Tom Boonen stunned by Lotte Kopecky's action at Tour of Flanders: "I don't even understand how it could occur to you to do that"
CyclingSaturday, 06 April 2024 at 10:28
In Cycling Club Wattage, the Tour of Flanders of World champion Lotte Kopecky was once again thoroughly analyzed. One particular action in particular left commentators Tom Boonen and Ine Beyen in disbelief.
5 kilometers before the Koppenberg, the world champion and defending champion drops down to the SD Worx - Protime team car. Kopecky is given a water bottle and a load of gels. "Can't someone else do that in her place?" asks Beyen.
"I don't even understand how it could occur to you to do that," says Boonen. "You are world champion and have already won so many top races. I just don't understand it."
Boonen would have handled it differently. "There are plenty of riders around her who probably also have gels with them. They don't even have to be teammates. Those gels are often just handed out to each other."
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- yes, the position of Wout is more complicated, many more factors.
maria2024202417-04-2025 - so excited about thismij17-04-2025
- Maybe Wout isn’t made for peaking so many times a year, few others have years like that. This winter was different due to accidents but if I were him and wanted to get some monuments I’d go on a cyclocross hiatusMistermaumau17-04-2025
- Well, one of those years that was less than 4 minutes, which over 86 hours makes less than 0,1% or about 4 seconds per hour. I don’t know about you but when I ride the same bike over the same path on two different days for an hour, I can’t tell if I’m faster or slower unless it’s by a minute, maybe 30 seconds if I really really pay attention, and he was pretty sure about noticing the difference, for me that sounds bigger than 4s/hour.Mistermaumau17-04-2025
- It appears so, TDF LEGEND BETTER ON RECOVERY AND SHORTER RACES NO SHAME BUT JUST DIFF MACHINE :)TOBY8017-04-2025
- If I were his “agent” I’d approach him personally and not go through a media backdoor ;-)Mistermaumau17-04-2025
- Yes, BUT, often there are already thoughts sown and the crash is just a trigger. With Wout? Feeling ageing, getting bored, girlfriend pressure, legal case depression, lost hope in rivalry with MVDP, no clear position in team, no vision for his future, outside pressure, media/paparazzi, there are soooo many things that could be starting to get to him too much.Mistermaumau17-04-2025
- Yeah but you know old habits die hard, some always forget there’s a whole other gender out there who often outdo men in certain aspects.Mistermaumau17-04-2025
- If it's true, it's very sad. Generally, when a cyclist reaches this point of being afraid of falling, they usually end up retiring after a short time.maria2024202417-04-2025
- Brian Holm is linked to Lefevre's team - he'd go well being the No. 1 there... given they're a classics team
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