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after he emptied the tank like that on friday, it seemed very unlikely he’d be fully recovered by sunday’s flanders fields. he’s human. he does get drained and it takes him time to recover. in this he’s very different from pog, who is never tired, never depleted, never less than 110%.08:14
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this “article” is about ONE THING, and they somehow get it WRONG?!?21-03-2026 02:32
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yup yup yup. totally agree. for a team like alpecin, that dominates MONUMENTS, who gives a rat’s a$$ about a sprint win at tirreno. they’re only at tirreno because they’re GOING to MSR.16-03-2026 20:00
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agree. the bizarre arguments that horner makes to CONTINUE rating the career of wout ABOVE mathieu speak very clearly to some nutty thing horner has against mvdp.16-03-2026 19:53
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at alpecin, mathieu’s prep for MSR is a helluva lot more important than jasper winning a stage of tirreno-adriatico. either you accept that or you don’t. you can disagree with their priorities, but that’s not a tactical argument. take it up with the roodhooft brothers. van der poel did exactly what the team wanted him to do.16-03-2026 14:38
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heading into the spring monuments, van der poel looks very fiery15-03-2026 18:00
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and some people don’t believe in implicit bias15-02-2026 23:14
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he also had that TDF the year when he rode the giro first (very aggressively) and he was just useless in france, completely depleted. and he’s been sick for some major dates, like at last year’s Flanders.11-02-2026 11:04
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douche… bag10-02-2026 08:00
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mvdp has participated the kermesse races. yeah, they’re not exactly criteriums given their length (in between criteriums and road races), but they’re on super tight city circuits. he’s dominated them in the past, like his blasting solo win in’22 at Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen. exploding out of tight corners is ONE of the things that he does better than anyone i’ve ever seen.21-01-2026 16:56