Mathieu Van Der Poel is coming...

[Elefantino]

Originally Posted by Devotion

If he's anything like his Grandpa PouPou, he has a LOT of second place finishes to look forward to!

Behind who, Sagan?

[nooneline]

I think he's said that he'll stay on dirt for the most part until the 2020 Olympics, which he wants to race MTBs at.

With Wout dabbling in the Spring Classics and performing quite well, well, I think we may be seeing TNG of super stars waiting in the wings. And it's probably for the best that they're not shoved into World Tour racing at a young age.

Some of the delirious reporting of MVDP's multi-discipline Championship has forgotten that Marianne Vos is a World Champion in road, cyclocross, and track - with an Olympic gold thrown in there for good measure.

[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by nooneline

I think he's said that he'll stay on dirt for the most part until the 2020 Olympics, which he wants to race MTBs at.

With Wout dabbling in the Spring Classics and performing quite well, well, I think we may be seeing TNG of super stars waiting in the wings. And it's probably for the best that they're not shoved into World Tour racing at a young age.

Some of the delirious reporting of MVDP's multi-discipline Championship has forgotten that Marianne Vos is a World Champion in road, cyclocross, and track - with an Olympic gold thrown in there for good measure.

IIRC she never held all three Dutch national championship jerseys at the same time. Though she is undeniably awesome. Pauline Ferrand Prevot's 2015 holding the World road, cross and MTB jerseys was probably the most insane.

[Ruimteaapje]

Meanwhile at the European MTB championships...

[Gummee]

VdP has more talent than Van Aert and look what Van Aert has been able to do.

I strongly suspect that if/when VdP races road again, he'll kick some serious butt

M

[echappist]

Originally Posted by Gummee

VdP has more talent than Van Aert and look what Van Aert has been able to do.

I strongly suspect that if/when VdP races road again, he'll kick some serious butt

M

you mean in Yorkshire this fall?

Would have been great watching him (and Nederlands) duels Van Aert (and Belgique) at Worlds

[Gummee]

Originally Posted by echappist

you mean in Yorkshire this fall?

Would have been great watching him (and Nederlands) duels Van Aert (and Belgique) at Worlds

I think Van Aert is going to have problems getting back to any kind of fitness before CX season. That TT crash seemed to really get him.

We'll see. VdP IS the reigning CX world champion

M

[ergott]

Originally Posted by Devotion

If he's anything like his Grandpa PouPou, he has a LOT of second place finishes to look forward to!

Like the last Amstel Gold?

[crankles]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

IIRC she never held all three Dutch national championship jerseys at the same time. Though she is undeniably awesome. Pauline Ferrand Prevot's 2015 holding the World road, cross and MTB jerseys was probably the most insane.

...this...quite the feat...
but it cost her both mentally and physically.

[82Picchio]

I am kinda partial to Merckx's 1972:

1st Overall Tour de France (6 stage wins)
1st Overall Giro d'Italia (4 stage wins)
Hour record - 49.431 km
1st Milan–San Remo
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st Giro di Lombardia
1st La Flèche Wallonne
1st Giro dell'Emilia
1st Giro del Piemonte
1st Scheldeprijs
1st Trofeo Baracchi, with Roger Swerts
1st Overall Super Prestige Pernod International

[echappist]

Originally Posted by Ruimteaapje

Meanwhile at the European MTB championships...

what that picture fails to show is that MvdP actually crashed and landed on his a*** early in the race. No biggie, just picked himself up and went on with it, slicing through the field.

impressive

[choke]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

Pauline Ferrand Prevot's 2015 holding the World road, cross and MTB jerseys was probably the most insane.

She was also on the winning MTB XC Relay team, so there were 4 rainbow jerseys in her closet at the same time.

[chiasticon]

Originally Posted by echappist

what that picture fails to show is that MvdP actually crashed and landed on his a*** early in the race. No biggie, just picked himself up and went on with it, slicing through the field.

impressive

and then attacked with six laps to go, and won by over a minute.

grace under pressure is awesome to see from him. for a while, he was getting so used to winning and being way off the front that he couldn't "reset" if some issue occurred. jammed gearing, broken cranksets, flat tires, a shoe stuck in Wout's spokes, etc... all of them really rattled him and he couldn't move past them mentally to fight back. seems to have grown past that, and it's great to see.

[Elefantino]

Originally Posted by 82Picchio

I am kinda partial to Merckx's 1972:

1st Overall Tour de France (6 stage wins)
1st Overall Giro d'Italia (4 stage wins)
Hour record - 49.431 km
1st Milan–San Remo
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st Giro di Lombardia
1st La Flèche Wallonne
1st Giro dell'Emilia
1st Giro del Piemonte
1st Scheldeprijs
1st Trofeo Baracchi, with Roger Swerts
1st Overall Super Prestige Pernod International

The greatest season ever. He won 51 of 137 races.

A really good read from Peloton mag.

[dancinkozmo]

Originally Posted by 82Picchio

I am kinda partial to Merckx's 1972:

1st Overall Tour de France (6 stage wins)
1st Overall Giro d'Italia (4 stage wins)
Hour record - 49.431 km
1st Milan–San Remo
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st Giro di Lombardia
1st La Flèche Wallonne
1st Giro dell'Emilia
1st Giro del Piemonte
1st Scheldeprijs
1st Trofeo Baracchi, with Roger Swerts
1st Overall Super Prestige Pernod International

you left out his greatest acheivement that year.... 3rd place in belgian national french fry eating championship.