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Ugh, hope the rest of EF don’t get sick—am looking forward to see how Powless will fare this year.
I was getting worried he could stay healthy for a whole season... back to normal it seems.
As I recall it, it was a while after the descent that Cancellara and Vanmarcke bridged up to the by then duo in front.
EDIT: Ah, I mixed it up with the attack by Van Avermaert after they were caught. You were right indeed.
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Even if that may be true, it would be a very lackluster team without both him in or De Lie in it for one of the biggest races of the season. They are also a team from Belgium, so it is one that is important for the sponsor and Ewan is probably still being paid the most on the team?
He probably dont have a chance of winning this one... but he did look pretty good in G-W tbf. He was just behind Van Aert and Laporte when they rode away, if I am not mistaken. He was one of the closest right behind them, I believe.
Eenkhoorn, Menten and Van Gils should be more than enough to get a good result in the Volta.
Can’t see past MVDP for third RVV.
the good old car order thing, I guess. With de Lie not around, he is Lotto's best placed rider in the UCI rankings, so moves up the team car a couple of spots.
edit: not by much, though. From 20th to 18th, going by the current PCS start list.
So I'm thinking about how MvdP, Pogacar and Jumbo should play this. I don't think Pogacar wants to go super early but I think he and MvdP are kinda forced to do to drop Jumbo riders.
It'll be interesting to see if they ride away with 3 early if Van Aert is gonna take turns if he has a number of teammates close behind. It would help him a lot of if he can leverage his teammates to have to do less work.
It'll be interesting to see if they ride away with 3 early if Van Aert is gonna take turns if he has a number of teammates close behind. It would help him a lot of if he can leverage his teammates to have to do less work.
You think they (JV) might try to put a rider in the early break or in a move a bit into the race?
I thought for one-day races - as well as the first stage in stage races (when there isn't a ITT/Prologue) - it was the good old fashioned random draw determining it.
I think UAE needs to endure the race very early, and make the selection the most fastest possible.
Then probably it will all about pogacar, van der poel, van aert and maybe other outsider. Then, pogacar needs to make really hard in all the climbs to try to drop everybody. That's the only way for him to win.
He can't wait for the last passage on patterberg to attack. He needs to attacks on the first passage of paterberg and koperberg.
Thats sounds extremely difficult and might only make him the most tired.
Agreed that UAE needs to make the race hard and Pog will need to attack at some point.
A first blow on the Kwaremont, but if he cant get away an unexpected attack on the top of the hill or a descent/flat right after a big effort could be the winning move. He will only need a moment of hesitation from the others and they should be the most tired on top of a hill after a big effort, but so will he.
If he goes hard on the climbs but not able to drop them, he will be forced to try his luck in a sprint unless he can make an unexpected move somewhere and hope they look at each other.
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He needs to push everything he can in the last climbs. Fresh or tired he will lose in the sprint againt the other two.
Pogacar should just sit up after the last knoll and not contribute anymore.
Either they're getting catched by the likes of Küng & Madouas because of it. But that already happened to Pogacar last year. Or he can just jump from the wheels of Van Art & Van der Poel, once they share the workload.
Either they're getting catched by the likes of Küng & Madouas because of it. But that already happened to Pogacar last year. Or he can just jump from the wheels of Van Art & Van der Poel, once they share the workload.
not in (W)WT races of any kind, no. Everywhere else: yes
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MVDP gonne win barring any accident. Hes just to strong and power output beyond anything WVA can match.
Pogacar is the only one who stand a chance to stay with him...mark this post i know for a fact MVDP will go over the top on pogacar on Kwaremont - but then again he should have a hard time vs mVDP in a sprint usually
Pogacar is the only one who stand a chance to stay with him...mark this post i know for a fact MVDP will go over the top on pogacar on Kwaremont - but then again he should have a hard time vs mVDP in a sprint usually
It’s such a shame the moto took him out of that that trio with Wout and MVDP a few years ago. Would have been interesting to see how his being there in great form might have altered the dynamic of that finale, instead of a two up sprint
I like MVDP, hopefully he can pull this off and give us similar emotion to when he won Amstel. But the competition is mega stiff. Pog will need to finish alone to win, stunning that a rider who has won two TdFs can even be in the discussion for this race..
The other guy I would be happy to see win is WvA. The other genuine contenders I don't know enough about their form and suitability to this parcours.
But I am just glad the 2023 season is in full swing and we are already talking about the second monument of the year. To me it seemed like a long off season
The other guy I would be happy to see win is WvA. The other genuine contenders I don't know enough about their form and suitability to this parcours.
But I am just glad the 2023 season is in full swing and we are already talking about the second monument of the year. To me it seemed like a long off season
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