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mothercruncher 16,218 posts
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mothercruncher 16,218 posts
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Registered 13 years agoHe’s now riding a teammate’s bike apparently. -
fs WVA
got back onto the peloton, changed to another bike and then stacked it immediately.
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gamecat 852 posts
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Registered 13 years agoGood race, Sagan looked like death at the end, had a fiver on SVM but he didn't quite have the legs even without the mechanical issues. -
Salaman 23,620 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThat's 4 monuments for Gilbert
(who's been hoping of winning all 5 for a few years now).
San Remo is damn hard to win though. He's going to have to gear his full season preparation towards SR the next years. -
mothercruncher 16,218 posts
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Registered 13 years agoSaw mention of Politt attacking in the last feed zone, rewatched that bit and, sure enough he accelerated through that section as everyone else slowed to grab things. The next shot is him hammering along while people are slinging bidons over their shoulders.
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grey_matters 4,699 posts
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Registered 13 years agoSalaman wrote:
He's unreal. Brabantse Pijl win today with the finale having him going up against Alaphillipe, Matthews, Wellens, and Impey. An absolute legend is developing right in front of us.
Jeez, what kind of a superman is Mathieu Van der Poel?
I remember watching his Dad, Adri, going up against Seán Kelly in the 80s but Mathieu is going to eclipse him easily. And probably Kelly too at this rate. -
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Registered 14 years agoYep, today's race was very exciting – must have been the black shorts. -
gamecat 852 posts
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Registered 13 years agoAmstel Gold last 50k on rn, almost forgot it was on.
Edit: well, glad I didn't miss that, cracking finish.
VDP drags a group back to leading pair, 1min up the road with 5k to go, then wins a 500m sprint
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mothercruncher 16,218 posts
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Registered 13 years agoOh, my, God. Genuine adrenaline rush from that finish, cannot believe he dragged them all up single handedly from 20 seconds back but actually could then believe he’d then go on to win the sprint against everyone. Wow. -
askew 19,119 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI'm not sure why I came in without catching it, but I'm impressed at the spoiler-free posts! -
askew 19,119 posts
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Registered 14 years agoWow. What a beast. -
mothercruncher 16,218 posts
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Registered 13 years agoArmstrong on his podcast was fairly certain VdP is off to Quickstep or Sky now. A big money offer will come in that’s too hot to resist.
I’m not sure. He’s clearly in a second tier team at the moment. Possibly not even that given they’re really a CX squad who are dipping their toe in the road side of things.
But A. he’s been really loyal to them thus far, appreciating the flexibility they give him that allows him to ride CX, MTB, road, whatever he chooses and B. cyclocross doesn’t pay brilliantly except if you’re Wout Van Aert or Mathieu van der Poel in which case they’re already making millions. Precious CX world champs have taken pay cuts to join road teams.
I dunno.
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JoelStinty 7,867 posts
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Registered 5 years agoWhat a finish. Just watched the Eurosport highlights. My recording finished with a km left 🤔. Lucky the final Km was on YouTube 😂. They were a minute back with about 5k left. Bananas -
askew 19,119 posts
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Registered 14 years ago60km an hour? 
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Salaman 23,620 posts
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Registered 15 years agomothercruncher wrote:
Nah, he's naturally been asked about it in interviews and his answer was very clear and level-headed.
Armstrong on his podcast was fairly certain VdP is off to Quickstep or Sky now. A big money offer will come in that’s too hot to resist.
I’m not sure. He’s clearly in a second tier team at the moment. Possibly not even that given they’re really a CX squad who are dipping their toe in the road side of things.
But A. he’s been really loyal to them thus far, appreciating the flexibility they give him that allows him to ride CX, MTB, road, whatever he chooses and B. cyclocross doesn’t pay brilliantly except if you’re Wout Van Aert or Mathieu van der Poel in which case they’re already making millions. Precious CX world champs have taken pay cuts to join road teams.
I dunno.
If big teams want to come and make me big offers, they're welcome to but for now, I am under contract until 2023.
His father, an ex cyclist himself, has also prides himself massively on his integrity and has stated that a contract is a contract and they will honour it.
He or his father also said that their current team are looking to raise more money from sponsors to bring the whole team to a higher level and compete in the World Tour. So he has the option of staying put, getting a big money team built around him and then trying to succeed with this team.
I don't think he'll move anytime quick.
Father VdP knows Deceuninck-Quick Step's Patrick Lefevre though. He's raced for his team back in the day and he has mentioned how being on Patrick's team extended his career with at least 8 years. So if he ever decides to change teams, I think QS might have first dibs ... if they can afford him.
Oddly enough for such a successful team, QS struggled raising enough money from Sponsors for this season until Deceuninck came along. -
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Registered 13 years agoNoice.
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mothercruncher 16,218 posts
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Registered 13 years agoAfter six hours of racing he held a 430 watt average over the last 12 minutes or so, 850 watts for the last 45 seconds and a 15 second sprint at 1200 twatting watts 😳 -
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Registered 13 years agoGood breakdown here: https://cyclingtips.com/2019/04/mathieu-van-der-poel-power-watts-amstel-gold/ -
Salaman 23,620 posts
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Registered 15 years agoMeanwhile Deceuninck-QuickStep are still harping on about too many cars and motorcycles between the leaders and the chasers in those last 10k.
Even though a Dutch journalist refuted their claim fairly convincingly with several heli shots showing Mvp pulling in the front of the chase group with no car or motorcycle in sight. -
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Registered 14 years agoMy favourite bit of that finale was the camera angle that shows MvdP with ~10 or so riders in tow…
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mothercruncher 16,218 posts
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Registered 13 years agoQuickstep might have meant to say VdP was the motorbike. -
Salaman 23,620 posts
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Registered 15 years agoHow the hell did Fuglsang stay upright in that turn? -
grey_matters 4,699 posts
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Registered 13 years agoSalaman wrote:
Hah! I've no idea, unreal. Great bike-handling with a huge slice of luck that he was transferring his weight to the front half.
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Salaman 23,620 posts
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Registered 15 years agoBelgian commentators were saying before, when he hopped straight over a roundabout with a small curb to keep his speed: "He's an ex-MBT rider, they can handle a bike".
Then he does that.
Yup ... ex-MBT, what did we say?
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JoelStinty 7,867 posts
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Registered 5 years agoHmmm. Just catching up with the Giro from yesterday, and theres some very big names in here. Which is great. Should make for a really good Giro.
But i think it is going to make the Tour a bit of a bore fest, though we might see a three way leadership battle at Ineos with bernal, i would imagine being fresh and available for France after breaking his collarbone, which would be fun to watch. But i don't really trust Movistar or Bardet to bring a challenge to them with the rest of the field knackered as well.
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Psychotext 64,996 posts
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Registered 13 years agoDumoulin out. Not massively surprising. -
askew 19,119 posts
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Registered 14 years agoToday's stage is shaking things up: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/2019/stage-13/today/situation. Mollema's made a go of it.
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Surprised at Roglic's result today although I only saw the last 2km. He looked superhuman in week 1. Its set up nicely right now for a great finale.
Another superhuman is Van Der Poel (again). This time ripping it up on mountain bike world cup circuit. There's a nice clip in this article:
Van der Poel Mountain bike win
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