2022 Pre Season Chat Thread
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Pog talking about doing MSR & Flanders.
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Don't think he can do anything in MSR. He isn't a good enough descender to attack early on the Poggio and stay away. Winning Flanders seems unlikely, but is definitely interesting.PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230
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I had forgotten he was there last year. Finished in the group 2" back in 12thm.r.m. said:Don't think he can do anything in MSR. He isn't a good enough descender to attack early on the Poggio and stay away. Winning Flanders seems unlikely, but is definitely interesting.
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Flanders as prep for Tour cobbles ... but who knowsrick_chasey said:Seriously?
That’s be amaaazing
TDF, Vuelta, Lombardy, LBL, Tirreno and you'd assume worlds too“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
Is the season due to be back to normal this year?0
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Strade Bianchi is the day before Tirreno Adriatico starts, so is likely to have a slightly slimmer field. WvA isn't riding it. MvdP might be a bit undercooked due to his back problems. Bernal could be interestedWarning No formatter is installed for the format0
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MvdP back problems aren't going away apparently, so it seems likely he'll be undercooked going into the season.0
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Looking forward to Roubaix being back in the proper slot.0
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People are assuming MvdP is going to be riding the start of the season; if he has to miss the spring classics then so be it. I can't help but think riding the Road Worlds & P-R wasn't the brightest idea.All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."0
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He missed the MTB Worlds at the end of August, and did a race or two before those two races. He then had a rest before prepping for the CX season - then had a training crash, did one race, and retired from another with back problems.
I always got the feeling he was rushed back.....maybe they've learned their lesson, and he'll have a proper rest, and be back when he's ready, not when they want him back.All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."0 -
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I know a lot is made of positioning at Flanders, with good reason I think, but it's hard to see who on the UAE roster can actually support Pogacar in that race, with the exception of Trentin. Laengen possibly, as I assume he did that role for Kristoff, but then you are scratching around looking for sacrificial lambs.rick_chasey said:Lad has a massive engine can definitely see him being there or there abouts in Flanders
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He's an underdog who will just be able to follow the wheels.0
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Jumbo core team for the Tour looks pretty savage. Vingegaard will be protected this time though. Add another tractor and a climber?
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According to a Cycling News headline Dennis joined Jumbo Visma because Ineos are copying them anyway. I haven't read the story so I don't know how misleading the headline is or isn't."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago1
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Is anyone else bothering? The vuelta is going to be stacked this year.rick_chasey said:Dumoulin still insisting he wants to ride the Giro GC
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Ffs, just had a post held for approval, again, because I used Tom P's surname?
Anyway, Tom P said on an episode of GTCC podcast that he would do the Giro this year. Having used La Vuelta last year as a 3 week GT taster?
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I completely missed that Kristoff had left.andyp said:
I know a lot is made of positioning at Flanders, with good reason I think, but it's hard to see who on the UAE roster can actually support Pogacar in that race, with the exception of Trentin. Laengen possibly, as I assume he did that role for Kristoff, but then you are scratching around looking for sacrificial lambs.rick_chasey said:Lad has a massive engine can definitely see him being there or there abouts in Flanders
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It seems a bit early to be talking about Tour squads.No_Ta_Doctor said:Jumbo core team for the Tour looks pretty savage. Vingegaard will be protected this time though. Add another tractor and a climber?
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It's too early for Jumbo to even be talking about training: camp cancelled, as they have a Covid outbreak.Pross said:
It seems a bit early to be talking about Tour squads.No_Ta_Doctor said:Jumbo core team for the Tour looks pretty savage. Vingegaard will be protected this time though. Add another tractor and a climber?
As for Dennis's reason for leaving Ineos: after all these years of taking much stick for bringing "unnecessary" innovation to the sport, all they were doing was copying the Dutch.
Who would have thought?"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
So he left because Ineos were copying Jumbo who were copying Sky.0
