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Felipe Orts praises Benidorm World Cup and presence of Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert - "I expect this competition to keep getting bigger"
CyclocrossSunday, 21 January 2024 at 13:30
The 13th round of the cyclocross World Cup takes place in Benidorm, one of the newest additions to the top of the ranks in the sport, but also a race that became quite popular. Spain's main representative Felipe Orts is very happy to be able to compete at home.
“In the cyclocross world, a World Cup round is a big competition. Last year, everyone from the region came here to take a look before the start. Normally there is not such a race in Benidorm," Orts said in words to Wielerflits. "It was great last year and it will be again this time. Everyone is happy with this event. Last year the big cyclocross stars were already there: Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert. I expect this competition to keep getting bigger.”
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The fast nature of the track led to tight and explosive races last year, and despite the less good weather this time around, the same can be expected. Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock headline a big men's field, whilst the women's race features all of the big names that were expected to be present. As for Orts, he has a clear goal for this event: “I'm aiming for a place in the top ten."
"Last year I came ninth. I would like to join the top this year. But that is difficult, because it will be a fast race. A small mistake is crucial. My feeling is good, but I expect Sunday to be a difficult, tough day for myself."
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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