Teams & Riders The official Wilco Kelderman is the new Merckx-thread

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Apr 15, 2014
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Hindley got all of 30 meters or so before Kelderman decided he would sprint the others out of his wheel on 6% slopes...
Smart, it was not.

Edit: Hah, thinking the same thing.
 
Nov 16, 2013
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C'mon. That's not poor class. It was a setup by Sunweb. Let Hindley go first and then Kelderman bridge so they can create a gap together. Didn't work out as Almeida was able to follow Kelderman.

The thing is he wasn't able to follow Kelderman. But Hindley couldn't go faster than Almeida, so as soon as Kelderman bridged up to him, Almeida got back.
 
May 23, 2009
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As the strongest climber in the race, Hindley should have been left to do his thing and let Almeida worry about the threat to his position. If Almeida catches Hindley, or falters, then Kelderman goes.

It's really not that difficult a concept.
 
C'mon. That's not poor class. It was a setup by Sunweb. Let Hindley go first and then Kelderman bridge so they can create a gap together. Didn't work out as Almeida was able to follow Kelderman.
He should always have waited longer, whatever the plan. If Hindley is further up the road and he tries to bridge, but he notices that he can't shake Almeida, he could still decide to keep his legs still and have Almeida gamble to go after Hindley or not and profit in Almeida's wheel. If he can shake Almeida, the team can still tell Hindley to wait for Kelderman and they can work together.
 
Sep 2, 2011
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Just heard Wilco on RAI.
Question: "why didn't Jai wait for you?"
Wilco: "I don't know either."


Oh the drama.
 
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Congratulations with your first Maglia Rosa Wilco. Had to fight very hard for it.
Agree with you Dekker that he will probably be defeated, probably on saturday.
Couldn't keep up his form for three full weeks. Still great fight today, ended up fifth. These are the stages we will remember in ten years time.
It will all come down to saturday, keep up with Hart and Hindley and he probably wins the Giro.
 
Feb 20, 2012
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Idk, it's pink with a black edge.

At least we get to say Kelderman wore pink for at least 2 days.
But in all honesty I see less than 5% of him winning now. He's gonna need a miracle day on saturday and sunday
Somebody stop this guy from bringing snow machines and miracles.
 
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There's 2 serious questions for me.

  1. Did Hindley go full in the stage 14 ITT.
  2. Did TGH go full on the final climb today?
 
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We're in 2020, an interesting year when a former sky jumper almost won the TDF only to be dethroned by his "younger brother" in the last "real" stage.
The eternal promise (the Marat Safin of cycling) Kelderman has a very good chance of winning the Giro.
At this stage, not even Valverde winning the Vuelta would surprise me all that much.
 
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We're in 2020, an interesting year when a former sky jumper almost won the TDF only to be dethroned by his "younger brother" in the last "real" stage.
The eternal promise (the Marat Safin of cycling) Kelderman has a very good chance of winning the Giro.
At this stage, not even Valverde winning the Vuelta would surprise me all that much.
I think every single tennis fan would be offended by that if they knew who Wilco Kelderman was.