Who is your rider of 2020?

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    webboo said:

    Tom Pidcock just stepped up level to win his first Super Prestige cyclocross putting 25 seconds in to Mathew van der Poel.

    Quite the scalp
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,205
    A few people on here need to take their road tinted glasses off, and realise the's a cycling world out there besides road racing. Some of the world's best cyclists never go near a road race.
    All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    How do you know they're the world's best? Best at what? JRA?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    andyrac said:

    A few people on here need to take their road tinted glasses off, and realise the's a cycling world out there besides road racing. Some of the world's best cyclists never go near a road race.

    andyrac said:

    A few people on here need to take their road tinted glasses off, and realise the's a cycling world out there besides road racing. Some of the world's best cyclists never go near a road race.

    Despite there now being several cross thread posted here, it's generally accepted that this is the road racing section of the forum, though.


    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Is Wout wearing a Wout Cap? 🤢

    Can i change my vote to Roglic please?

    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    edited December 2020
    ddraver said:

    Is Wout wearing a Wout Cap? 🤢

    Can i change my vote to Roglic please?


    It looks like it. It says WVA Panache. This will gain MVDP fans.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    I think MVP versus WvA is like Arsenal versus Chelsea or Man Utd versus Man City. You never change and there is Dutch/ Belgium bit as well.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,501
    webboo said:

    I think MVP versus WvA is like Arsenal versus Chelsea or Man Utd versus Man City. You never change and there is Dutch/ Belgium bit as well.

    And if you're neutral, what a spectacle they provide.
    I know they have their differences but in this years Flanders. they didn't let their differences get in the way of working together in very professional manner before the final sprint.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    As a neutral I have to say I found it a bit disappointing.

    The breakaway was complete so the fireworks had been and gone.

    After alaphilippe crashed out I really didn't care who of the two won which meant the run in to the end and sprint was a bit of a damp squib
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,501
    perspectives - all different.

    I loved every minute.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    I wish I had a preferred rider of the two so I could really get into the rivalry and enjoy it more. Maybe it'll come with time, but I have little to go on as I don't follow CX
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    it is challenging to find any race interesting when you have no interest in who wins...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    shirley_basso said:

    I wish I had a preferred rider of the two so I could really get into the rivalry and enjoy it more. Maybe it'll come with time, but I have little to go on as I don't follow CX

    Due to the hype surrounding both on the road, I have become a Mads Pedersen fan. It helps I was at the Worlds he won.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    RichN95. said:

    shirley_basso said:

    I wish I had a preferred rider of the two so I could really get into the rivalry and enjoy it more. Maybe it'll come with time, but I have little to go on as I don't follow CX

    Due to the hype surrounding both on the road, I have become a Mads Pedersen fan. It helps I was at the Worlds he won.
    Ditto - really wanted Trentin to take that but Mads was a beast that day.

    Prefer MvDP purely for his racing style / tactics (!).
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    RichN95. said:

    shirley_basso said:

    I wish I had a preferred rider of the two so I could really get into the rivalry and enjoy it more. Maybe it'll come with time, but I have little to go on as I don't follow CX

    Due to the hype surrounding both on the road, I have become a Mads Pedersen fan. It helps I was at the Worlds he won.
    I was there too and was convinced vdp had it in the bag - he looked so strong every nap till blow up
    _
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,501
    rick_chasey said:

    RichN95. said:

    shirley_basso said:

    I wish I had a preferred rider of the two so I could really get into the rivalry and enjoy it more. Maybe it'll come with time, but I have little to go on as I don't follow CX

    Due to the hype surrounding both on the road, I have become a Mads Pedersen fan. It helps I was at the Worlds he won.
    I was there too and was convinced vdp had it in the bag - he looked so strong every nap till blow up
    A nap, mid ride. Helps recharge the batteries.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Dunno if you lot have ever seen this, but this is the DK commentary team when Mads won. Rolf Sørensen is particularly amusing. As Mads commented afterwards "if you just play the audio it sounds like it's a porn flick"

    Danish, obviously, but doesn't really need subtitles.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VEmDK8uY1Y
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    I prefer MvdP- he just looks fantastic on the bike, is willing to be attacking, and finally rides a great bike!
    It's brilliant though to have him, WvA, JA and others such as Pedersen and Hirschi battling it out against each other.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    rick_chasey said:

    RichN95. said:

    shirley_basso said:

    I wish I had a preferred rider of the two so I could really get into the rivalry and enjoy it more. Maybe it'll come with time, but I have little to go on as I don't follow CX

    Due to the hype surrounding both on the road, I have become a Mads Pedersen fan. It helps I was at the Worlds he won.
    I was there too and was convinced vdp had it in the bag - he looked so strong every nap till blow up
    It was a spectacular bonk. Really felt for him that it happened a mile or two after the pits rather than before!
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    Dorset_Boy said:

    rick_chasey said:

    RichN95. said:

    shirley_basso said:

    I wish I had a preferred rider of the two so I could really get into the rivalry and enjoy it more. Maybe it'll come with time, but I have little to go on as I don't follow CX

    Due to the hype surrounding both on the road, I have become a Mads Pedersen fan. It helps I was at the Worlds he won.
    I was there too and was convinced vdp had it in the bag - he looked so strong every nap till blow up
    It was a spectacular bonk. Really felt for him that it happened a mile or two after the pits rather than before!
    Saw him rolling back to his bus after the finish - looked completely ruined and white as a sheet. Not surprising.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/philippe-gilbert-van-der-poel-and-van-aert-have-no-life-except-cyclingi-dont-know-if-theyll-be-able-to-race-that-long-488225

    An interesting perspective from Phil Gil, who knows a thing or two about being head & shoulders above the rest.

    ....and likely a perspective into his own mindset.
    _

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