Pneumonia? Or an early start on his MTB training?
(I know, this is cope).
(I know, this is cope).
Unlucky. With the shape he was in he could've done a lot of damage on the remaining flat/hilly stages.
So Pidcock isn't racing MTB worlds (at vuelta), surely that is the focus now for mvdp? There is nothing to do on the road worth talking about this year.
Your use of focus is the key word, add preparation and so far they are what's has been missing from his offroad racing excursions of late. Just rocking up and expecting to win is no longer good enough.
Yeah we don't need another MTB disaster
Been a long time since there wasn't one.He may well be training on the MTB, but most of his socials are on his road bike. With the Worlds in approx a month away, it's not looking like he's left enough time to prepare & race on the MTB before Crans-Montana. We know Puck will be at Les Gets in a weeks time; maybe we'll see him there also????
And I did laugh about the 'showdown' with Pidcock not taking place......they've never raced together at the business end of a XCO race....
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He's riding the Renewi Tour next week
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Zondag rijdt hij in Etten-Leur in een criterium, maar zijn echte rentree na zijn opgave in de Tour de France volgt volgende week in de Renewi Tour. De organisatie heeft de komst van Mathieu van der Poel bevestigd.
Waiting for the announcement that he's not racing the MTB Worlds... .
This just isn't the right prep for it.
This just isn't the right prep for it.
Not going to Rwanda.
Is racing at Les Gets XCO World Cup after Renewi Tour.
Is racing at Les Gets XCO World Cup after Renewi Tour.
Maybe he’s remembering the last time he went to a different continent for road WCs and thought better of it
MTB at a different continent wasn't much better.Maybe he’s remembering the last time he went to a different continent for road WCs and thought better of it
And he didn't go to the Tokyo test event in the autumn of 2019 - instead did a road race in Belgium, from memory.......
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Great to see Van der Poel winning again after his withdrawal from the Tour.
Special group.. Wellens was absolutely baked..he didn't even try to respond..
DeLie drag race specialist was beaten by Mathieu who just doesn't give up!!
Might be guys stronger, faster, but nobody digs deeper than van der Poel!!!
Always a pleasure to watch the guy race..
Great point—and we could see it clearly in how physically obliterated he was after crossing the line.
Pure class today by Mathieu. Not my favorite rider, but his reaction to De Lie's win was an example of how a great champion should act.
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Granted, Shimano do not do golf shoes, but given that Adidas do make cycling shoes, his footwear sponsors might not be too happy with that.
Also, who starts a round of golf at 8pm in late August?
As too the 2nd question, we always did as teenagers at our town course. The clubhouse/office closed around 8pm, so we could play for free from then until it was too dark to see. We used to run to our ball between shots so we could in as many holes as possible.
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6th at the Mountain bike race in Les Gets. Made a great recovery in the first laps before fading away in the last lap when the attacks started up front.
Its an encouraging result but what impressed me the most was how much better technically some of his rivals were, so I wouldn't expect a medal in the Worlds, two weeks from now.
Its an encouraging result but what impressed me the most was how much better technically some of his rivals were, so I wouldn't expect a medal in the Worlds, two weeks from now.
That isn't really a surprise; they train, and race all the time on the MTB - they should be better. He lost so much time on the technical parts - both from lack of much MTB riding time, and not wanting to take any risks - he had to finish the race. Job done. He did get better as the race went on. I think the Worlds are going to come too soon for him. He could do with more time training & racing.
He improved immeasureably from 2016-2019 when he raced regularly on the MTB.
It's more technical - but according to Oli on the commentary, they've toned it down since last year, when there was some criticism - and numerous crashes. A race Pidcock won.....
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