- Apr 16, 2009
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Exactly. Why didn't he request a jacket.
BTW, nowadays jackets should be easier to put on. Or at least riders should practice how to put them on in the off season!
BTW, nowadays jackets should be easier to put on. Or at least riders should practice how to put them on in the off season!
- Feb 20, 2012
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No the real difference is Pogacar had 45s more recovery time yesterday
- Apr 28, 2010
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Thank you! Finally somebody said it.
It’s ridiculous how Mathieu’s wins get devaluated. The guy is an absolute legend in the making and these detractors come off as haters.
If we went to nitpick every minuscule factor in a stage race or one-day race we can find an excuse for every rider winning a race over the other.
Point is, the guy showed up and beat everyone.
I wonder if the same people will be so quick to back him up if he doesn’t win a race. “He only won cause Mathieu’s form is obviously in decline”. “He only won cause Mathieu started his sprint too soon” “He only won cause Mathieu cannot possibly be in top shape all the way up to Roubaix”.
I’ll wait and see.
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- Apr 10, 2019
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You could come up with something like this the day after a big Ventoux stage:
https://www.cronoescalada.com/index.php/tracks/view/697331
You could also have a few laps on this circuit at the end of a hilly/medium mountain stage, the Mur de Monieux followed by an uphill sprint finish in Sault:
https://www.cronoescalada.com/index.php/tracks/view/697342
- Jul 10, 2014
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- Jun 7, 2011
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This makes sense. The difference at the finish was again +/- the same gap!
- Apr 30, 2011
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A bit too short loop in the first route (for some races at least), and in the second it's the only selective part. There are many hills that are not much easier, but in return better located. But before a Sault finish it works, granted.
- Sep 26, 2020
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Yes, I did, lol. ThanksI think you got today's stage mixed up with stage 1
Wonderful racing today and chapeau to all involved.
Feel sorry for Higuita to show great aptitude to make a very elite 5 man group then succumb to hypothermia shortly after the group swelled losing 20 minutes in the process.
MVDP made the race and was a worthy winner but did have the advantage of not having gone deep the previous day.
WVA did a great ride and in most circumstances you could talk about how on his first attempt at GC he is thrashing everyone with a 1m45s gap to the next rider but Pogacar was simply on another planet.
Feel sorry for Higuita to show great aptitude to make a very elite 5 man group then succumb to hypothermia shortly after the group swelled losing 20 minutes in the process.
MVDP made the race and was a worthy winner but did have the advantage of not having gone deep the previous day.
WVA did a great ride and in most circumstances you could talk about how on his first attempt at GC he is thrashing everyone with a 1m45s gap to the next rider but Pogacar was simply on another planet.
Yep, and the bottom line is that when on form MVDP's win rate in every discipline is absolutely ridiculous. Throw out the early fall races last year when he clearly came in overcooked in bizarre season - once he got it back he was winning per usual at T-A, BB, and Flanders - then look back at his hit rate on the road in 2019. Then see him literally win 90% of the cross races he enters and becoming the dominant force on the MTB - both short track and XC. Nobody wins more bike races and nobody comes close to putting on the show he does in pretty much every race he enters. The technical skills, explosiveness and complete "go for broke" attitude. WVA and Pojacar can fight it out for best all-around road cyclist, but MVDP is the best bike racer on the planet by a large margin.
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Upon looking back this isn't correct, van Aert finished in 48 or 49 seconds, so he either matched Pogacar's last 5k, or he was one or two seconds slower.
Watch on Steephills, on the English Eurosport. The last 1.2 km of the race. Van Aert was clearly the strongest finisher. At that point, at 1.2 km of the finish, in the final ascent already, Van Aert was 49 seconds behind Pogacar. Even more before, I guess. And at the finishline, he ended at 39 seconds of Pogacar. If there was 5 km left, with a small climb, Van Aert would have won. Because also Pogacar looked cooked the last hunderd of meters, not gaining many seconds on Van der Poel.
And in general. What a pity Van Aert didn't have the team and the teammates he deserved. If he had support of at least one good climber (Kuss ?), on the slopes of Prati di Tivo, Van Aert hadn't to do all the work himself, chasing Bernal/Pogacar, then chasing Thomas, then chasing Pogacar on the slopes.
And in general. What a pity Van Aert didn't have the team and the teammates he deserved. If he had support of at least one good climber (Kuss ?), on the slopes of Prati di Tivo, Van Aert hadn't to do all the work himself, chasing Bernal/Pogacar, then chasing Thomas, then chasing Pogacar on the slopes.
- Aug 29, 2009
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I had more of an impression Pogacar took it a bit more easy in the end, didn't look cooked at all to me. No need to play the dominator and take the win from van der Poel.
Wow, Higuita lost 21 minutes after having been part of the dream quintet with Mathieu, Wout, Bernal and Pogi
A brutal stage. The racing this year has been memorable so far. And I think we are in for more treats in coming weeks.
- Mar 13, 2009
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Brutal race with long range openings do often seem to have something to do with a certain rider attacking from 70k out
- Feb 24, 2015
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Say what you will but this year's edition of Tirreno-Adriatico have seen some of the most amazing and entertaining road racing in a very long time. MVDP, WVA, Pogacar and Alaphilippe have really lighted things up and there is little or no holding back. Credits also to Ineos although it hasn't paid off... yet.
As for MVDPs ride yesterday it was one of the more nailbiting moments I have seen. When he chumped down a bar with some 7K to go it really started to look worrying and the last 2K looked like it could become a heartbreaking moment.
Pogacar is clearly the strongest overall rider and I give Wout a very small chance of getting the overall victory but I am happy to be wrong on that.
The start of the season bodes exceptionally well for MSR, RVV, PR and LBL. Can't wait!
As for MVDPs ride yesterday it was one of the more nailbiting moments I have seen. When he chumped down a bar with some 7K to go it really started to look worrying and the last 2K looked like it could become a heartbreaking moment.
Pogacar is clearly the strongest overall rider and I give Wout a very small chance of getting the overall victory but I am happy to be wrong on that.
The start of the season bodes exceptionally well for MSR, RVV, PR and LBL. Can't wait!
- Nov 16, 2013
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What, Wout has zero chance of winning this race unless Pogacar does a Roglic.
- Jul 4, 2016
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Zero chance unless Wout does a Pogacar and Pogacar does a Roglic. So you're telling me there's a chance.
- Nov 16, 2013
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A Roglic as in crashing out of the GC.
He is not going to lose 75 seconds on a 9 km flat TT, if that's what you're alluding to.
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