I don't think it's usually televised live, just highlight packages later. Someone can correct me if this has changed.
Anyway given the parcours and startlist I'd be fairly surprised if he doesn't pick up a stage somewhere.
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Anyway given the parcours and startlist I'd be fairly surprised if he doesn't pick up a stage somewhere.
I don't think it's televised. Someone said earlier that in the past it's been available on Facebook of all platforms, maybe just the highlights.
he said it made no sense with the headwind.
ypu, I guess you know better than the man in the race itself?
With VdP thats definitely possible. He makes a lot of bad excuses often. Wind direction is not that hard to verify.
Headwind Poggio with a lot of stop/start and no consistent pacing in 6 minutes flat sure Mathieu
On a climb with so many hairpin turns, there will have been some headwind stretches, though. But yeah, probably not the last stretch before the telephone box.
Weird. So it seems the noob thinks he's shorteing his carrer, while MVDP thinks his carrer is soon over anyway so he has to win it all before it ends.
And then that last interview...
"I don't think my friends, my family, my girlfriend weren't really, I think they weren't that pleased that I was at home because I wasn't the most enjoyable person at the at this period".
What does this guy expect of himself? :O Who's enjoyable when injured? Maybe you gotta be cyclists in many generations to have that much pressure on your shoulders, but it makes me sad as it sounds so depressing
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Agreed from the limited footage I saw.
Didn't Tadej suggest his first effort came too early, too close to a hairpin and into headwind? I think he identified it as the wasted effort. Either way; WvA and VDP both were able to ride back to Pogi easily on several ramps that would suggest they had a draft.
Don't know for sure but looked like that.
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Christoph Roodhooft: "Mathieu van der Poel reed nooit beter de Poggio op"
Interview Mathieu van der Poel werd bij zijn seizoensdebuut derde in Milaan-San Remo. Twee dagen later belden we teammanager Christoph Roodhooft voor een evaluatie en met de vraag wat dat resultaat nu betekent voor de klassiekers. “In de Ronde van Vlaanderen wordt anders gekoerst dan in...
Don't know why my mind blocked it but was sure this year was only the 2nd MSR he did, I didn't remind him at all in the 2020 edition. Only reading in that interview that it was his 3rd Poggio ascent made me look when were the first.
2020 was the famous late start to the season where VDP overtrained himself and was *** through the italian classics
Mathieu van der Poel wil Giro en Tour combineren: "En die wil ik allebei uitrijden"
Mathieu van der Poel, pas net terug van een rugblessure, heeft grootse plannen voor dit seizoen. De Nederlander van Alpecin-Fenix wil dit jaar namelijk zijn debuut in de Giro d’Italia maken en de Italiaanse ronde combineren met de Tour de France. “En ik heb de intentie om ze dit jaar allebei uit...
And he wants to finish both races. Idk chief. Doesn't seem wise after a lingering back injury
barely back from injury and now he wants to do giro tour double.Mathieu van der Poel wil Giro en Tour combineren: "En die wil ik allebei uitrijden"
Mathieu van der Poel, pas net terug van een rugblessure, heeft grootse plannen voor dit seizoen. De Nederlander van Alpecin-Fenix wil dit jaar namelijk zijn debuut in de Giro d’Italia maken en de Italiaanse ronde combineren met de Tour de France. “En ik heb de intentie om ze dit jaar allebei uit...www.wielerflits.nl
And he wants to finish both races. Idk chief. Doesn't seem wise after a lingering back injury
Its quite unwise wanting to finish the Giro in my point of view especially given that the World Championships route will likely suit him well and finishing the Giro and Tour could mean end of the season for him even if with the light schedule that he will have before.
Riding LBL should be his priority at least if he doesn't win Ronde or Roubaix
Ugh. I think that's a terrible idea. And that's to say nothing of whatever mtb plans he has. As much as I love watching him race in all disciplines he's going to have to start making better decisions if he wants to have a sustained cycling career.barely back from injury and now he wants to do giro tour double.Mathieu van der Poel wil Giro en Tour combineren: "En die wil ik allebei uitrijden"
Mathieu van der Poel, pas net terug van een rugblessure, heeft grootse plannen voor dit seizoen. De Nederlander van Alpecin-Fenix wil dit jaar namelijk zijn debuut in de Giro d’Italia maken en de Italiaanse ronde combineren met de Tour de France. “En ik heb de intentie om ze dit jaar allebei uit...
And he wants to finish both races. Idk chief. Doesn't seem wise after a lingering back injury
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I wouldn't go for this combination, especially after being out for months with back problems.
But, as compensation he will not be mountain biking for the next few months. In that respect, the entourage has finally realized that combining and practicing together (cyclocross), road, mountainbike, road again, mountainbike again, during the same season, is very taxing. And I hope that the so-called connoisseurs who thought that it should be possible, despite the long-term back problems, will now apologize. After denigrating the real connoisseurs who criticized the impossible combination. An impossible combination, not in terms of talent or physical ability, but in terms of physical load, injurys etc.
But, as compensation he will not be mountain biking for the next few months. In that respect, the entourage has finally realized that combining and practicing together (cyclocross), road, mountainbike, road again, mountainbike again, during the same season, is very taxing. And I hope that the so-called connoisseurs who thought that it should be possible, despite the long-term back problems, will now apologize. After denigrating the real connoisseurs who criticized the impossible combination. An impossible combination, not in terms of talent or physical ability, but in terms of physical load, injurys etc.
It's not like he'll be racing for the podiums in those GT's though, so he can do the mountain stages at a relatively "easy" pace.
He'd probably be doing similar work in training if he wasn't doing a GT, so I'm not sure it's such a bad idea.
He'd probably be doing similar work in training if he wasn't doing a GT, so I'm not sure it's such a bad idea.
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Of course. But why 2 grand tours ? And so in quick succession. Then make the combination Tour and Vuelta. Or Giro and Vuelta.
No different that with any other rider(been to the Remco thread?), team, race organizer, etc...voicing opinions on what figures in sport should or shouldn't do is one of the backbones of sporting forums and fandom in general.
Yeah, but here it's because every poster knows better what's most healthy for the rider. I think it's extreme in this thread.
No one knows, including Mathieu and his team as we've seen. People are just voicing their opinions as always. It's definitely not extreme
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