Liam Slock

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• mij31-08-2026
  if I don’t know someone personally, how can I not use their professional career as the primary guiding point for my thoughts about them. especially when their career is center stage for all of us to see.
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  Rafionain-Glas31-08-2026
  This one was really pure luck. With Jonas at the Tour, some blame can be put onto Visma, especially Campenaerts, who was leading, for taking the corner so aggressively. Especially when corners are not "suited" to Vingegaard
• mij31-08-2026
  I don’t think one can just jump on a bike with that short of notice and win. Pidcock has ridden and won world cup races every single year. he has kept up with the sport far better than MVDP.
• mij31-08-2026
  agreed.
• mij31-08-2026
  MVDP has barely battled Pidcock. He used to battle nino schurter, a bit.
• mij31-08-2026
  he isn’t a loser on his road bike or cross bike, but I think by his own standards he would call himself a loser on the mountain bike. he races to win, not get in the 30’s. if you want to play the participation trophy game I’ll give him a gold star for showing up, but I won’t call him a winner on the mountain bike. I can’t, because he isn’t winning. and in competition and championships that are your goal, if you don’t win, you lose.
• mij31-08-2026
  yes, I would have said the same thing. and I love MVDP. he is one of my faves. I’ve seen him win mountain bike races - his win against Nino Schurter was amazing - in 2019. but those were different times and different courses. the sport has changed so much since then, the bikes have changed considerably. for example MVDP was a very late adopter to the dropper post, likely because he had not kept up with the technical nature of the courses and riding styles. no dropper almost means no win on these new courses - new since 2019. so I was very pleasantly surprised he did so well, but I would argue last week was the exception, not the norm, to what his results would be. and it was the week before a world championship. for everyone the goal was this weekend. most riders saw it as a final tune up not their current goal. I think he could be a winner again on the mtb, but it would take more dedication to the discipline. good for him for trying though.
• mij31-08-2026
  excellent point.
• mij31-08-2026
  it isn’t arrogant to try. read what I said. I applaud his attempt. I think it is arrogant and disrespectful to the sport to think you can jump right in with 2 weeks of riding and win. The amount of work the other riders put in is ridiculous. And taking a podium the week before a world championship is far different. everyone ups their game for the WC.
• Pogboom31-08-2026
  Crazy take. Tadej was drinking from his bottle so had one of his hands off the handlebar. Really down to bad luck rather than loss of focus.