Freddy Ovett

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  Rafionain-Glas03-03-2026
  Next time van Dijke does that, van der Poel will go out of his way to drop him and then continue riding with Vermeersch (or whichever rider it is who is foolishly working with him) until he decides to drop him too. Van Dijke would then get caught by the chasing group and maybe dropped, which would be van der Poel's way of saying 'I warned you and you did not listen'. It is conformity (Vermeersch) vs resistance (van Dijke).
• Mistermaumau02-03-2026
  Unless you are Pogi (which would be very sad, not least because he wouldn’t get basic facts so embarrassingly wrong) he has never done such a thing but feel free to quote him.
• Mistermaumau02-03-2026
  Strange then how many liked it, some must understand more than you imagine but not as much as you hope.
• Mistermaumau02-03-2026
  That’s the one reason they don’t need it but it will increase interest.
• Mistermaumau02-03-2026
  Wouldn’t care even IF it was the hardest, any type of race will always be advantageous to certain riders and not others so always using one race as a reference shows a complete disrespect to the sport and riders. Also, quoting finisher figures for selected years is a very unprofessional way of stating a point. But, seeing as your data is completely Trumpian anyway there’s no point in going into detail is there? PCS lists 98 in 25 and well over 100 the year before, no idea what you’re trying here but after Kigali and the ECs and some famous bad weather Belgians, it’s a bad time to harp on about finisher percentages to support your point.
• Mistermaumau02-03-2026
  Who are buddies?
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  ScottG02-03-2026
  French cycling needs a hero again. If anything, to keep their interest high in the TdF.
• Mou-Cro-HR02-03-2026
  Pogi called out Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert, Vini, Ayuso and Remco to the Strade Bianche race, the sixth "monument." The first real one day race for the toughest cyclists. But they will not come, they are afraid to destroy their false images like Remco in the UAE Tour. There are certain bike races that manage to transcend the sport and always leave us with the feeling that we have just witnessed greatness. Paris-Roubaix is like that... the Tour of Flanders is like that... and Strade Bianche is like that. Some cycling analysts say Strade Bianche may be even harder than Paris-Roubaix because less cyclists finish Bianche than Roubaix... it's physically more exhausting. In 2025, Strade Bianche saw only 21 finishers out of 180 starters — a 11.7% finish rate... In the 2025 edition of Paris Roubaix, 102 riders finished out of 180 — a 56.7% finish rate !?!? So, who's got the balls?
• Mou-Cro-HR02-03-2026
  I wasn't comparing the two races against flat and climbing... I just gave an example of how hard Strade Bianche actually is, as a one day race. Some cycling analysts say that Ronde van Vlaanderen-Flanders might be the hardest one day race. But The Hell Of The North is the most iconic.
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  Rafionain-Glas02-03-2026
  You can’t compare a flat race with a climbing race like that. What you have to do is compare Strade with Liège, and Roubaix with Ronde van Brugge and then see the difference between them, to see the impact of the rougher terrain. Of course, Strade is not monument length while Liège is, and Roubaix is monument length while Brugge isn't.