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Oh they definitely could, especially with Gerrans and Valverde working for a sprint. Though maybe they’d attack more since WVA and MVDP faster.Van der Poels' range on the climby end is pretty similar to Gilbert, alhough Gilbert in the early days had more climbing chops.
I do think Van der Poel and Van Aert would absolutely thrive in 2010s Liege and pre 2015 Lombardia as well. I even think Van Aert could have won Lombardia had he raced in 2020 when the field was absurdly weak for a while.
