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His move was way early in the event and the efforts I saw from Remco were half-assed and involved much jawing at other guys to pull through. On an uphill pursuit you don't just stop working because you don't have alot of help. Remco's credentials would have him locking down in an effort he could sustain to reduce the gap. He didn't seem to do much of that from the highlighted broadcast segments I saw. Very much like the situation he won his own Worlds' RR. That, and he might have been tired and satisfied from winning 2 Olympic Golds.
If MVDP doesn’t ride Philipsen is also no chance of clinging on close enough with any support to bring attackers back on the descent.
That certainly shows the cycling world is enraptured by what they are seeing and it is not just fan hyperbole
No we cant conclude on that. He knows he can win dauphine & vuelta on one leg even in his 30's he is particularly talking about sanremo where he will be in the shape of his life. The key person in that race is jasper philipsen, he is the one who decides the races outcome. When pog attacks on cipressa only mvdp can follow and he will probably be on his limit & if jasper is in the race he will not work with pog but if he isnt he has to work on the valley & pog drops him easy on poggio
Not really, for 2024 pog there is no direct rival & on flanders we will see clear & laugh on the best classics riders in mvdp,wva& pederson when he sweeps them away by 3 minutes. His biggest & only rival(indirect) for 2025 season is philipsen b/c he would be the only one who could snatch a win from pog or make other riders win by making sanremo a tactical race. I will be incredibly surprised If mvdp takes the gamble of working with pog in the valley down cipressa with poggio ahead.
So it is a feeling. I think he didn't get worse. There were plenty of races where he completely shattered the race with his acceleration.
MVDP is the key person, since he can impact the race. Either by attacking like he won the race in 2023 or sacrificing himself to chase like he did in 2024, for his teammate.
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Cycling is an endurance sport, even sprinters are not "pure sprinters". They still need to endure 180 km before sprinting. Pure sprinters are on track.
Our definitions of "a key person" is totally different. I see a person as key when he has a better chance to win the race or has the lion share of deciding the outcome.
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