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03-02-2026 20:51
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04-01-2026 03:12
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06-11-2025 08:34
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Velovibes
He came second in the most exhilarating race I have ever seen, the 2019 Amstel Gold Race won by Mathieu van der Poel. It was the breakthrough win of this future champion and Simon was so gracious in he interview afterwards, acknowledging that no one could have held MvdP from winning that day.03-02-2026 20:51
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Velovibes
The thing is that MvdP can be beaten in a sprint as Asgreen has shown in RVV for example. MvdP is almost unbeatable if the sprint is short, ie less than 200m and his opponents know that and will try to make it a long sprint. He used that to his advantage in MSR 2025 because he didn't wait for one of the others to start the sprint in order to make it a long one but started the sprint himself to catch them by surprise and it worked. That is called smart tactics.04-01-2026 03:12
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Velovibes
He is the best rider of his generation but he is not the strongest in every race as we have all seen for many years now in Milan San Remo and Paris Roubaix. That is why he is not (yet) at the level of Eddy Merckx. Let's hope it stays that way otherwise watching pro cycling races will be very boring for the next few years.06-11-2025 08:34
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Velovibes
You are dreaming. MvdP has won Flanders 3 times and come second twice, once against the Pog in a very close race. He has convincingly beaten the Pog directly in MSR twice as well.24-12-2024 05:13
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Velovibes
A bit much to suggest that Pogacar is better than MvdP on most terrains. The only terrain Pogacar is clearly better is long climbs, on any other terrain they are pretty even except flat cobbles and short and steep climbs (max a few 100 mtrs) where MvdP is clearly better than Pogacar.21-12-2024 06:24