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

[Bardamu]

Wow, just wow.

 

[Bardamu]

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His results this spring bode well for those looking for him to focus more on the road. The fact that the races he's done have been exciting and aggressive definitely helps. I'm guessing he'll do the mtb thing through the Olympics, then just focus on cross and road for a few years. He's certainly proven that he can easily combine a full cross season with a spring classics campaign so no team will make him go the Stybar/Boom route.

I know he's under contract with Correndon through 2022, but you've got to think a WT team will buy him out or maybe more likely, Correndon will gain sponsors and step up to WT at some point. Whatever happens, I don't see him still racing for a Pro Conti team in 2022.

A shame we won't see him at Worlds as it should be a good course for him.

Why do we think we will not see him there?

Gonna do MTB races.

 

[tobydawq]

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His results this spring bode well for those looking for him to focus more on the road. The fact that the races he's done have been exciting and aggressive definitely helps. I'm guessing he'll do the mtb thing through the Olympics, then just focus on cross and road for a few years. He's certainly proven that he can easily combine a full cross season with a spring classics campaign so no team will make him go the Stybar/Boom route.

I know he's under contract with Correndon through 2022, but you've got to think a WT team will buy him out or maybe more likely, Correndon will gain sponsors and step up to WT at some point. Whatever happens, I don't see him still racing for a Pro Conti team in 2022.

A shame we won't see him at Worlds as it should be a good course for him.

Why do we think we will not see him there?

Gonna do MTB races.

Things change. Realising you're the biggest favourite to win the World Championships on the road might be a reason to change your mind.

 

[jaylew]

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His results this spring bode well for those looking for him to focus more on the road. The fact that the races he's done have been exciting and aggressive definitely helps. I'm guessing he'll do the mtb thing through the Olympics, then just focus on cross and road for a few years. He's certainly proven that he can easily combine a full cross season with a spring classics campaign so no team will make him go the Stybar/Boom route.

I know he's under contract with Correndon through 2022, but you've got to think a WT team will buy him out or maybe more likely, Correndon will gain sponsors and step up to WT at some point. Whatever happens, I don't see him still racing for a Pro Conti team in 2022.

A shame we won't see him at Worlds as it should be a good course for him.

Why do we think we will not see him there?

I suppose he could always change his mind but Amstel was to be his last road race of the year to focus on the MTB world cups in prep for the Olympics next year. Unless he has a complete change of heart, I figure the best chance we have of seeing him on the road again this year is defending his title at Dutch nats.

 

[Brullnux]

Scenes when he wins gold mtb in 2020 then gold road race in 2024

 

[Pantani_lives]

Mon Dieu van der Poel?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

MTB races has nothing to do with the worlds Jawlew

In fact, the national coach already talked with MvdP about Yorkshire. There's already a 90% chance he is going to participate.

 

[jaylew]

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MTB races has nothing to do with the worlds Jawlew

In fact, the national coach already talked with MvdP about Yorkshire. There's already a 90% chance he is going to participate.

Interesting. I hadn't heard that, though I'd love to see him there. Do you have a link?

 

[Gigs_98]

Everyone was talking about him not riding PR and how he might have lost a golden opportunity for the win there, but retrospectively the much bigger deal is probably that he missed MSR becuase while in PR everything can happen I have a hard time seeing a scenario other than a badly timed mechanical or crash that could have kept him from winning there.

 

[huge]

What I just saw....that was something else. WOW! What an absolutely epic win! I'm speechless.

 

[tobydawq]

Everyone was talking about him not riding PR and how he might have lost a golden opportunity for the win there, but retrospectively the much bigger deal is probably that he missed MSR becuase while in PR everything can happen I have a hard time seeing a scenario other than a badly timed mechanical or crash that could have kept him from winning there.

Strade would have been his for the taking as well. I think.

 

[armchairclimber]

The rest of the WT peloton might as well just give up. Ridiculous performance. Up with Froome's 90km solo effort and Cancellara's casual riding of everyone off his wheel.

 

[Red Rick]

Okay now he would've won every single one day race had he been there good to know.

 

[tobydawq]

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Okay now he would've won every single one day race had he been there good to know.

Yes. He would of course also have won Flanders without his crash.

Maybe somewhere along the road people would have realised they would have to do something about it, though...

 

[Red Rick]

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Okay now he would've won every single one day race had he been there good to know.

Yes. He would of course also have won Flanders without his crash.

Maybe somewhere along the road people would have realised they would have to do something about it, though...

He'll get Sagan'd all the time from now on.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

No way he would have won Strade though. Unless he could start the final climb with a 30 second headstart.

 

[Mavic]

The difference being that he was actually racing in Flanders. What he showed there was more than enough to be able to make an educated guess as to what could have happened.

 

[fauniera]

He could become world champion in cross, mountain bike and on the road. In one year. Just saying.

 

[Bardamu]

He could become world champion in cross, mountain bike and on the road. In one year. Just saying.

And then MTB gold in 2020 Olympics, Road in 2024 and by 2028 Cyclocross is also an Olympic discipline?

 

[Red Rick]

He could become world champion in cross, mountain bike and on the road. In one year. Just saying.

And then MTB gold in 2020 Olympics, Road in 2024 and by 2028 Cyclocross is also an Olympic discipline?

Yeah

And then he could focus on speed skating cause it's the Dutch thing to do and he'll win 5 gold medals.

 

[Flamin]

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The rest of the WT peloton might as well just give up. Ridiculous performance. Up with Froome's 90km solo effort and Cancellara's casual riding of everyone off his wheel.

What are you talking about?

 

[Gigs_98]

He could become world champion in cross, mountain bike and on the road. In one year. Just saying.

And then MTB gold in 2020 Olympics, Road in 2024 and by 2028 Cyclocross is also an Olympic discipline?

More likely by 2026 but yeah

 

[Slangeveld]

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MTB races has nothing to do with the worlds Jawlew

In fact, the national coach already talked with MvdP about Yorkshire. There's already a 90% chance he is going to participate.

Interesting. I hadn't heard that, though I'd love to see him there. Do you have a link?

Philip Roodhooft (team manager) also mentioned that the Yorkshire parcours suits Mathieu in a post race interview this year when asked about the future.
If Van der Poel has also improved on the mountain bike he can beat Schurter and legtimately do a PFP and win three world titles in a single year.
It's a shame there is only one rest day between the road race and the MTB cross country in Tokyo next year but with this guy anything is possible.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

He could become world champion in cross, mountain bike and on the road. In one year. Just saying.

And then MTB gold in 2020 Olympics, Road in 2024 and by 2028 Cyclocross is also an Olympic discipline?

Yeah

And then he could focus on speed skating cause it's the Dutch thing to do and he'll win 5 gold medals.

I heard Ajax informed if they can borrow Vd Poel for the CL semi finals. He'll probably score 7 goals singlehandedly dribbling from defense to attack. And the national tennis coach informed wether he'd be available for the Davis Cup.

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

Rumors are that Mercedes are looking to replace Hamilton with MvDP as soon as he's willing.