BigFatCoward Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 I clearly know nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 On 8/25/2022 at 3:45 PM, BigFatCoward said: Total guesswork but I'll say 1. Roglic 2. Yates 3. Carapaz Nice one Evenepoel clearly in massive form. As visible in San Sebastian. We will see if he can do it for 3 weeks for the first time, that has not yet happened. But this was a real tour de force yesterday. What a huge pack if riders together as well on that climb, 3 guys from Ineos and all the other contenders except for Mas and the surprising 19 year old supertalent Juan Ayuso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 Pretty comprehensive. I wonder what it's like in Belgium right now. I really hope he doesn't get taken out by a covid positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 They are going nuts in Belgium. I listen to Belgian commentary usually because its the best, but now its almost unbearably patriotic of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 Yates and Sivakov both positive and out. Hope that's the end but I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 My title is correct. Grand tour, monument and WC. First to do that since Hinault. The world is his oyster. He just rode off into the sunset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmanion Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 So Pogacar has won Flanders at his second attempt. Hell of a race with some big crashes. The rider from Bahrain rightly DQd after taking down most of the peloton. Jumbo have dominated the lesser classics but Flanders, milan-san remo and strade Bianchi have gone to other teams. Roubaix next week should be great. A lot of teams look ready to try things to hold back MVDP and WVA who are probably the hot favoutites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 3, 2023 Author Share Posted April 3, 2023 Thats 3 of the 5 monuments. If he had timed his attacks on the poggio better the last 2 years he might have San remo also. I hope he does try Roubaix in a few years. I still worry about his riding style reducing his chances at TdF. Vingegaard is slowly fine tuning, and was a proper monster last year. Pog seems to go hell for leather in every race and it may come back to bite him again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Fantastic win for Van der Poel in Roubaix! And that after already winning San Remo in what was by far the best acceleration up the Poggio that we have seen in many years ( and was in fact a record speed climb by him) and just missing out on the Tour de Flanders ( which was phenomenal) finishing 2nd behind the Pogacar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 It's weird, because van Aert is clearly the better rider, he just wins less when it really matters. Liege with Pog v Remco is going to be a cracker hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Van der Poel is actually the better rider, thats why he wins more when it matters, on the road and in cyclocross. Especially when its 1;1, he is the better rider. He almost won 3 major classics in a row here. Van Aert has yet to win anything other than the bunch sprint he won in San Remo a few years ago as far as the classics are concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 He's won many classics, you mean monuments. He is also the first person ever to win tt, mtf and sprint in single tour. And the green Jersey which MvDP could never win. He also has won week long stage races and is the finest domestic possibly in history in grand tours. If you only care about monuments you can say he's better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 No I care about everything. All the duels between them, in which MvP is a clear statistical leader as well as eye test leader. I care about Tour stages, which they have both won and which is ongoing, MvP says the Tour stages are a goal for him this year. Thoroughly disagree with your strange idea that MvP could never win a green jersey, that is bizarre considering the previous Green jersey winners, many of which are much worse uphill than MvP. Its simply not something he's been interested in during a Tour since he wants to win stages that are like classics. I am not just talking about monuments. Yes MvP has won a lot more monuments now but he also wins classics in general and has shown to be the better rider in the classics. And considering these 2 guys are mainly classic riders...that is what matters the most in any comparison. MvP also leads 5 to 3 in the Cyclocross World Championships which is were both of these guys hail from and where I watched them since the start of their awesome careers. MvP has also performed better in the road racing world championships than van Aert. Only thing that Van Aert has done that MvP hasnt is be a great domestique in the Tour and win a great mountain stage. For which he deserves credit, but I think the overall picture is quite clear and quite the opposite of what you suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmanion Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Pogacar making everyone look like amateurs again at Amstel gold. He's doing fleche wallonne and Liege as well with no Evenepoel, WVA, Roglic, Alaphilippe and MVDP only riding Liege it's hard to see who is going to stop him. Hopefully his form being so good at this time of the season won't hurt him at the tour like it did last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 6 hours ago, lmanion said: Pogacar making everyone look like amateurs again at Amstel gold. He's doing fleche wallonne and Liege as well with no Evenepoel, WVA, Roglic, Alaphilippe and MVDP only riding Liege it's hard to see who is going to stop him. Hopefully his form being so good at this time of the season won't hurt him at the tour like it did last year Remco is doing Liege, and being fully rested should be the main rival (hopefully for years to come). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmanion Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Oh that's good then I had seen somewhere he was missing it because of the giro but that makes Liege look even better with those 3 guys and Remco doesn't really do many of the same races. Definately going to be having a really late night/early morning for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 I think this young man may have a future in this sport. Him and Remco are going to go nuts on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmanion Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Yeah 2 out of 3 for Tadej but a lot more competition on Sunday, looks like another late Sunday night to watch this live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 Robbed of a potential great race by the crash. Pog has broken wrist apparently. Hopefully won't impact tdf prep too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmanion Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 He was taking a week or so off anyway by all reports. His training will just be indoors for a bit I suppose. Shame was really looking forward to a big showdown. Can't wait till we get a big one day race or grand tour with Pogacar, Evenepoel and Vigegaard all going at each other. Remco looked great hopefully there is a good competition between him and Roglic at the Giro, they seem to be the top 2 favourites by some margin. Someone else might lift to that level but I can't see it happening. After the Vuelta I think Remco will have learnt some big lessons to take forward into other grand tours and his team is stronger support this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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