Teams & Riders The "MVP" Mathieu Van der Poel Road Discussion Thread

[Red Rick]

Who's the favourite for MSR is Pogi doesn't ride it?

I'm just assuming he races it, I don't see why he wouldn't.

 

[AmRacer]

I'm just assuming he races it, I don't see why he wouldn't.

He said he won't ride it, there are better ways of prepping for upcoming races, I suppose.

 

[CatchyH]

1st season without a monument win since 2021. Worst set of monument results since 2019. Not great but he's not washed just yet so i'm sure he'll add more wins in the future.

 

[ppanther92]

Well, he was the strongest today and probably would have won a 4th PR (with darkhorse van Aert who also might have had even more - looked at ease in the end).

But even if he probably timed form right, his season looks subpar for his standard. None of MSR, Flanders, PR - did not happen since 2021 where he lost the sprints vs. Asgreen (Flanders) and Colbrelli (PR).

 

[Keldergoat]

In many ways I found his performance Today more impressive than many of his monument wins. What a truly impressive ride.

 

[Berniece]

Clear favorite for Roubaix next year, and 2nd favorite for Sanremo again.

But really he should take a big think about how he wants to appraoch racing against Pogacar in these races.

He won't, but he shoudl.

I hope he's gonna try for the WC in Montreal. It's perhaps slightly on the difficult side for him, but he should be a podium candidate.

If he’s willing to put in the work to lose some weight. Will be too difficult otherwise. Belgium will probably act as a Pogacar leadout again

 

[AmRacer]

If he’s willing to put in the work to lose some weight. Will be too difficult otherwise. Belgium will probably act as a Pogacar leadout again

Wout and Remco at their 2022 could challenge Pogi, like Jonas and Primoz did.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

The fact that he was the first rider there to congratulate Wout, made me a bit of a fan now. That showed a lot of class, as the tension between them has sometimes made me feel like Mathieu was dismissive of Wout. He was extremely gracious, and showed that he is a great competitor. Chapeau Mathieu!