Marijn van den Berg

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• mobk07-03-2026
  MOU th Breather
• Mistermaumau07-03-2026
  Listen, I appreciate the analysis and it’s not bad but nobody here except one is claiming anyone is guaranteed to win that theoretical race, the point is, would it be competitive/close and in my opinion MVDP in top form COULD make it a real race. Wout in top form too but we don’t really have much indication he is, as for Tadej, well, there’s a question mark there too. MVDP has done extremely well in races with 3000 or more of elevation, it is not the 15-20% more climbing that would neutralise him, it will just make the result more unpredictable/exciting. Admittedly, I haven’t checked the profile of the important climbs but sorry, even if he struggled, in reality there’d be others with who a chase would be successful post climbs so nothing is dependent on theory. Tadej has less than good days (as his many non-wins testify to) so nothing is guaranteed. I really would love to see them all at the same race, after that, you can’t expect or demand that riders follow the desire of fans, a season is long and each rider has their path to their goals, there are too many races for everyone to do all so by definition they will be spread. If what we ask is fewer races with everyone present, well, I don’t think many have considered the consequences for cycling, dirty tricks between organisers to be selected, vast reductions in top level rider jobs, far bigger challenges for non top level riders to get promotion. MVDP comes from a winter block of short regular high intensity races, I’m not sure it fits his program to switch quickly to regular long high intensity races, he is also quite loyal to racing in his backyard for his fan base (heck, he even somehow picks the Tour of Luxembourg, which doesn’t really have elite appeal), there are plenty of valid factors for him to shun this race. That said, I’m pretty sure he’ll do it again at some point, perhaps the first year he skips cyclocross?
• abstractengineer07-03-2026
  2024 TDF changed everything. He went up a level and become unbeatable even by the Generational talents like MVDP for flanders and Jonas for TDF and Remco for hilly classics. So now it makes sense to avoid so that they win some important races.
• mij07-03-2026
  He looked like death warmed over in the vuelta off a pretty middling group of competitors. Not sure how he’s so sure he’s stronger in the second GT of the season.
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  KerisVroom07-03-2026
  Nuh, I have to disagree with you on this one. MvDP can't compete in the current form of Strade because he said it's a climbers route. We know MvDP is extraordinary in many aspects, but long climb isn't his forte. The 2021 route where he beat everyone had less total elevation. Van Aert is less explosive, but a much better climber than MvDP.
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  KerisVroom07-03-2026
  Oh, that's a new contract which I wasn't aware of. I was referring to the 5 year contract that he signed in 2022.
• frieders307-03-2026
  Yea the Mou troll!
• Pedalmasher07-03-2026
  You guys need to stop feeding the troll.
• Mistermaumau06-03-2026
  The sp…… one?
• Mistermaumau06-03-2026
  I would probably like him LESS if he were anglo.