Pogi is simply magnificent
Pro Cycling 2023
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Am very interested to find out how Remco will stack up against him. Dropping MVDP like he did today is just otherworldly, he’s the only one in the world who can do that to VDP.
Paris - Roubaix 20km to go! Shaping up to be a beautiful finish
Lead group: Van Aert, Van der Poel, Kung, Pedersen, Ganna, Philipsen, Degenkolb
Lead group: Van Aert, Van der Poel, Kung, Pedersen, Ganna, Philipsen, Degenkolb
A flat for Wout with 15k to go - heartbreak
I fecking despise cycling.
MVDP with the win and Philipsen makes it 1-2 for Alpecin
Fastest Paris - Roubaix ever, 46.8km/hr
Fastest Paris - Roubaix ever, 46.8km/hr
Pogacar with the most obvious win ever, never in doubt there. Although he's "lucky" I feel that there aren't any riders like Valverde or Gilbert anymore in the peloton who have that one punch in the last KM that Pogacar doesn't really possess. Don't get me wrong, he's an excellent finisher but those guys were exceptional at that, and this race is obviously the one Pogi struggled with most in previous years.
Ronde, Amstel, Fleche now. You'd almost forget Paris-Nice as well of course. Would be some spring if he also adds ANOTHER Liège to his list next Sunday.
Hoping for an epic battle between him and Evenepoel. Even though Pogacar has the added benefit that he has racing legs whilst Evenepoel is only flying back from Tenerife today or tomorrow, and that Evenepoel likely has to drop Pogacar in order to win, not vice versa.
Ronde, Amstel, Fleche now. You'd almost forget Paris-Nice as well of course. Would be some spring if he also adds ANOTHER Liège to his list next Sunday.
Hoping for an epic battle between him and Evenepoel. Even though Pogacar has the added benefit that he has racing legs whilst Evenepoel is only flying back from Tenerife today or tomorrow, and that Evenepoel likely has to drop Pogacar in order to win, not vice versa.
Pogacar, just ridiculous.
2 x Tour de France, Paris-Nice, Flanders, Strade Bianchi, Amstel Gold Race, Lombardia 2x, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, bronze on the Olympics, Tirreno 2x... Now the Fleche Wallonie.
2 x Tour de France, Paris-Nice, Flanders, Strade Bianchi, Amstel Gold Race, Lombardia 2x, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, bronze on the Olympics, Tirreno 2x... Now the Fleche Wallonie.
Alaphilippe in theory. He was always fantastic in these races.
Yeah I meant participating today. I think Van der Poel could beat Pogacar with his end shot, maaaybe even Van Aert - although for both of them a ~10kg disadvantage compared to Pogacar is huge on a climb like the Mur de Huy. But there aren't many riders like Bettini, Di Luca, Rebellin, Boogerd, Joaquin Rodriguez, ... around these days. Maybe it's just nostalgic feelings but those riders were a few notches above the likes of Bardet, Woods, and so on who are competitive in the hill classics at the moment.
Alaphilippe, yeah... Sad story to see this season, and can't imagine Lefevre is too happy with his huge contract for what he's shown. Huge contract from one of the French teams incoming for a last big payday I suppose. Seems like a perfect Sagan replacement at TotalEnergies.
They were also doping users
Well, at least 3 of them proven.Yeah, would make sense for both Alaphilippe and Lefevre to move him on if he doesn't improve. Lefevre needs to invest in his Belgian classics team either way.
Pogacar broke his wrist and will be out for around 2 months. He’ll still be ready for Tour but the momentum he was building will be gone, which would have been very useful against Vingegaard.
Where did you get the 2 months thing from? Didn't see that anywhere on the reports - it's apparently fractures in bones in his wrist/hands and not a broken wrist, he'll also be able to train inside and do other exercises to kinda keep in shape. Think it's just a 4-6 weeks thing before he's riding outside again. Not ideal for the Tour but after today was a rest period anyway, if anyone can pull this off it's Pogacar.
Such a shame not to get the duel with Evenepoel today. Of course still happy with his win though, what a fecking beast he is and what a beautiful moment to see him raise his hands in Liège in his all-white rainbow jersey.
Such a shame not to get the duel with Evenepoel today. Of course still happy with his win though, what a fecking beast he is and what a beautiful moment to see him raise his hands in Liège in his all-white rainbow jersey.
There's no way he misses the Tour unless there are complications to the healing of the bone.
It looks less than ideal though in his preparation, especially if you factor in that Vingegaard has only had the Tour on his mind all season. Making it to the Dauphine or the Tour de Suisse might become important now as well to get some much-needed speed on the legs (rather than the Tour of Slovenia that he does every year).
Best-case scenario it's a blessing in disguise for him to get some much-needed rest after a heavy Spring classics period... But it's likely that this hampers his schedule for 3-4 weeks (probably scheduled "rest" period for 2 weeks now anyways).
6-weeks of recovery, his altitude training plans are off. Let's put it this way, this is far from optimal for TdF
Vingegaard 2x TDF winner
Perhaps
On the form we have seen so far, I would definitely not expect to him win it over Pogacar. But with a weakened Pogacar and the Jumbo-Visma edge he has, it would look a lot better.
If not Pogi, let's hope Roglic finally gets his TdF win!
Roglic isn't going to the TDF?
If Roglic does go to the TDF, he is gonna crash on the 3rd stage after hitting a motorcycle and hurt his hip. He will then soldier on for a few more stages but eventually retire before the 7th stage. It's guaranteed.
Evenepoel, take a bow man.
Honestly, I'd be fecking suing the dog owner for a symbolic €1 if I were Soudal-Quick Step.
You couldn't be acting more irresponsible next to a peloton even if you tried. How dumb can you be?!
Feck this fecking feck shit. FECK.
Please just go to the Tour now.
So unlucky. Annoying that Covid still affects racing like this.
What is even the point of routine tests anymore?
Pro endurance sport can be very bad for your heart health long-term apparently (and increased risk of myocarditis short-term I think), even if you're (almost) asymptomatic. Nothing is worth taking that risk for.
Pretty sure they only tested him because he was getting ill already. He looked visibly sick today and was way worse than expected these last two days.
His statement reads "after taking a routine test", but indeed it's entirely possible that they felt his "decline" the last two days wasn't normal and that's why they tested (and it feels pretty crazy to write decline given his win today
).He needs to go to the Tour now though. No one cares if you're out of competition for 4 months and win another Vuelta. Heal up, go back to Spain and make sure you're ready on July 1st.
If Thomas takes this he'll have quite the Palmarès
Well this is just garbage, not just for him but for the Giro as well. I wouldn't say it's completely ruined, but it's suddenly a lot less interesting to watch.
It's Roglic vs the Ineos squad now (and I'm still betting on Roglic tbh) But yeah, this sucks for Remco and the Giro. Hoping he can flip the switch soon enough, but being on Tenerife and mainland Spain all those weeks on weeks on weeks and then this after one week of racing must be quite something to process.
It may not be quite what he wanted, but he does have something to show for all that work: a second LBL win, two stage wins in the Giro and a couple of days in the pink jersey.
Four more Quick-Step riders Covid-positive and out of the Giro, yet the moronic Italian press still thinks it's a disgrace for the Maglia Rosa and that Evenepoel wasn't being honest. Deluded bunch.
If anything this gets him some more domestiques if he wants to go to the Tour But if you listen to what Lefevre is already saying, they're gonna hold him back and give him the most lame schedule out there: Worlds, San Sebastian, Vuelta... Basically teaching him nothing new and playing it ultra safe. Then he'll be 24 next season, have 5(!) years of experience in the pro peloton and not a single Tour to show for it. Meanwhile Pogacar already had two Tours in the bag aged 24.
If anything this gets him some more domestiques if he wants to go to the Tour
But if you listen to what Lefevre is already saying, they're gonna hold him back and give him the most lame schedule out there: Worlds, San Sebastian, Vuelta... Basically teaching him nothing new and playing it ultra safe. Then he'll be 24 next season, have 5(!) years of experience in the pro peloton and not a single Tour to show for it. Meanwhile Pogacar already had two Tours in the bag aged 24.There's this bizarre sentiment that somehow Evenepoel was scared. I mean, what? The reigning world champion and winner of the last Vuelta and last two LBLs is scared of the competition in a Giro he was leading after 9 stages, having won 2 of them.
There's a lot of opinions out there on Evenepoel and I'm not always the biggest fan of the things he says, but the idea that he would be scared is just so far out there that I can't even imagine what these people are smoking. If anything he always has complete confidence in himself, for better or worse.
Roglic, holy shit. Biggest victory of his career.
Biggest victory of his career.Roglic, holy shit.
He finally did his own Pogacar. What a ride.
Mighty outta the loop here, but when did they start using disc brakes for Mountain Time Trials?
Incredible, even with the mechanical. He deserves it. Although he probably wouldn’t have won it if Evenepoel was still in, but it’s about time Roglic had some good fortune.
Wow! Well done Primož!