Paris - Roubaix 2023 **spoiler thread**
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One thing I have learnt is it's really important to take stupid arguments on the internet really seriously.
I mean it's such a new phenomenon that's only been around for a few DECADES . can't expect people to learn in such a short space of time .
I mean 20 years is only about a quarter of your entire life.
Maybe after wasting another 20 years and half of ones entire life we could learn to have fun with it.
"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 pm0 -
E3 was 200km. Or you thinking of another race?rick_chasey said:
260km not long enough for ya?Dorset_Boy said:
That was a classic, not a monument, so shorter.rick_chasey said:
Apart from two weeks ago.Dorset_Boy said:
We will never know, but I think MvdP tends to have the better of WvA in sprints at the end of super long races.mididoctors said:Ok would WvA won if he hadn't flattened?
I also said 'tends', not always.
Still perhaps you'd like to read what is actually written by others!0 -
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Anyway, I maintain he rode a smarter race and put it all into that one effort and was gone had it not been for the puncture.0
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You can maintain all you like but we will never know.rick_chasey said:Anyway, I maintain he rode a smarter race and put it all into that one effort and was gone had it not been for the puncture.
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Are you on crack. It’s an Internet forum.rick_chasey said:Ugh webboo. Just leave me alone on here. ✌🏻 I’ll reciprocate.
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LOL"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 pm0
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He wasn't thererick_chasey said:
Or did MvdP not ride that?rick_chasey said:Gent Wevelgem?
"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 pm0 -
Ah fair enough my mistake.mididoctors said:
He wasn't thererick_chasey said:
Or did MvdP not ride that?rick_chasey said:Gent Wevelgem?
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Are you on crack. It’s an Internet forum.rick_chasey said:Ugh webboo. Just leave me alone on here. ✌🏻 I’ll reciprocate.
webboo said:It’s very clear Rick can write but whether he can read or believes it’s worth reading what other people write is debatable.
That. Stop it.0 -
Is that a first, Rick admitting to a mistake. If so I’m so proud 🥲 for you. 👏rick_chasey said:
Ah fair enough my mistake.mididoctors said:
He wasn't thererick_chasey said:
Or did MvdP not ride that?rick_chasey said:Gent Wevelgem?
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No.rick_chasey said:
Or did MvdP not ride that?rick_chasey said:Gent Wevelgem?
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To be fair, WVA didn't ride the Giro prior to the Tour. The year prior to that didn't MvdP only leave because of the Olympics?kingstongraham said:
The rivalry only extends to the races mvdp is good in. And in those, he beats wva more often than not.hanshotfirst said:
So what? The man has 4x Monuments to his name.kingstongraham said:Vdp never makes it to the last week of the tour though.
In the races mvdp isn't good at, it's not even a rivalry.
They're both exceptional and we're blessed.PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230 -
Mvdp didn't try in any bunch sprints in the giro either.m.r.m. said:
To be fair, WVA didn't ride the Giro prior to the Tour. The year prior to that didn't MvdP only leave because of the Olympics?kingstongraham said:
The rivalry only extends to the races mvdp is good in. And in those, he beats wva more often than not.hanshotfirst said:
So what? The man has 4x Monuments to his name.kingstongraham said:Vdp never makes it to the last week of the tour though.
In the races mvdp isn't good at, it's not even a rivalry.
They're both exceptional and we're blessed.0 -
What giro was that mvdp Vs girmay in?"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 pm0
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That was so close to disaster
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Last year. Folllowed by Girmay v Proseccomididoctors said:What giro was that mvdp Vs girmay in?
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You're being a bit of a silly billy here...webboo said:
Is that a first, Rick admitting to a mistake. If so I’m so proud 🥲 for you. 👏rick_chasey said:
Ah fair enough my mistake.mididoctors said:
He wasn't thererick_chasey said:
Or did MvdP not ride that?rick_chasey said:Gent Wevelgem?
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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That must have stung a bit.
Having just caught up with watching it's a shame about the puncture - it wasn't clear whether MVDP would have closed irrespective of the puncture but Wout did look super strong.
When the dust settles MvdP is well on his way to becoming a all time great classics rider and Wout isn't.
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They will say MvdP was only that great because WvA was his rivalDeVlaeminck said:That must have stung a bit.
Having just caught up with watching it's a shame about the puncture - it wasn't clear whether MVDP would have closed irrespective of the puncture but Wout did look super strong.
When the dust settles MvdP is well on his way to becoming a all time great classics rider and Wout isn't.
I will stand by that
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I don't think so. His results will speak for themselves. Will they say that if WVA never wins another monument?mididoctors said:
They will say MvdP was only that great because WvA was his rival
I will stand by that
I think Pogacar is more a rival. However, WVA may be elevated by being put alongside MVDP as they both come from cross. In much the same way as Roglic is lumped in with Pogacar as they are both SlovenianTwitter: @RichN950 -
Why does MvdP ride for the Netherlands btw? Given he has French and Dutch parentage and was born and raised in Belgium (I think) clearly he had a choice - has he ever explained why he made the choice he did.
Just wondered if it's as simple as he feels Dutch or whether there was a calculation made that he had more opportunities as a Dutch rider than a Belgian.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
He knows that Van Aert wouldn't be a loyal domestique at the Worlds.DeVlaeminck said:Why does MvdP ride for the Netherlands btw? Given he has French and Dutch parentage and was born and raised in Belgium (I think) clearly he had a choice - has he ever explained why he made the choice he did.
Just wondered if it's as simple as he feels Dutch or whether there was a calculation made that he had more opportunities as a Dutch rider than a Belgian.
Seriously, I guess it's because his dad rode for the Netherlands. See Sivakov, the (former) Russian who has never lived in Russia.Twitter: @RichN951