The Jan Christen is the illegitimate child of Mathieu and Wout thread

[hayneplane]

Great talent! But don't see him as a MVP / WVA type rider.

Anyway strong win today!

Del Toro, Morgado, Arrieta and Christen has been nice signings already for UAE

And they have been given an impressive amount of freedom to express their talents already this year.

The sheer joy on Christens face today when Torres swung over and he was given the green light to attack was wonderful to see. There is a very Pogacar like zeal for racing and just ripping into it having fun on the bike.

Looks a real talent for the 1 day races at this point, in the future who knows?.

 

[scribers]

In on page 2!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Contract extension until 2030 (when they say that, do they mean inclusive of 2030?)

 

[Wyndbrook]

Contract extension until 2030 (when they say that, do they mean inclusive of 2030?)

The way contract lengths now seem to be communicated is quite ambiguous.
To me this reads as no job after the end of 2029, but invariably it will be end of 2030.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

The way contract lengths now seem to be communicated is quite ambiguous.
To me this reads as no job after the end of 2029, but invariably it will be end of 2030.

Yeah: PCS have recorded it as inclusive of 2030. Not sure why a press release would be deliberately ambiguous though.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Not sure I like the way he's focusing on becoming a GC-rider. He might have the skills for it, but he has so much potential in one-day races as well.

 

[hayneplane]

Not sure I like the way he's focusing on becoming a GC-rider. He might have the skills for it, but he has so much potential in one-day races as well.

At his stated weight you would expect him to develop into a very good climber

 

[Anderis]

I'm confused by the title ....

Aren't Mathieu and Wout married???

Mathieu isn't married to Wout thread as far as I'm aware.

 

[Landeirovic]

This guy is so amazing strong... every race stronger and stronger. Where will be his limit?..

 

[Offline]

This guy is so amazing strong... every race stronger and stronger. Where will be his limit?..

Future LBL winner

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Wow, another great call by OP. How does he know so much?

 

[Wyndbrook]

Wow, another great call by OP. How does he know so much?

Well in this instance perhaps he follows cyclocross.

 

[Peyroteo94]

He said he gained a lot of weight in order to be more powerful.

 

[Tim Cahill]

It was a shame about Brenner, DSM are usually quite good with younger guys, though he did show promising signs of life last season, perhaps one day he will justify the absurdly early thread made in his honour.

Christen benefitted yesterday from not being 100%, he had to use his head to win, he was stronger yet lost on Sunday and at the WCs because he rode like he had somewhere to be right after the event, hopefully for him the lightbulb goes off.

 

[SafeBet]

Super impressive work today after being sidelined for almost two months. And a top15 in the end.

 

[James M]

Super impressive work today after being sidelined for almost two months. And a top15 in the end.

Impressive indeed. He's been the entire year, and even more so, coming straight back after injury with no excuses—just right back into form. Impressive.

Him and Morgado,the sky’s the limit. A brilliant showing so far, count me intrigued, and they've definitely taken a step or two relative to most.

 

[Peyroteo94]

This kid will be very strong in 2 years, probably a contender in Ardennes. However, Teddy is in his team so he needs to leave UAE.

 

[hayneplane]

Great power today to string it out on the Cherave and then come back to the front with a surge at the foot of the Mur de Huy when everyone else looked pinned in position and set a fierce pace was a great return to racing.

I would presume he will be setting up for Tour de Suisse on home roads and it will be interesting to see how he performs in the longer climbs.

 

[Savant12]

That was a stellar ride, the way that he came up to the front of the group at 1km to go and just put the pedal down.

 

[Cycling111]

Does his brother have a thread? I couldn't find it in the search engine.

He has two wins this season. In the minor leagues, but on a small team like Q36.5.
I don't think his brother will last long at Q36.5. He has a great future.

 

[Berniece]

Does his brother have a thread? I couldn't find it in the search engine.
He has two wins this season. In the minor leagues, but on a small team like Q36.5.

I don't think his brother will last long at Q36.5. He has a great future.

You can create a thread or discuss him here, which at the moment makes more sense:

Teams & Riders - General topic for riders who don't deserve their own thread (yet)

I had this idea for a while. Every year there are interesting riders coming out of the U23, but it might take quite a while before they show us something worth opening a topic over. I guess you could talk about these guys in the U23 topic for a while, but after turning pro, that's not really...

forum.cyclingnews.com

 

[Tim Cahill]

I will remember 2025 San Sebastian as 'Jan Christen's big day out', absolutely hilarious riding.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1951651185745699065

 

[scribers]

It looked like the idea was to not drag Powless into the mix. In that Del Toro was empty (one mountain and flat too early) and Cicconi was strong.

 

[yaco]

It looked like the idea was to not drag Powless into the mix. In that Del Toro was empty (one mountain and flat too early) and Cicconi was strong.

Surely he needed to rest after bridging to Ciccone and del toro. Immediately attacking set him up for failure.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Surely he needed to rest after bridging to Ciccone and del toro. Immediately attacking set him up for failure.

He dropped Del Toro. Job done.