closest was 2019-20, when he add to wait until after worlds to pick up his only win.
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well he doesnt look like winning, and especially not if it comes to another sprint out, even if his thighs appear to have ballooned in size over this winter.
 
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ChewbaccaDefense

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jono said:
Unless he adds a race to his calendar, that was Wout's last of the year without MVDP present aside from the Belgian national champs.

Could we see a winless season from van Aert?

This has never happened before. The closest was 2019-20, when he add to wait until after worlds to pick up his only win.
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He'll win the Belgian championship.
 
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Axel Hangleck

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Hugh Januss said:
I think this is a mediocre course without mud.
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If a course needs mud to be any good/ testing, then it's just not a good course, full stop.
I understand them bringing it in the Covid era, but now it would be better as an X20, or SuperPrestige race. The World Cup needs to drop the number of Belgian courses.......
 
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theyoungest said:
Most importantly, he sounds like a Belgian. Actually between WVA and MVDP, Mathieu is the one with the heaviest Flemish accent.
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Not true. Mathieu sounds quite Flemish but still has some lingo influences from his father. Van Aert clearly produces the sound of his region 'de Kempen', even if he hasn't that hard of a dialect.
 
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Hugh Januss

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Ilmaestro99 said:
Even random belge teenagers home from university for Christmas are toying with van aert now.
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Hugh Januss

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Axel Hangleck said:
If a course needs mud to be any good/ testing, then it's just not a good course, full stop.
I understand them bringing it in the Covid era, but now it would be better as an X20, or SuperPrestige race. The World Cup needs to drop the number of Belgian courses.......
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There are courses that mud improves. Dendermonde is a leading example of that, but I guess you have to like mud races. I always did, although I never liked maintaining my bikes afterwards.
 
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Wvv said:
Not true. Mathieu sounds quite Flemish but still has some lingo influences from his father. Van Aert clearly produces the sound of his region 'de Kempen', even if he hasn't that hard of a dialect.
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Both of them sound Belgian to a Dutch ear. And Wout is more capable of code switching than Mathieu is, maybe because Wout spends more time with Dutch people than Mathieu does :)
 
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