Visma full of confidence in Matteo Jorgenson: "After Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel, he is currently the best rider in the world"
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Matteo is good. Not number 3 in the world good though. Notice how they hopped right over Sepp Kuss, lol
Maybe to help take off the pressure? Sepp obviously doesn’t like pressure and my feeling is Matteo enjoys the attention more.
"best after Pogi and MvdP"? That's a bit of hyperbole for sure. He's really good for sure, but he hasn't proven himself at that level yet.
Most cycling commentators or insiders have very limited views of what they consider cycling to be. When a sprint fans talk they ignore GT candidates, when GT fans talk they ignore sprinters, cyclocross, MTB, track and even
This guy is obviously has a niche taste in cycling, 2024 classics ;-)
I don't quite understand his own team, Visma, saying this and putting pressure on him. I like him yet he's not the one of the top three riders in this TdeF. He might finish third yet that would be weeks from now and not from the start.
He is plan B but he is still not better than remco or roglic until proven otherwise in GTs.
Yes, he has proven himself in week long stage races, but not in GT. He doubted his ability to sustain the effort for 3 weeks. He's huge compared compared to other GC contenders. But it is funny to see the wild rumour comes true nevertheless. One can only hope.
I suspect that we may find out this weekend. UAE, Soudal and Bora will probably gang up on Visma and try to crack Jonas asap and not wait for Jonas to recover in the 3rd week. If Jonas cracks this weekend, then Matteo will be the GC contender of Visma team. That wild rumour of having Jonas serve Matteo may actually come true. Hahaha
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If this strategy exists, it seems a pretty desperate one, firstly, ganging up on a guy just returning to action (that’s already pretty sad and cheap in itself) and secondly, underestimating Jobas’ capacity to manage his efforts, he’s not impulsive like Pog, he’ll not be taken in but will try to smooth that out by sticking to his pace knowing he needs to stay in form for later. He’s far smarter than most when it comes to effort management.
True, but other GC teams aren't obligated to wait for Jonas to recover because they are competitors after all. Looking forward to fireworks.
Never say never. If he's not up to par as his team claimed, he'll definitely crack.
Nothing cheap about putting pressure on Jonas early. That’s exactly what Jumbo did to Pogi last year
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