Grand Prix La Marseillaise

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• Mistermaumau16-04-2025
  Itzulia? Are you sure it wasn’t more a boycott? Didn’t see many others going who crashed last year, out of the dozen of the crash only Cras I think.
• mobk16-04-2025
  MVDP also had a late bike change, so in theory a chance for Pogi to reel some time back. But by that point MvdP was stronger
• OCexile15-04-2025
  l don’t live in europe, i live in southern california. can someone explain why this stuff happens to van der poel and seemingly ONLY van der poel? i don’t need anyone to say it’s wrong or awful or whatever. i’m looking for a real cultural explanation of this phenomenon from someone who has a much deeper understanding of the forces at play than i do. thanks in advance.
• FredMan15-04-2025
  A MVDP victory certainly did not seem "inevitable" before the crash, with TP, MVDP and Philipsen leaving the peloton behind.. Pogi attacked to drop Philipsen, with Mathieu understandably unwilling to help, and he was surely attempting to put MVDP on the limit later by attacking again, until the crash derailed his efforts. Still the gap was manageable, and he was slowly trimming it down, but then a mechanical forced him to change bikes and that was the final straw. Kudos to TP for making it exciting, rather than just a walk in the park for MVDP.
• OCexile15-04-2025
  nice idea, but as analysis point out over and over, mvdp is more willing than anyone to lose a race in order to win it. why do you think smart riders like wout, ganna and mads end up doing his dirty work over and over? because he’s almost impossible to manipulate.
• Mistermaumau15-04-2025
  I don’t really think Tadej would have felt comfortable relying on his team at PR more than his instinct.
• Mistermaumau15-04-2025
  Still think Mads was a little overweight this year.
• Mistermaumau15-04-2025
  As everyone discovered to their amazement at Amstel 2019 when they’d more or less written him off ;-)
• Mistermaumau15-04-2025
  Thanks :-)
• acem8215-04-2025
  You've got to take your pulls, but do them easier and shorter than he does. Just enough to keep him happy. And if Pog attacks, sit up and let MVDP close it down.