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Adrie van der Poel does not see Mathieu Van Der Poel winning the World Championships - "Whether he is ready to compete against riders who have been good for a whole year, then I say no"
CyclingSaturday, 24 September 2022 at 23:59
Adrie van der Poel gave some deep insights ahead of World Championships race on Sunday. He also expressed his concerns regarding Mathieu Van der Poel’s form, but his main conclusion is "a lot will also depend on the course at the World Cup.”
Van der Poel senior revealed he does not see his son winning the World Championship. "If Mathieu is OK, he does stand a chance. The difference with his form at the Tour was already huge. But whether he is ready to compete against riders who have been good for a whole year, then I say no.”
But he also know that his son won’t waste the opportunity if he was not confident. "His preparation is better than last year, though, when he finished eighth at the World Championships in Leuven. He said so himself. Knowing Mathieu, he would never have gone to Australia if he didn't see opportunities."
He also advised his son to not provoke Remco Evenepoel and play smart till the end. "I would let him ride, you have to dare to gamble. There are also other countries. You are not going to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for another country, unless you are 100% sure you can beat the others," concluded Adrie van der Poel .
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- yeah, that’s a more fair assessment. “reaching mathieu’s level” doesn’t mean you’re planning to replicate his whole career. the former IS doable, potentially. it’s just the latter that likely is not.OCexile25-12-2024
- That’s not entirely true. Every person follows their own development path and peaks differently. Remco and Primoz had hardly started cycling before elite level. Jonas was pretty much under the radzr until he unexpectedly had to take over responsibility at JV. Some guys only get real good in their thirties others have peaked mid-twenties. You can’t tell in advance how and upto what level they will progress, obviously his career might not have MVDPs length but nothing says he could not end up doing a few seasons at his level.Mistermaumau25-12-2024
- well, del grosso is 21 right now. when mathieu was a year younger than that, he was already winning elite level world championships, not U23. i think del grosso will be a very good pro for years, but if he was really going to be the next van der poel someday, he’d already have to be at that level right NOW. van der poel was showing signs of true greatness when he was 15-16. THAT’S what generational talent looks like.OCexile25-12-2024
- Yeah.... gear 😅.mikolajjj24-12-2024
- It shouldn’t be about expectations in the first place should it? Besides, if you look at everyone’s calculations as a whole they don’t add up in the first place. There’ll be 2-3 riders with a 50% chance, a dozen with 10 or 20% and dozens more with a 5% so we’re expecting at least 2 if not 3 winners. Remind me again who won before her? Says it all about using data to decide on participation.Mistermaumau24-12-2024
- Ok, happy I’m not too interested in this team coz’ the account of what happened is really hard to follow.Mistermaumau24-12-2024
- The UCI is worse than USA CyclingVeganpotter24-12-2024
- It's not like they wanted her to not win😅 She had an outstanding Olympics. But there's a reason why she wasn't expected to win the road race and that's ok. Things like this happen and it's great...better than seeing expected winners win.Veganpotter24-12-2024
- Bruyneel ? The man with a lifetime ban from cycling...why do you keep giving him and his doper mate, Armstrong, a platform?DJ24-12-2024
- yeah, agree. on the subject of being a “complete rider,” i do think that’s getting more interesting. mathieu seems to have decided he wants to get much better at climbing the the high mountain passes. he appears to be looking for new challenges, which should be interesting to watch. in most cases you’d dismiss a goal like that at age 30, but it’s mvdp. he’s never going to climb with the real climbers, but if he can improve enough it could open up stage wins when the parcours isnt just purely toothy and punchy.OCexile24-12-2024