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Bruce Wayne said:
WvA seems to be a long way from Pog and MvdP these days.
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He really does - feel bad for the guy as he has half of Belgium crawling up his ringpiece about it, playing psychologist. Yesterday's finale was figuratively three guys past the keeper and an open goal, passing the ball between themselves. Then blasting it into rowZ.

He still is relentlessly strong, but it's been a while since we've seen a really dominant move from him in a major race - of course two serious crashes last year is a big thing to come back from.

He did make a killing move in Roubaix in 23 at the crux point, only to flat on carrefour de l'arbre - would love to see him animate the race like that next week.
 

Black Belt Jones said:
He really does - feel bad for the guy as he has half of Belgium crawling up his ringpiece about it, playing psychologist. Yesterday's finale was figuratively three guys past the keeper and an open goal, passing the ball between themselves. Then blasting it into rowZ.

He still is relentlessly strong, but it's been a while since we've seen a really dominant move from him in a major race - of course two serious crashes last year is a big thing to come back from.

He did make a killing move in Roubaix in 23 at the crux point, only to flat on carrefour de l'arbre - would love to see him animate the race like that next week.
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I saw a stat the other day that of the Classics over the past 4 years or so, Pog, MvDP, or Remco have won about 80% of them. You'd ordinarily have put WvA in that company, but the reality is that he's just not.
 

Bruce Wayne said:
What odds he wins Roubaix now :hayee:
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He'll probably win it one year, I just think its too flat for him to break the likes of MVDP, Pedersen, Ganna and he'll lose a sprint to all of them.

The chat is in the next few years he wants to refocus from the TDF to the classics, he'll bulk up a bit and god help the rest of them.

But I wouldn't rule out posting on here next Sunday after he does something ridiculous again 🤣🐐
 
TheWinslowBoy said:
He'll probably win it one year, I just think its too flat for him to break the likes of MVDP, Pedersen, Ganna and he'll lose a sprint to all of them.

The chat is in the next few years he wants to refocus from the TDF to the classics, he'll bulk up a bit and god help the rest of them.

But I wouldn't rule out posting on here next Sunday after he does something ridiculous again 🤣🐐
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TheWinslowBoy said:
Well, I say refocus.
He's only won eight monuments, like 🤣
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I was gonna say. He's already something like the 5th most successful classics rider ever. As for Roubaix, you'd think so, but then he pulled out a huge gap today on the flat, so if he gets away and the chase behind isn't working together. It would be a bit absurd if he did win it, but I wouldn't be surprised either.
 
PR an awesome spectacle as always, but not the most engaging race IMHO - Pog showed his otherworldly class as expected, but I think he will struggle to beat MvdP on this parcours even with experience. vdP just looks a cut above on the cobbles, no one better. That being said he was visibly hurting late on in a way you seldom see, such a hard race.
Full bidon to the dome can't have helped - Honestly the French authorities need to find whoever threw that and launch them out of a cannon. Can't afford to let that slide.

Horrible timing for Pedersen with that puncture - he has been in amazing shape, and would have changed the race dynamic (although I doubt he could stick a vdP attack on a hard cobbled section). Was hoping Wout would be on the premises, but he got absolutely shelled in Arenberg when the race lit up. Still massively strong to drive the pursuit like that,, just nowhere near the explosivity to handle moves from vdP or Pog.
 
Black Belt Jones said:
PR an awesome spectacle as always, but not the most engaging race IMHO - Pog showed his otherworldly class as expected, but I think he will struggle to beat MvdP on this parcours even with experience. vdP just looks a cut above on the cobbles, no one better. That being said he was visibly hurting late on in a way you seldom see, such a hard race.
Full bidon to the dome can't have helped - Honestly the French authorities need to find whoever threw that and launch them out of a cannon. Can't afford to let that slide.

Horrible timing for Pedersen with that puncture - he has been in amazing shape, and would have changed the race dynamic (although I doubt he could stick a vdP attack on a hard cobbled section). Was hoping Wout would be on the premises, but he got absolutely shelled in Arenberg when the race lit up. Still massively strong to drive the pursuit like that,, just nowhere near the explosivity to handle moves from vdP or Pog.
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It did seem to be a race defined by incidents rather than legs, with Pederson's puncture and Pogacar's crash. Probably not the most fulfilling way for MvdP to win, but I suppose a win is a win.
 

Bruce Wayne said:
It did seem to be a race defined by incidents rather than legs, with Pederson's puncture and Pogacar's crash. Probably not the most fulfilling way for MvdP to win, but I suppose a win is a win.
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Imo, bike handling skill won the race for MvdP. He ran out with Pog but managed to stay on the bike. Pog fell off.
 

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