Yeah, that's the point. I think Wout is a fraud at this point.
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Wout was already outrageous at the Tour last year but he got into some heavy drugs this year. This goes below the belt even for most people who don’t mind doping as long as it’s somewhat believable.
He should also be the favorite for the TT.
Guess he might pass the 500 ptn for the green jersey
Guess he might pass the 500 ptn for the green jersey
The hubris may well be his undoing. There was simply no need to do what he did yesterday on Hautacam - it didn't really serve any purpose other than to show everyone how dominant he is.
With his huge ego, it won't be long before he decides he wants a shot at the yellow jersey himself, then things could start unravelling at Jumbo if they have to back one of either him or Vingo.
I wonder how long it'll be before they pull the plug on WVA and Jumbo? Given the fact it's given the mutant Pog a rival, it could be some time. But Wout has seriously been taking the p*ss!!
would wonder what MVDP could do at Jumbo.
Probably get in every single break of the Tour with Wout, then the 2 of them battle for every stage forgetting they should be working for Vingo or whoever else is 20 minutes behind.
So basically like every race their CX era? When the racing evolved from Nys getting away in the final lap, to MVDP and Van Aert just getting away in the first lap
I wonder his reaction watching this at home.
Plausible scenarios to me range from calling his trainer saying they need to up their game to 'i'm not gonna bother with this anymore, let's do some mountain biking'
Yeah but with the additional twist that they're riding for the same team.
And same team of the Tour favorite. And second favorite. But they don't care.
Believe it or not the biggest laugh yesterday for me was not him popping Pog. It was in fact him suddenly appearing in 3rd place at the finish line, grinning like a kid in a toyshop. All sirens went off at that point and even my wife ended up asking me (from the kitchen) why I was howling with laughter.
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Wout coming from CX. Ok, he’s got something at Strade Bianchi. Ok, he’s got the bike handling for the cobbles. But the long distances seemed to hamper him.
Then he popped up as a mountain domestique for a stage. Ok, he’s got the engine.
Winning on the Ventoux stage. Ok, he’s got good legs.
Now, we come to this Tour. Multiple breakaway efforts, multiple sprints, multiple examples of closing gaps for Vingo, and powering up mountains consistently over the course of 3 weeks. The fatigue buildup should be massive but not for Wout.
Then he popped up as a mountain domestique for a stage. Ok, he’s got the engine.
Winning on the Ventoux stage. Ok, he’s got good legs.
Now, we come to this Tour. Multiple breakaway efforts, multiple sprints, multiple examples of closing gaps for Vingo, and powering up mountains consistently over the course of 3 weeks. The fatigue buildup should be massive but not for Wout.
French president Macron was in the organizer's lead car yesterday following the stage.
In the midst of this energy crisis, he should seriously have asked Jumbo what the hell they're on & whether it could be nationalized?
Who needs fossil fuels when you have Jumbo fuels.
In the midst of this energy crisis, he should seriously have asked Jumbo what the hell they're on & whether it could be nationalized?
Who needs fossil fuels when you have Jumbo fuels.
I think Wout is forgetting to make it look at least a bit realistic this year.
up until yesterday I was accepting to being naive but what was that?
In the attack all day over high mountains, dropping Pogi, staying with Pogi to do some psychological games and then crossing the line as if it had been a walk in the park?
He is an amazing athlete but this is just not credible anymore. It is a complete joke.
And outside this forum there are 0 questions. 0, Not one journalist who is questioning this.
up until yesterday I was accepting to being naive but what was that?
In the attack all day over high mountains, dropping Pogi, staying with Pogi to do some psychological games and then crossing the line as if it had been a walk in the park?
He is an amazing athlete but this is just not credible anymore. It is a complete joke.
And outside this forum there are 0 questions. 0, Not one journalist who is questioning this.
This is jumbo. 0 questions from the journalists. Wout is God. Not one critical word or question.
There was something hilarious about Van Aert attacking from the break and pulling like crazy while being chased by Kuss, only to be caught so Kuss could sit up and then Van Aert could proceed to pull from Vingegaard so hard that Pogačar was dropped. It was like what. Nuclear headless chickens, so strong that it doesn't even matter that they ride dumb. Just powering through their Jumboness.
I'm thinking how does he not run into some kind of mental exhaustion. Watching this Tour a fairly bit (not watching the entire stage in some of the days but keeping it in the background while working and catching up with some of the final parts at night) to me it seems his body and mind is always on overdrive - either attacking, working, sprinting, pulling, etc. We see every rider taking it easy sometimes, going back in the bunch, cracking some jokes, talking relaxed to others but I don't remind seeing him do that much. Neither body nor mental fatigue.
I've watched most stages in full apart from the last three. He has actually still spent a bit of time chatting in the back of the peleton. But mostly he's been on speed yes.
Looking where Van Aert lost time on Pogi/Vingo:
Stage 5 to Arenberg: +13 on P, s.t. V [no doubt he could have won time on both if he had gone all out for himself]
Stage 6 to Longwy: +7:28 on both [VA attempting a ridiculous 150km solo, not a bad day for him]
Stage 7 SPBF: +11:02 on both [possibly a bad day for him]
Stage 9 Aigle: +11:40 or so [all day breakaway]
Stage 10 Morzine: +2:30 or so [bad day?]
Stage 11 Granon: +17:27 on V, couple minutes less on P [another huge breakaway effort, and doing lots of teamwork]
Stage 12 Alpe: +15 [massive work for the team, pulling the peloton all day]
Stage 14 Mende: +6:30 [led peloton into final climb, maybe not a great day?]
Stage 17 Peyragudes: +21:20 [in the break, then piloting Vingo]
Stage 18 Hautacam: +2 V, +2 P [obviously a fantastic day, didn't even go all out in the end]
It's impossible to judge where he would stand in the GC if he didn't have to do team duties and wasn't such a lunativ, but I'm not sure, he had an actually bad day at all in this race so far - except maybe stage 7 and 14. Did I miss something?
Stage 5 to Arenberg: +13 on P, s.t. V [no doubt he could have won time on both if he had gone all out for himself]
Stage 6 to Longwy: +7:28 on both [VA attempting a ridiculous 150km solo, not a bad day for him]
Stage 7 SPBF: +11:02 on both [possibly a bad day for him]
Stage 9 Aigle: +11:40 or so [all day breakaway]
Stage 10 Morzine: +2:30 or so [bad day?]
Stage 11 Granon: +17:27 on V, couple minutes less on P [another huge breakaway effort, and doing lots of teamwork]
Stage 12 Alpe: +15 [massive work for the team, pulling the peloton all day]
Stage 14 Mende: +6:30 [led peloton into final climb, maybe not a great day?]
Stage 17 Peyragudes: +21:20 [in the break, then piloting Vingo]
Stage 18 Hautacam: +2 V, +2 P [obviously a fantastic day, didn't even go all out in the end]
It's impossible to judge where he would stand in the GC if he didn't have to do team duties and wasn't such a lunativ, but I'm not sure, he had an actually bad day at all in this race so far - except maybe stage 7 and 14. Did I miss something?
Because he's a God in Belgium.
This is getting so blatant it's embarrassing, but man is it entertaining!
Don't forget we STILL haven't seen Wout go for green with zero obligations as well.
It's actually mad to think how much they would dominate if they had a DS in the car who actually knew some decent tactics.
Make every Tour stage look like cyclocross races where he and WvA just ride away?
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