Yup but I'm a little bit afraid of crashes. It is his first race and he doesn't have any experience in those cobbles at 50 kph, at least in a peloton with more than 150 riders.
Not his best day but if remeber correct he also made a big tactical mistake in that race.
He also made a big tatical mistake when pogacar won, otherwise he was going to win again in the sprint.
Not being strong enough is not a tactical mistake.
He was strong enough, but he did a tatical mistake.
He got dropped on strength but I could do with a good laugh so i am interested to hear what this mistake is that you are claiming.
He wasted a lot of energy in unnecessary attacks before the final part of the race.
He made 1 attack all race. Pogacar was the one lifting the intensity on the bergs creating separation on at least three occasions.
Hilarious. MVP was dropped not once but two times. In the first time he was dropped he was saved by Laporte and he didn't attack not even once before the first Pogacar's attack
This in isolation is just so extremely comical based on RvV 2022 alone.
Did you really watched the race?
Imagine saying this after a race with 250 km, 6 hours on the saddle where you were the strongest rider in the race but you don't even get the opportunity to sprint because Van Baarle decides to close your line (in the central part of the road) and ended up sprinting close to the barriers.
Pogacar only had himself to blame for throwing away his best chance for a win (a long sprint à deux) instead leaving it to the final 100 meters with a group joining from behind. I think he realized that too which is why he was so upset afterwards. However you saw things on that day, it was not grace in the face of a major defeat.
Exactly. Being frustrated at oneself doesnt mean you are not graceful. Quickly he moved on. Not bringing it up again or just complaining/trolling/hating every day about it for years.
No, this is simply not true. He was robbed in two occasions: 2020 LBL and 2022 RVV. Saying a thing like that is not respect the pain and suffering riders have during a 250 km race specially when Van Baarle really did a irregular sprint. Did he make on purpose? Probably not, however it was wrong. Just analyze where he starts and where he finishes his sprint.
LBL 2020 I agree with you but in RVV 2022 it’s all on Pogacar as he should never have allowed any other riders to get back in the picture.
Had he locked back, Mathieu would have launched his sprint. Pog wasn't aware of riders coming back, and Mathieu timed it perfectly.
9th in line at the time Pogacars final teammate pulled over at the base of the Kwaremont does in no way equate to ‘had to surpass almost all of the peloton’
If he did a tactical mistake (now it is easy to think that), Van Baarle's sprint was still irregular.
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