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Teams & Riders The marvelous Victor Campenaerts, cult hero, thread

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tobydawq said:
Ha, he is going to ride Paris-Nice because he heard Ganna would do Tirreno. There's some honesty.
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Tbh, I like this new Campenaerts. He finally realizes he misses the talent to compete with the 3-4 best TT specialist, so he goes for the TT's he can win.
He's also going to try and tackle the opening classics of the season with Omloop and KBK. I've always wondered why he didn't try this sooner. He'll never win Flanders or Roubaix, but I am curious to see how far he can get in those semi classics.
 
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Boes said:
Tbh, I like this new Campenaerts. He finally realizes he misses the talent to compete with the 3-4 best TT specialist, so he goes for the TT's he can win.
He's also going to try and tackle the opening classics of the season with Omloop and KBK. I've always wondered why he didn't try this sooner. He'll never win Flanders or Roubaix, but I am curious to see how far he can get in those semi classics.
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Huh? He's always realized he doesn't have the talent of Dumoulin, Dennis or more recently Ganna, Evenepoel etc. Which is exactly why he's always focused so much on perfecting everything and making it his niche in the first place.
 
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Victor Campenaerts toont begrip: "Allerbeste tijdrijders moeten naar de Spelen" | sporza

Remco Evenepoel en Wout van Aert krijgen de voorkeur op Victor Campenaerts voor de olympische tijdrit. De werelduurrecordhouder begrijpt de keuze van de bondscoach. "Het is niet omdat ik het tijdrijden in ons land op de kaart heb gezet dat ik een selectie verdien. Dat zou ik zelf niet willen"...
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National coach Vantourenhout told the press that normally, Wout and Remco would be going to Tokyo for the Olympics. Campenaerts responded today, that he completely understands the decision. "I'm not an owl (idiot), Wout and Remco simply have more power". He thinks they both could end up on the podium.

The article (not just the part i spoke of above) also shows that the idea some people have about him, of being arrogant, is completely off base. He's a very down to earth guy and knows that his abilities are limited.
 
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Just came to me again how he has really had a very good season, proving he's not just a time trial specialist working on his own and for himself, but a very good helper for his teams and a classics rider who has to be considered, with the Giro stage win as a cherry on top. I wasn't sure that "switch" that he wanted to do would go so well.
Hopefully Paris-Roubaix on Sunday will be nice for him, too.
 
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Samu Cuenca said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1492522237190197252
View: https://twitter.com/CafeRoubaix/status/1492522237190197252
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Out of the remaining spring classics with a broken vertebra sustained in today's crash at Bredene-Koksijde. Even if he seems to crash more than the average rider, it's really unfortunate - just about the worst possible timing...
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Yeah, I already noticed in Nokere he crashed three times.

He had a strange schedule, and didn‘t ride one single stage race this year. Normally he‘s a rather good bike handler.

I don‘t know his positioning, but as an attacking WT pro, he‘s normally at the front end of the peloton, I guess. So the weaker opponents, like CT riders in races like Nokere or Kooksijde, should not be a problem, because CT riders ride at the back end.

Of course everyone is disappointed now, because we would have loved to see him in the next weeks. And every crash is a loss for every rider, even if it‘s not his fault.

In his best years, Armstrong never crashed. The same with Boonen. Lotto Dstny is so strong at the moment, they should be able to make sure that leader Campenaerts doesn‘t crash. Or at least that he crashes less often than recently.

It‘s just sad because Lotto and Campenaerts have invested money, time and passion since autumn, just for spring of 2023. Now he‘s out for weeks with broken vertebrae.
 
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