Roger De Vlaeminck

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• Mistermaumau19-04-2025
  Both can be if the average went up. As implied, Wout is up against an MVDP, Pedersen and Tadej who improved and had no issues and a Remco who is still on a steeper progression curve
• Mistermaumau19-04-2025
  That’s why they changed it :-) You forget that amongst many problems (created in our naïve youth) that we only discover in old age, very few were relevant 150 years ago when most hardly got to 50 and then usually in very bad shape. As for the weight carrying, maybe under strict guidance and observation it will be positive BUT left unattended or under pressure to perform, even older kids are likely to overdo anything, it is not for nothing that most people who do hard physical labour usually destroy some part of their body, strength doesn’t protect you from everything.
• Mistermaumau19-04-2025
  Well, you’re better iff these days than a small decade ago then, aren’t you?
• Mistermaumau19-04-2025
  I thought this was about Remco, one of the current greatest cyclists? In that respect, if we’re going to analyse what makes them tick or better than others, I don’t mind hearing what they have to say is helping them get through what must be tough circumstances, you’d probably not have said a thing if he’d said he decided to look for strength in church and that used to be pretty common amongst athletes from our part of the world (who often still cross their hearts before an event or e.g. taking a penalty). We discuss the gas they breathe, the cocktails they swallow, the painkillers they use, the therapies they need, what’s wrong with where they look to for mental strength, be that religion, hypnosis, their partner, meditation, hormone stimulation or whatever works for them?
• Hill3319-04-2025
  Cyclinguptodate staff, are you there? I thought this was meant to be a site about cycling and cyclists. It's straying far frim that now.
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  KerisVroom19-04-2025
  I'm not too sure about carrying heavy load is necessary a good thing. I know a person who has back issue from his job carrying gas tanks. He had to retire from his job before middle age.
• acem8219-04-2025
  1. Yes, for very small children, one shouldn't tax their bodies too much. 2. For older children, well, carrying heavy loads is actually a good thing and helps them get strong, see all of history prior to 150 years ago. 3. Just because an idea has good intentions doesn't mean it does good or is smart. My point wasn't that the intentions of the rule were evil, but that it was a foolish rule.
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  KerisVroom19-04-2025
  Did he really put out more power? I thought Wout said he lost some power on the injured leg. Which one is true?
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  maria2024202419-04-2025
  It's not all about winning. Some Wout's stages are etched in my memory, they were (for me) far more emotional than Van der Poel's Classics victories. Both riders are awesome, Mathieu is very more successful (in terms of victories), but personally, I'm more excited about Wout than about Mathieu.
• mij19-04-2025
  everyone has their own preference, but what i don’t want to see is the women’s o loop 2025. a break away of nobodies and a peloton riding casual because no one wants to race. i want to see bare knuckled fights in which the riders go as deep as they can. on the best machines possible. which means races will get faster