They obviously still live racing cross but it would surely be better for their prospects of being on super peak form to just do 2/3 races as part of interval training and keeping them motivated than racing half a season that does nothing to further enhance their palmares.
- Aug 3, 2015
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Looked like it to me as well. He was imperious today and as I said, I doubt any rider in history would have been able to drop him like Pogacar did today. Insane performance for sure!
- Oct 13, 2021
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Nah MVDP won’t skip RVV next year, with the exception of injury.
Fabulous from Pogi. 3rd dual TDF/RVV winner in history and the only rider alongside Merckx to win 3 different monuments before 25.
I really doubt he will ride it but I would make him favourite if he rode Roubaix next Sunday. Best in the world with the greatest range and such power.
Trentin had probably his best ride since joining UAE and the big 3 group caught him at a great time for Trentin to still be of use launching hard on the bottom section of the final ascent of Kwaremont.
I really doubt he will ride it but I would make him favourite if he rode Roubaix next Sunday. Best in the world with the greatest range and such power.
Trentin had probably his best ride since joining UAE and the big 3 group caught him at a great time for Trentin to still be of use launching hard on the bottom section of the final ascent of Kwaremont.
- Jul 7, 2013
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He can win Roubaix at some point but 2-3 more kilos of muscles would be helpful. I think he will target it at some point in the second half of his career.
- Jan 10, 2019
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- Sep 12, 2022
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Amazing of Pogacar. It's good to finally see him take a win against the best of the best not depending on his sprint. Well deserved.
- Dec 6, 2012
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There are good riders, there are today's superstars, and there is Pogacar.
Three in the bag, only two left, the wildest two for different reasons.
Putting serious cobbles in TdF may go out of fashion with a contender this good at it. I believe with some luck he can eat French stones too.
Three in the bag, only two left, the wildest two for different reasons.
Putting serious cobbles in TdF may go out of fashion with a contender this good at it. I believe with some luck he can eat French stones too.
- Jan 10, 2019
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He's gonna try this every year, maybe the others will ride more against him in stead of cooperate. We're in for some good editions if this is just a begin.
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- May 14, 2017
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WVA and VDP were both a long way back even before Pog started his attack on the Oude Kwaremont. WVA was never getting there anyway, VDP might've had a chance if he hadn't used up his team and then had to surge after that slight mechanical. That's a big if though, Pog is unstoppable.
- Feb 20, 2012
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This may sound weird but 400 W doesn't sound like that much for a 75 kg dude at sea level
I think both Pogi and Mathieu went really really deep this time. VDP did really good chase there. Pogi was so knackered, well they both were..
I think Evenepoel could do about same as Pogi in the near future, about same scenario. He can hit good but no sprint like VDP or Pedersen.
Now what about Vingo, could he handle cobbles, when is that day coming?
- Aug 3, 2015
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I don't know enough watts to agree or disagree on that, Im just going on what I actually saw in the race.
- Aug 3, 2015
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Vingegaard would be slaughtered, he's relatively bad at even the most mountanious monuments. Theres a reason he basically gave up on the classics. No chance.
I doubt Remco can ever do what Pogacar did today as well.
- Sep 17, 2012
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Unsurprisingly, Big Ted.
In 1969, he won MSR, RVV, LBL, TDF….
Also Louison Bobet in 1955.
- Apr 10, 2019
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- Feb 20, 2012
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Vingegaard should be able to do decently in Lombardia if it were the week before the Tour. But then he's on Jumbo and Jumbo riders always underperform monuments. Even Roglic somehow bottles Liege and Lombardia despite flying the week before.
Evenepoel I really have no clue how he'd do in De Ronde. I don't think he flies away on the hills but I can see him staying away if he gets a gap somewhere else.
After 6 hours and 250+kms over 19 bergs?
- Mar 5, 2023
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First, nobody can do what Pogacar did today... especially his output sitting down on sharp climbs is remarkable.
Secondly, not sure you are right on Vingegaard.
He's fine in the fight for position, he didn't have any real problem on the cobbled sectors of the Tour (the problems occurred on tarmac), he's explosive enough on short climbs (though not quite Pogacar's level), and is clearly strong enough... but Jumbo has not yet cracked the code of him performing in 1-day races.
They say they are working towards it though, so I wouldn't write him off quite yet, as all the pieces of the puzzle seem to be there.
With 7 years of no home winner, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Belgian government were to get involved and mandate it…
Merckx in 1969. Even more incredibly in 1970 he was 3rd in Flanders then won Paris-Roubaix AND the Giro/Tour double. That is a season surely even Pogacar or Evenepoel could never match.
- Feb 20, 2012
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Depends on what restaurant he visited today
- Jun 30, 2022
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Evenepoel needs to sort out his weird cobblephobia first.
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