A ride in training doesnt necessarily mean its gonna happen in racing. They just wanted to go full & test the legs on kwaremont for pog. They know it anyway the chances of this line up on 2nd kwaremont happening in the race situation is below 1%
I think it is realistic to have 3, specially due to UAE's strenght. The only problem is how will they position themselves before Kwaremont.
Hum... I can agree partly with you to be honest. I think Vermeersch and Wellens will for sure leadout Pogacar.
They really overachieved last year, a little bit like MVP in LBL 2024.
Like MVP in LBL 2024 they were able to get a result because the race in front was so far gone everyone else was looking at each other.
I can agree there that they had better results than performances as they were way out of the race but came through as others such as Jorgensen faded after trying to keep with MVDP.
I completely agree with you. I already said UAE riders (those who will race in RVV) are not good enough to lead but when they are racing as domestiques, they are incredible.
I see this for a few reasons. They are training together, so no reason to train in absolute hypothesis. Even if they are greatly reduced, it's best to plan for each scenerio by having them all there. Visualization through motion is crucial in effective preparation. The team didn't recon like this as MSR, so maybe they've gotten the memo from somewhere above to actually prepare if you’re serious about monuments.
I don’t think Alpecin are strong enough in a hilly race to control who goes up the road when real live outsiders make their moves. In Paris Roubaix they can do an awesome job as last year but not imo in RVV.
He is so hard to dislike, that I stopped disliking him, and it will still p!ss me off if he makes Sunday boring, but I still hope he wins...unless Wout can somehow be someone he clearly does not appear to be.
If you look at teams beyond their clear leader then I would put UAE/Visma/Lidl/Ineos all clearly above Alpecin.
Most people do, and every year Alpecin shows they are able to get their riders in the position to win. Even when it gets tough, like E3 this year
I don’t honestly see any way that he can bore you on Sunday. It is a clash of the Titans between two of the greatest one day riders of all time both on prime form. It’s a far cry from Lombardia last year where the whole world knew it was done the second Pogacar lifted the pace.
I think you're right, but we are talking about probably the most talented man to ever throw his leg over a bike.
They're fine for the donkey work they will be called upon to do. I trust that Vermeersch will be able to do his thing from km 100 to the Koppenberg. Hermans is the wild card, for me.
Very true. The only thing that gives me some nerves is not doing any prep races over the cobbles.
There are also other teams to pursuit Narvaez. Trek will not win but they will race to win.
WVA is closer to Pogi than Pogi closer to MVP. Those who voted are clearly far from understanding a tiny bit of cycling.
VDP said he needed a few days to recover from E3 effort.
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