Thomas Dekker

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• Mistermaumau17-04-2025
  Shabby article, he is also still hoping for an Olympic (gold I guess) medal and he could not defend his road WC jersey as he already lost it, at most he could have tried reconquering it but that would have been tricky anyway in Rwanda (no news since a while but I have a question regarding that, if it would be decided late on to change the venue (meaning we’d maybe have a very different course), would any originally non participants get any chances to opt in?)
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  maria2024202417-04-2025
  yes, the position of Wout is more complicated, many more factors.
• mij17-04-2025
  so excited about this
• Mistermaumau17-04-2025
  Maybe Wout isn’t made for peaking so many times a year, few others have years like that. This winter was different due to accidents but if I were him and wanted to get some monuments I’d go on a cyclocross hiatus
• Mistermaumau17-04-2025
  Well, one of those years that was less than 4 minutes, which over 86 hours makes less than 0,1% or about 4 seconds per hour. I don’t know about you but when I ride the same bike over the same path on two different days for an hour, I can’t tell if I’m faster or slower unless it’s by a minute, maybe 30 seconds if I really really pay attention, and he was pretty sure about noticing the difference, for me that sounds bigger than 4s/hour.
• TOBY8017-04-2025
  It appears so, TDF LEGEND BETTER ON RECOVERY AND SHORTER RACES NO SHAME BUT JUST DIFF MACHINE :)
• Mistermaumau17-04-2025
  If I were his “agent” I’d approach him personally and not go through a media backdoor ;-)
• Mistermaumau17-04-2025
  Yes, BUT, often there are already thoughts sown and the crash is just a trigger. With Wout? Feeling ageing, getting bored, girlfriend pressure, legal case depression, lost hope in rivalry with MVDP, no clear position in team, no vision for his future, outside pressure, media/paparazzi, there are soooo many things that could be starting to get to him too much.
• Mistermaumau17-04-2025
  Yeah but you know old habits die hard, some always forget there’s a whole other gender out there who often outdo men in certain aspects.
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  maria2024202417-04-2025
  If it's true, it's very sad. Generally, when a cyclist reaches this point of being afraid of falling, they usually end up retiring after a short time.