beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
They could have worked together, but never do…
Pro Cycling 2024
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? most chasing groups work together slightly better than that. you feel like they just thought, fuck it, it's Pog so we're not catching him.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Or they didn't want to be the one to do the work to drag the bunch up, and then see someone who hadn't done the work, get the sprint
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Mid race, yeah. But more often than not now once someone has gone towards the finish there’s never a proper chase because nobody wants to tow others to the line.
When was the last WC victory than wasn’t a solo? 2019 (Mads, Harrogate) as far as I can remember.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Eddy Merckx to L'Equipe on Tadej Pogacar after the World Championships:
“It's obvious that he's now above me. I already thought so a little deep down when I saw what he did on this year’s Tour de France, but tonight there's no more doubt.”
“He is the strongest of his generation, no doubt. It takes a lot to impress me, but he did. I thought he could become world champion, but I never imagined it would happen like this. He is truly the greatest.”
“What he did is incredible, I can't find the words. This guy is unmatched. When he attacked, I was afraid for him. I thought he had gone too early. It's normally impossible to win from 100 km, but he did.”
So, there we have it…
“It's obvious that he's now above me. I already thought so a little deep down when I saw what he did on this year’s Tour de France, but tonight there's no more doubt.”
“He is the strongest of his generation, no doubt. It takes a lot to impress me, but he did. I thought he could become world champion, but I never imagined it would happen like this. He is truly the greatest.”
“What he did is incredible, I can't find the words. This guy is unmatched. When he attacked, I was afraid for him. I thought he had gone too early. It's normally impossible to win from 100 km, but he did.”
So, there we have it…
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Healey must be the most annoying rider to be in small chasing group with. All those attacks only lead to everyone burning themselves out leaving them unable to do an organized chase. And what happens in the end? A smarter rider, in this case Ben O'Connor, always times it better than Healey.Indeed Ben Healey tried everything
Ben O'Connor's attack had perfect timing. I only watched the last hour but it looked like individuals trying to chase rather than teams. An uncoordinated surging group doesn't work well together etc
Even as someone who wanted Remco to win, I was cheering for Toms Skujins to get silver. Gutted he just missed out on the medals.
I think the Dutch and the Belgians planned to, but MVDP's and Remco's teammates got dropped too early.
That’s a good point. The Belgians looked strong… until they didn’t.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Out of those two teams I can only really remember Victor Campenaerts doing any significant work. De Plus got in the break but he was no Tratnik - what a guy to have up in the break.
Yeah he did some serious shifts.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
She just won Binche-Chimay-Binche. Only a 1.1 race but some very decent pro riders in it.
I don't know a lot about women's cycling but she seems more of a prospect than Zoe Backstedt.
Meanwhile onto the men's version now and hoping to see Tim Merlier smoke Philipsen...again.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
I love Campenaerts - one of the true characters of the peloton. There's a bit of the Healey about him making dumbass decisions when he's in a small break but when he's got a specific role he gives everything.
