Teams & Riders The Official Wouter Lambertus Martinus Henricus Poels thread.

[maxmartin]

Bad conditions today for a guy so thin,he's resemblance with Froome is clear.

Yes they trained together for a quite lengthy time in the winter. And least SKY training to lose weight is still working well.

 

[MatParker117]

Good Result and should be an excellent dom for Froome in Catalunya

 

[Akuryo]

Made up a few places in the final TT and in the end a 7th place which no one expected (Froome and then König were the designated captains). Good for him since he said he turned down the offer to help Porte at the Giro. He wanted to ride the Tour and this result should increase his chances of getting a roster spot for July.

 

[ICEROCK]

He could be a F's final man in the Tour, of course never count Porte out.

 

[DBotero]

Luke Rowe ‏@LukeRowe1990 1h1 hour ago

Ya reckon @WoutPoels had a hard day today ?

 

[HelloDolly]

Chris Froome doesn't look too upset here

 

[Pricey_sky]

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Chris Froome doesn't look too upset here

No need to be upset really, the Tour is still a few weeks away.

 

[Electress]

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Chris Froome doesn't look too upset here

Sweet lord, look at Froome's knee. He is so thin!

 

[Carols]

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Chris Froome doesn't look too upset here

Sweet lord, look at Froome's knee. He is so thin!

Om My indeed. In that shot his knee looks as if it belongs to someone just released from a prisoner of war camp

Poels looks healthy and tired!

 

[ILovecycling]

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Chris Froome doesn't look too upset here

Sweet lord, look at Froome's knee. He is so thin!

holy moly !!!

 

[Richeypen]

Big big stage from Poels today. Dropped early but came back and could well have helped to save Froome's MJ (hyperbole maybe but big performance all the same)

 

[Poursuivant]

He looked dead on Croix de Fer, great ride today.

 

[DBotero]

Good again today.Poels will be a key rider in Sky team,his a better climber than G. but he needs to improve a bit his consistency.He will take the full role of Porte from now on at Sky.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Poels is, like Porte, very inconsistent in his mountain performances, so he would not make a great leader for a GT.
He has these brilliant days like today and yesterday though which make him invaluable as mountain domestique.

In a role as leader I'd rather see him going for stages. Save energy on bad days and go into the attack on good days. He could do like Rolland or Bardet that way

 

[Pricey_sky]

His performances over the past 2 days have been superb and have pretty much justified Sky signing him on the last 2 stages alone. With Porte moving I had a feeling Froomes support would suffer but the performances of G and Poels have shown they will be key men for Froome over the next 12 months.

 

[Red Rick]

I don't think he's as good as Porte in dropping all but Quintana with a smile on his face. He seems very good at pacing dropped Froome though

 

[May0maniac]

He usually has 1 or 2 days in a GT when he's a monster on steep climbs, just look at the 2014 Giro and the 2011 Vuelta.
He's not the most consistent rider in a GT and really suffers cold weather, but he's an awesome domestique and could be a great stagehunter in a GT.

 

[Richeypen]

Endeared himself to the Colombians today as well

http://nos.nl/tour/video/2048912

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I think he found his niche as mountain domestique. He's not consistent enough to be a leader and is very prone to offdays. But as said above, he is a monster on steep climbs when on a super day

 

[wwabbit]

Poels is definitely in high demand for the post-Tour crits in NL, looking at the start lists

 

[ILovecycling]

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I think he found his niche as mountain domestique. He's not consistent enough to be a leader and is very prone to offdays. But as said above, he is a monster on steep climbs when on a super day

Agree with this, personally he would be the best for mountain stages hunting,but thats occasional.

 

[TMP402]

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Endeared himself to the Colombians today as well

http://nos.nl/tour/video/2048912

Boy oh boy that is a goofy looking show.

 

[TMP402]

I notice after today's win Poels was congratulated on Twitter by the SEG Racing team, Thomas Dekker, Laurens ten Dam, and Lieuwe Westra. Is the Dutch peloton particularly close-knit/friendly with each other?

On the other hand he was also congratulated by Nicolas Roche, Geraint Thomas, Tosh van der Sande, Carlos Verona, Beñat Intxausti, Ian Boswell and Ben Swift, so is he just especially popular?

 

[WheelofGear]

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I notice after today's win Poels was congratulated on Twitter by the SEG Racing team, Thomas Dekker, Laurens ten Dam, and Lieuwe Westra. Is the Dutch peloton particularly close-knit/friendly with each other?

On the other hand he was also congratulated by Nicolas Roche, Geraint Thomas, Tosh van der Sande, Carlos Verona, Beñat Intxausti, Ian Boswell and Ben Swift, so is he just especially popular?

He seems like a nice, smiling guy too.

He has a good shot at doing something on Mur de Huy.

 

[HelloDolly]

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I notice after today's win Poels was congratulated on Twitter by the SEG Racing team, Thomas Dekker, Laurens ten Dam, and Lieuwe Westra. Is the Dutch peloton particularly close-knit/friendly with each other?

On the other hand he was also congratulated by Nicolas Roche, Geraint Thomas, Tosh van der Sande, Carlos Verona, Beñat Intxausti, Ian Boswell and Ben Swift, so is he just especially popular?

He seems like a very nice guy but not particularly popular compared to some other riders

Lots of pros congratulate each other when they win