Simon Pellaud

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• frieders311-07-2025
  Maybe the dopers can lend some doping help to Joans and Visma !
• RidesHills11-07-2025
  The mistake Vingegaard is making is that he’s trying to keep up with the two best classics riders while not competing in the classics anymore. The only person who can keep up with van der Poel is Pogacar. For Vingegaard to keep trying just means he’s burning energy he needs for later. He could come in at the end of the group on the same time, and not sprint, but he’s sprinting. He’s proud of his best 1 minute energy ever but still did that climb behind Pogacar. This isn’t going to go well for him, not when all indicstions are that Pogacar is as strong as he was last year.
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  santiagobenites10-07-2025
  It would not surprise me at all if Primoz announced his retirement at the and of this season.
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  Llywelynglyndwr10-07-2025
  Alpecin-deceuninck would try their hardest to keep Van der Poel, who would probably not move. Also, Van der Poel is good friends with his teammates, so he wouldn't want to leave them. In terms of bring a lead out man, while Van der Poel is an excellent lead out man... there's not much he can do to help Merlier. Merlier beat LiDL-TREK's 4-man leadout for Milan... all by himself.
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  maria2024202410-07-2025
  Obviously, they want you to rest as little as possible, they want you to waste a lot of time in ceremonies and press conferences.
• RidesHills10-07-2025
  A hill that has a deceptive beginning and super steep last 300m, was really interesting to see how this worked out. Del Toro was clearly the winner but only took the lead with may 15m to go as he rounded August and thus passed Covi as well. With a lunge, Covi could have been on the podium, which is what got Álvarez there ahead of a flying Großschartner. The whole race situation changed in the last 15m, fascinating. The German commentary was all about how you can just never predict because of those last 300m, and sure enough, they were right.
• Mistermaumau10-07-2025
  I doubt very much MVDP would be interested, besides the price of breaking a contract that runs 3.5 more years and 8-9 more with Canyon, that would announce the end of negotiations in cycling, contracts would be rewritten to have iron-clad payout clauses if they’re shown to ve worthless. Also just don’t think he’s the kind to play musical chairs, some put too much emphasis on money and happily, he isn’t one of them.
• mij10-07-2025
  I would let him go now, take any cash they can get, rebuild the classics team. Alpecin is failing apart a bit around MVDP. lots of guys are leaving and sponsors. I’d make a play for the biggest classics name on the block - including MVDP. Quick-Step could pay more than Alpecin, especially with Remco gone, and Specialized could pay much more than Canyon. And Remco will never be satisfied, or realize, his biggest problem is not the team. he isn’t that good of a climber.
• mij10-07-2025
  I would let him go and return to the teams roots. I’d get rid of him now while he is still under contract. deploy the money elsewhere.
• slappers6610-07-2025
  This lasted well