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BenAflec
No, you could not.00:11
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BenAflec
I see him as a pure talent. Technically he is brilliant. Nys has explosivity, but everything else is taught from early childhood with Sven. Del Grosso's skills are more inborn. And that, for me, is his advantage over Thibau, because over the years your physique and endurance improves, but the course feel not so much.13-01-2026 08:58
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BenAflec
No way Nys would hold the wheel. In that same climb MVDP launched a stratospheric move and had like 14 seconds over Nys within like 300m. I highly doubt the unclipped pedal could cost Thibau even half of that. I guess MVDP just down played his advantage over the rest of the field to not provoke anything.27-12-2025 14:06
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BenAflec
As much as his appearance makes the races boring, it's sad that a rider at his very peak of dominance is set to leave the sport. It'll leave a lot of ifs, because it looks like he could still win races for another 3-4 years to come. Like 99% of cyclist dream of winning at least one big race, he could do it with ease, but simply do not want to. I mean, it's his own right to stop, but he clearly do not appreciate how fortunate he is. Probably the money coming from the road cycling are getting too big to not put 100% of his focus on winning another couple of monuments. Although, looking at Cancellara, Sagan, Van Avermaet, Kristoff etc, dominance on the road tends to be short lived and he'll probably starts fading away there quicker that he thinks.24-12-2025 10:13
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BenAflec
What do you mean?04-12-2025 20:19
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BenAflec
Why the hell organise such an event in a dessert with no spectators? Not to mention building an artifucial hill if we already have plenty of beautuful, demandind and fully natural courses all around the World. That's nuts.03-12-2025 16:25
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BenAflec
Then you will miss the 2015-2017 period. It was full steam battle from the first to the last lap between him and Van Aert every single weekend from September to the end of February. I'm a cx watcher since like 2009 and this was absolute peak cyclocross man. Don’t get me wrong man, the last few seasons are good too, but it doesn’t even come close to the magical fights 8-10 years ago, when it was really like 50/50 between MVDP and WVA 2 times a week.03-12-2025 06:04
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BenAflec
Let's stop with pumping the bubble. Nys is good, but it's entirely another planet for him to even come close to MVDP. Last winter Matthieu were doing the rest of the pack of a minute or two, even though he was not pushed to his limits at all. Nys is winning but he is like 2-3 second faster on a lap than the rest which is 20-30s at best. It's better level than Iserbyt 2-3 years ago, but to call him a thread is a madness. These journalists and "expert" are best at finding a cheap sensations.02-12-2025 22:13
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BenAflec
There is still Del Grosso, even bigger player than Nys. Too bad he also went MVDPs way with slim cx program.30-11-2025 21:22
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BenAflec
Agree on Martin's and Armstrong's times. But Mathieu's 32:xx 10k time is is in fact impressive, even more so done casually in his backyard. This result would put him in like top 10 in many countries. Okay, its not a world class achievement on its own, but you clearly underestimate how crucial for this kind of competition is running economy and huge difference in biomechanics. Plase find a 30 min 10k runner who doesn't have at least 5-6 years of continous specialized running behind. You won’t find ANYONE. Talking about mediocre cyclists doing 30min 5k is pure bullshit, sorry mate. Unless you mean semi-pro runners that are mediocre cyclists at the same time.22-11-2025 11:59