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- I wasn't around during Merxck's peak. Was he openly questioned and surrounded by doping-related questions all the time too?
- Seems like Jasper is off this year, can't deliver more than a top 10. That's probably why MVDP went for it today. He gave Jasper two good chances, but nothing.
- Like in horse racing?
- You can see the problem with the opening stages being GC focused. There are only 9 riders in the race who are fighting for GC. The tenth spot will not be filled by a GC rider, and it will simply be the breakaway climber who loses the least time.
Compare that with last year, where there was an interesting battle to stay in the top 10, between Ben Healy, Ben O'connor and Jordan Jegat, with O'connor having to settle for 11th.
In 2024 it was even better, as Matteo Jorgenson, Derek Gee-West, Santiago Buitraigo and Giulio Ciccone battling it out.
Having the GC open from the start means that only riders who came aiming for it end up doing it. You don't get riders who end up up there almost accidentally.
- I do find it quite hilarious how Horner's "analysis" is disproven so often
- seems like he finally found enjoyment ...
- he isn't one dimensional - road, cross, gravel, MTB. he just needs to check these GTs and leave it to the pure sprinters or climbers.
- winning MTB races - that would get headlines. anything MVDP does generates a headline.
- One-dimensional, haha, only someone who’s world turns around his idol can Trumpify a description so badly.
- No, there was another reason, it was. TTT so his personal performance wasn’t really that relevant.
There may be something to him not being 100% (but still pretty darn good) but nobody except him and his close entourage will know if it’s a remnant of the Giro, a temporary problem, or off day or he’s just pre-peak
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