Ronde van Vlaanderen 2026, monument, April 5 (men's)

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Whelp, we have a less inhuman MvdP and a Remco! And a more inhuman than ever Pogacar. I don't think it'll be great... But, it is something. MvdP no pulls with Pogacar, Remco dragging people back? Mads P. WvA sprint a deux, coming up! For third.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

provisional startlist

If you doubted the scale of the problem at Picnic Post, according to this their leader for the Ronde is Tim Naberman, whose record in the race reads started 3, DNF 3. His only CQ points over 4 seasons are "also finished" points in WT events, with 65th in Bruges last week as his highest WT one day finish. According to PCS, his highest achievement is 2nd in the KoM classification in the 2019 Boucles de Mayenne, behind Fabian Schmidt (no, me neither).

Yep, I had him as a unique pick in the Emerging Riders game. He's likely to still be eligible for the 2027-29 edition if anyone wants to start their shortlist.

 

[canina82]

* * * * * - pogi
* * * * - van der poel
* * * - van aert , pedersen , vermeersch
* * - hagenes , vermeersch , segaert , laporte , stuyven
* - abra , morgado , van dijke , mohoric , valgren , sheffield

Veermersch can't be in the same category with WVA

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Veermersch can't be in the same category with WVA

I think ***- van aert, pederson, evenepoel

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

The thing with MvdP is, he never sucks wheels. Feels like an unwritten rule in his playbook that he should cooperate, regardless the situation. If I were the Roodhoofts, I'd advise him to ride a bit more defensively in the part between second Kwaremont and the Koppenberg.

I skipped 8 pages so someone else might have said this but I agree with this statement, except when Mvdp is riding with Wva, then he suddenly has no trouble skipping turns, sucking wheel, and riding craftily.