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Thread for early spring WT races - UAE, Omloop, Paris-Nice etc.
I don't know how many of you will be following the early spring races closely, but here's a place to talk about them all without trying to sustain a thread on any one of them in particular.
1st stage of the UAE tour today. I won't post a spoiler about who won, but the effect on the GC was pretty shocking. Looking forward to some great racing in 2021. |
And now van der Poel and his whole team have pulled out of the race b/c a team support person tested positive.
A pity. It was one good performance. I think his cyclocross fitness was giving him an advantage over the rest of the field. Or maybe he's just a beast. Or both. |
Woods is looking great. Rigo went to be with his partner in Miami.
SPOILER FOR UAE TOUR: Oh yeah that was incredible what MVP pulled off on stage one. To have it ripped away due to covid. Oh the humanity! Geeze, Pogacar pulls 4th in the stage two ITT jeebus. Neilson powless did well on the crosswinds! |
I'm not sure if anybody is reading this thread.
But MvP was again a beast in the Strade Bianche. And though Bernal came up short, he did OK. One wonders if his back pain will really hold him back this year. |
Originally Posted by MinnMan
(Post 21957011)
I'm not sure if anybody is reading this thread.
But MvP was again a beast in the Strade Bianche. And though Bernal came up short, he did OK. One wonders if his back pain will really hold him back this year. it's not like ineos doesn't have a bleep ton of capable riders that can step up. i'd bet that sivakov can take the same step tgh did last year in winning the giro. and the team has a few other diamonds in the rough that would be contenders on any other team (except team jv). |
Originally Posted by MinnMan
(Post 21957011)
But MvP was again a beast in the Strade Bianche.
e Worth the GCN+ subscription for the whole year. |
Originally Posted by DiabloScott
(Post 21957420)
Strade Bianche was some of the best racing I've seen in years... uomini e donne both.
Worth the GCN+ subscription for the whole year. |
Gotta get in on that GCN subscription. I thought that was a great result for Bernal. Did anyone checkout the slow mo shot of MvdP?
You can see Alaphillipe see the acceleration then look back at Bernal. I think JuJu lost it when he looked back instead of grasping how hard that acceleration was! |
That slo-mo would be full speed for most of us.
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Originally Posted by GrainBrain
(Post 21957777)
Gotta get in on that GCN subscription. I thought that was a great result for Bernal. Did anyone checkout the slow mo shot of MvdP?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMFRkEiI...on_share_sheet You can see Alaphillipe see the acceleration then look back at Bernal. I think JuJu lost it when he looked back instead of grasping how hard that acceleration was! I'd like to see the power meter readings from MvdPs last few hundred km. |
Tom Boonen:
“What! The! *******! What was all that? On Saturday I sat staring at Mathieu van der Poel with my mouth open,” Boonen wrote in his weekly analysis piece for Het Laatste Nieuws. “We have known for some time that he is a phenomenon but his dominance in the final of the Strade Bianche surpassed everything. “The attack on Le Tolfe was already impressive. After that he kept putting pressure on and on the final climb to the Piazza del Campo he simply blasted Alaphilippe out of the wheel. Nota bene: the most explosive rider in the world!” Racing has its next Peter Sagan. Not that he's the best of them (though maybe he is), but the most exciting. |
Originally Posted by MinnMan
(Post 21957951)
I was wondering about that. He may have lost the edge there, but I also doubt whether he had the power at that point to match MvdP's acceleration. Alaphilippe had no reason to look back except to acknowledge that he had already settled for second.
I'd like to see the power meter readings from MvdPs last few hundred km. |
Originally Posted by gregf83
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https://www.strava.com/activities/4901472414 Ridiculous numbers.
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stage four paris-nice looks like a barnburner...who ya got? first name that popped into the empty noggin was vlasov followed by the cofidis boys: g martin and gaudu.
i'll go with vlasov for the win. |
DQS, got that train....
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was rooting for almeida to finish off the breakaway. at least the team got the win.
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Originally Posted by ooga-booga
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was rooting for almeida to finish off the breakaway. at least the team got the win.
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Originally Posted by MinnMan
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DQS, got that train....
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Originally Posted by GrainBrain
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How about Bennett getting back on? Real power in that guy. I wanna see WVA unleashed on the tour and just a massive fight for green.
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it appears that primoz and tadej are on track to provide us all with another epic mano y mano clash in at least one of the gt’s.
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Wow, what a time to be a racing fan. It's been said before, but again, the flood of new talent and their new more aggressive racing styles is such a breath of fresh air.
I fell bad for Roglic, but he'll have other chances. And in Italy....that was racing, |
Wow indeed! MvdP braving that weather for the solo win is inspiration for getting out to ride in the spring time. Gosh he looked completely drained, will be interesting to see if he can make the TT time cut. But geeze he almost lost out to a surging Pogacar!
Where'd Higuita go? He was up there then finished 20 minutes down. Whatever I'll not be forgetting Higuita next time. Also another sweet little victory for Magnus Cort and EF in the final day of P-N. |
MvdP was out of gas at the end and Pogacar coming hard. Total respect for both of them. van der Poel looked totally spent at the line, but he held on.
Roglic dislocated his shoulder. Bummer. I hope he's better and back to form in time for le tour. |
Ouch
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My head hurts just watching that.
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