Ben Swift

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  KerisVroom28-03-2026
  Never say never. Jonas can crash too. But under normal circumstances, you're most probably right.
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  Rafionain-Glas28-03-2026
  Do Florian Vermeersch and Per Strand Hagenes get more blame as they both still had good sprints? They were the only ones who had a chance of winning the sprint. Dewulf and Abrahamsen were spent and their only chance was to hope the other two pulled right at the end. And that's where I agree with your point about Dewulf. But also if Mathieu was not such an intimidating rider they may have closed him down. But if it was a relatively weak rider in his place they may have fumbled it too. This was basically the opposite of Paris-Tours 2025
• Cooldude28-03-2026
  Why are all of Jonas's challengers (I wouldn't call them rivals) crashing? First Ayuso at P-N and now Remco, Almeida and Pidcock at Catalunya. Jonas would still win in all probability, but there still remains a small question mark about whether he would done it with such a big gap.
• BenAflec28-03-2026
  You mean the long stage to Castelfidardo in 2021? Everyone was fighting for their life there and it was noone else than Pogi that only managed to come close to Matthieu at the end. Do not forget those was prime Mvdp who demolished everyone including Tadej (reigning tdf winner at that time) on the steepest sections. Today Matthieu may have more stamina and pedigree for fast&furious races like Roubaix, but he's nowhere near his power to weight peak.
• BenAflec28-03-2026
  I believe the culprit of the whole drama was Dewulf that made one turn just before catching Mvdp and then he missee thd next one. Another rider had read it like lack of collaboration (forgeting dewulf was spent and sucked wheel the last 30km) and the whole group work stopped there. If dewulf did not make any turns, they would catch mvdp.
• mij28-03-2026
  glad she’s out. good for her.
• Jakob28-03-2026
  Jonas, impressive performance, King of the mountains, King of cool.
• Ride197428-03-2026
  It's the same every time: When the first chase group has more people than can fit on the podium, their momentum stalls in the last 2 kms.
• Ride197428-03-2026
  I think Remco should focus on what he could be really good at, like one day classics and ITTs. Yes he won the Vuelta, but there was no strong field till the end. I don't think he's ever going to be really good at GCs.
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  Rafionain-Glas28-03-2026
  It's been quite strange because Giulio has not got the build of a pure climber and he has got a pretty big engine. He can definitely improve alot more in TTs. This TT work appears to have improved his capacity to work on the front (in Valenciana he worked for 15 km then lead out Evenepoel and still finished 3rd)