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

[jono]

It's interesting. And MVP is quite a massive guy. We've seen Dumoulin doing 10 km in 32 minutes. Obviously it's not that surprising considering how awesome aerobic engines they have but I'm curious how fast Vingegaard could go for example (after some training of course), he's so light, like African long-distance runners. Is breaking 30 minutes possible for such an elite, lightweight climber?

Mike Woods was a top junior and collegiate middle distance runner. He doesn't have a 10k PB on the World Athletics site, but his 5k PB of 14m14 results in a predicted 10k finish of 29m41.

 

[Oldman]

I'm sure that's what he would prefer, but will his team (sponsors) allow it?

I don't know. The number of WC jersies he has would suggest his opinion on the matter would come first, though.

 

[Oldman]

It's interesting. And MVP is quite a massive guy. We've seen Dumoulin doing 10 km in 32 minutes. Obviously it's not that surprising considering how awesome aerobic engines they have but I'm curious how fast Vingegaard could go for example (after some training of course), he's so light, like African long-distance runners. Is breaking 30 minutes possible for such an elite, lightweight climber?

It'd take awhile for any serious GT climber/TT er to rebalance their quad/hamstrings to run without cramping. It would also affect their cycling climbing after they dedicated the effort to run successfully. Contador was a possible exception and could explain his ability to climb out of the saddle for prolonged efforts.
Does anyone know how much time after retiring from cycling the Dumoulin ran serious 10km?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

It's interesting. And MVP is quite a massive guy. We've seen Dumoulin doing 10 km in 32 minutes. Obviously it's not that surprising considering how awesome aerobic engines they have but I'm curious how fast Vingegaard could go for example (after some training of course), he's so light, like African long-distance runners. Is breaking 30 minutes possible for such an elite, lightweight climber?

Given that a 10k is not a multi day event I think he would just refuse to do it, otherwise he would get nervous in the night and wouldn't sleep.