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Dekker_Tifosi said:This race was deadly for cyclo cross.
Dekker_Tifosi said:This race was deadly for cyclo cross.
Dekker_Tifosi said:This race was deadly for cyclo cross.
theyoungest said:I like how *stupid race interviewer dude* asked Marianne Vos if she felt she was killing the sport with her dominance, and then 7 Belgians outclass the field of the pros and he doesn't dare ask such a question. What a moron.
El Pistolero said:Niels Albert will not become world champion in mountainbike, WC cyclocross, WC on the road, win the Giro, track WC, win all Olympic medals, etc though, so the interviewer has a point.
theyoungest said:To get that as the first question after just becoming world champion... it's just a disgrace.
Spine Concept said:As I mentioned before about the total Belgian domination in the elite category today, you cannot blame the rider. They are just doing what they do best. It is a stupid question, I mean he's working a moot angle. Marianne is on a whole other level compared to the rest, what would you have her do?. The UCI will not let her race with the men - which is a *** notion anyway if you ask me - so there is not much else she can do. Other than that she's as ambitious as any other champion that has tasted victory. She wants it all, can you blame her?
theyoungest said:I don't hate it, I just know I have to take the commentary with a grain of salt, unlike you. I like to use my own eyes.
And as for a Belgian newspaper reporting on Van der Haar's post race comments...
theyoungest said:Wubben is nowhere near as talented as Van der Heijden, who was junior world champ. It's more difficult to break through in MTB, due to a much stronger field, but I think he'll try.
El Pistolero said:I don't blame her, I think she's a great athlete in a not so great sport(for women).
Spine Concept said:The UCI will not let her race with the men - which is a *** notion anyway if you ask me -
No. But as you say, he's still very young. And technically he's very strong.Echoes said:I know that. Wubben couldn't keep up with the best in mtb and that's why Groenendaal advised him to come to cyclocross. I've seen van der Heijden in a handful of mtb events last summer and he could deal with the likes of Van Hoovels and Nys. Of course he's much younger but that's not really the top mtb field.
That's irrelevant... the course was more difficult today, Vos wasn't on her best day, and she wasn't under any pressure at all. You can only really compare if they ride in the same race.Mich78BEL said:especially since the women compete at a level thats lower then male juniors, on tv they said that the women's first lap was 50 secondes slower then the first lap of the juniors
El Pistolero said:Did I say I was surprised? On the contrary, I said Van der Haar wasn't his usual dominating self Saterday.
As for Van der Poel being Dutch. He has a French mother and a Dutch father. He grew up in Flanders and has a Flemish accent. You decide whether he's Dutch, French or whatever. Should we say French domination? He's family of Raymond Poulidor by the way. But whatever, call me ignorant then...
theyoungest said:To get that as the first question after just becoming world champion... it's just a disgrace.
El Pistolero said:Did I say I was surprised? On the contrary, I said Van der Haar wasn't his usual dominating self Saterday.
As for Van der Poel being Dutch. He has a French mother and a Dutch father. He grew up in Flanders and has a Flemish accent. You decide whether he's Dutch, French or whatever. Should we say French domination? He's family of Raymond Poulidor by the way. But whatever, call me ignorant then...
Spine Concept said:Van der Poel has zero Flemish genes and no cycling talent from his mother's side of the family as far as I know.
Fus087 said:This man wants a word with you:
Dude, that was a bit of a failSpine Concept said:You conveniently did not highlight the part where I said ''as far as I know''. I did not research his mother's side of the family or anything. Pistolero did mention Poulidor, but it's hard to take it as a fact after knowing the intent of his post. Guess I should have looked into it. Thanks for that though. He's got the genes from both sides of the family then. Good on him and Dutch cyclo-cross