THEMOVE: 2023 Paris-Roubaix
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- Lance, George, Johan, and JB are back to recap this year’s Paris-Roubaix. They dive into the battle between Mathieu Van der Poel and Wout Van Aert, how this was the fastest Paris-Roubaix ever, and how the unusual amount of flats Jumbo-Visma faced could have affected the result of the race.
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MVDP said it best in his post race interview. To win Roubaix you gotta have good luck and good legs . WVA did not have luck today. I’m a huge fan of both of these talents, you can’t take anything away from either guy. They were the favorites and they delivered!
Yes, and if you ran it again very easily Wout could be more fortunate. In the harsh language if the sport, '... that's cycling ...'
100%
It must be said that MvdP seems to make a lot of good luck though, im not a fan of the word luck when actually it’s often preparation or strategy by the athlete that we just don’t understand.
George, lose the beard. Seriously
@@marcvandenberg1508 Doesn't even look like a beard?! Lol just looks like George has put shoe polish on 👀
I agree, last weeks show George and Johan were in rare form and not one to miss.
However, having the whole crew together is the best!
Mentally MVDP is the better racer, and physically he’s a better anaerobic repeater than WVA. We’ve seen this again and again. WVA is a significantly better steady state athlete and can do things on 15-30 minute climbs that MVDP can’t. He’s also a better bunch sprinter. But MVDPs superior performance in classics just demonstrates that anaerobic repeatability trumps steady state power in these kinds of races.
Can’t agree more! 👌
Yea i think u could be right so far it seems that way. MVP would need to win a tdf mountain stage like WVA to prove this wrong. Would be interesting to know their VO2max
Well said.
@@glywnniswells9480 MvdP does not have that ability. He is never going to best WvA in a TdF.
MVP is super explosive, but WVA is a better workhorse all around, winning sprints and TTs in the TdF will not go unnoticed.
I love it when George berates Lance and then just smiles. 🙂They could almost pass on for a married couple! :P
Loved the ‘put down the masters to watch the finish of Roubaix, Lance’ dis from George to LA. Classic and well timed friendly dis taken with tact by LA.
Mads Pedersen had an impressive ride on Sunday.
It would be great if you guys could drop in some video clips from the race as you're talking about it. Keep up the good work!
That’d be great but unfortunately the video would be flagged for copyrights. That’s why some channels just show screenshots of the races.
When the head of HR shows up to your office is usually "No Bueno"....😅
🤙🇺🇸
JB looking super healthy
What a call by Johan on Philipsen!
Wouts gotta be at the end of it with flats and broken rims. 5 mechanicals combined in the past 2 Roubaix races and somehow got on the podium in both. Gotta be so frustrating. Congrats MVDP! Hell of a ride. Philipsen being there was also a game changer along with Laportes flat as well.
Like Bruyneel said. JV has to sort out their gear. Are they going so light they lose durability? Gear not at best quality? Dunno, but this is what I mean when I say managers can lose races. The DS has to fix this AND these 30s rear wheel changes!!! This is the grown ups table ... no time for amateur hour.
Adrie rubbed some salt in the wounds post-race by telling the interviewer that Mathieu hates riding cobbles.
Jumbo needs a new tire sponsor
Thwy have the same as Alpecin
Johan is exactly right on his assessment of MVP AND WVA
He seems to be on with all of his assessments
Seems to me as well. Also no problem with putting VDP and WvA on equal footing but saying Wout was the strongest seems strange.
@@stoempert You have to clear your ears. Bruyneel said MVDP was stronger than WVA today.
@@hendrikheemels8615 Yes, i heard that. I was referring to George's assessment.
@@stoempert Ok, I understand now.
Thank you gentlemen!
Johan is the only one of these guys who has followed these two guys intensively from the beginning, and he is right. Yes WVA did incredible things in the Tour de France, but MVDP did only half a proper Tour so far for all kinds of reasons, including his MTB adventures. That one time he was also brilliant, won a stage and had the yellow jersey for a week.
The only part of the season that you can compare them going head to head is the spring, and even though WVA started his road career before MVDP did, he now has 1 monument compared to 4 for MVDP. And he won that one MSR before MVDP even properly started his road career, has not won since. In these races, MVDP has dropped WVA regularly, never the other way round. Wout van Aert is an absolutely phenomenal rider, and he is head and shoulders above his kind of riders in the Tour, as George says. But what George is not taking into account is that WVA was also head and shoulders above these same riders in Gent Wevelgem. But when the two other phenomenal riders joined the party in RVV he was third best. Without these two guys he could very well have won both RVV and PR, because he is also at an incredible level at the moment.
It is sometimes a bit hard to imagine for people who are mostly focused on the Tour that someone can be better than Wout. And they maybe do not realize that MVDP won big races without being at his best in recent years for all kinds of reasons including his own stubbornness. Johan and most people who follow all of cycling in much more detail know this. Well this year he is at his best coming into a full spring season for the first time. And even if you want to call today a draw, he was still clearly stronger than WVA in the other two Monuments.
To cap things of, even Merijn Zeeman (JV DS) said that MVDP was stronger than WvA in this PR. I think he probably has more insight than George, and I think he would probably not have said this in the media.without hearing WvA say the same thing.
could not have put it more eloquently, you're totally right on all accounts. Grand tours are what they are, but not the only thing to compete for. WVA seems to fall in between an uneasy gap where he's not quite good enough to win monuments, and definitely not the profile to win grand tours. MVDP has it easier in a way, he doesn't need to win grand tours. Pogi, well ... he seems to be on a different level, being able to win some classics and also do good on grand tours.
Well MVP was already beating WVA steadily in CX before he started road racing.
Yes
What a great show. Love your podcast big time
The riders had mostly a tail wind the entire race, so of course it was fast. It's also why the breakaway never really broke away. We all need to know what tires MVDP was riding so we can buy a couple of sets and what tires Jumbo was riding so we can avoid them.
They both use the same tires
Although the tires used by MvdP and WvA in this race bare the same manufacturer and model name, I doubt they are running the same casing and compound.
@@neilk22 They may also have been running different pressures. It has to be more than coincidence that Jumbo riders kept flatting and Alpecin riders, for the most part, didn't.
They have the same tires-sponsor
Vittoria
Surely the masters should have been on the iPad and PR on the big screen 😮
Your show is as good as MVDP & WVA combined. Thanks!
Great show! Thank you guys!
Agree with Johan. MVDP beat WVA in cyclocross worlds, MSR, Ronde and now in PR. Today they were pretty even, in MSR and Ronde MVDP was better, no doubt. And now MVDP har four monuments, van Aert one. That says something.
WVA deserves a lot more praise as an elite domestique. MVDP is a class leadout man for Philipsen, but WVA has won Paris-Nice and the TdF for his leaders. Whilst also winning green. Looking forward to the rest of this season!
Yeah WVA is a much better teammate, plus he's won TTs in the TdF, but MVP is definitely better in the classics. Or maybe it's all thanks to Jumbo being such a great team.
van Aert is better in more day races and van der Poel is better in one day races. That's my opinion.
Wout completely bossed the tour last year
@@timboonstra1756 you are right.
I agree with Johan, MVDP is the better talent. Wout has always the one who continues to fight though and gets his wins. MVDP will get his stage wins, it seems he's focusing on classics for now but if that attention turns he will continue his winning ways in tours. Both are incredible talents and it's a special time to be a cycling fan.
Chris Laporte will get a mental contract to go to Quickstep😅
I like you guys. Next week VIP in the Amstel gold race in my hometown. I am looking forward to it.
Haha, pipo! MvdPs winter/spring season is over now. He will be preparing for the Tour de France from now. ...
@@lws7394 Wat bedoel je eigenlijk. Ik heb toch niet gezegd dat van der Poel in de Amstel rijdt???? VIP is niet de afkorting voor van der Poel. VIP means VIP, not Mathieu van der Poel. I have VIP tickets for the Amstel, pipo. And the next race for van der Poel is Switzerland. Wie is hier nu de pipo ?????
Bruyneel is right. MVDP was the strongest rider today, attacked all the time. So well deserved victory.
"Let's hope it wasn't the NCL race yeaterday..." Lance once again 100% on point! He said so much in that spontaneous comment.
41:23 in case anybody’s wondering the reference…
Those barriers are from the dutch/or Belgian company that hasthe big yellow pads and bollard markers they started at the tour a couple years ago.
23:30 Gold lol
Comments section on fire..thank you PR 🔥
My favorite AARP show! 😂
Another great one. Interesting to hear your views on the tyre widths. Can I throw this into the mix, do you think the number of crashes could of been caused by them using disc brakes ! Ok they are clearly more efficient than rim brakes but I would suggest if used wrongly they can be violent. I would be interested to learn others views on this.
Lance, you sitting home watching golf rather than riding the P-R course....for shame....that's something akin to a Rule #-9. ;)
Happy Easter WEDU😊👍
George put one of LAs old riding jersey on the statue with a picture of his head on it 🤙
The yellow barriers that MVDP narrowly missed near the end were definitely there last year and maybe the year before
Yep, they were there a few years now just on that specific cobble section.
They've been there for at least 6 years. I just re-watched the 2018 race when Sagan won, and they were there in that edition.
another great Paris-Roubaix today Shame Wout Van Aert punctured near the end
Degenkolb falling was heartbreaking
Legs and luck...MvDP had it. He is the best Classic racer currently. Always attacking. Think of the effort he put in last week at Flanders to get 2nd after making an error to slip off peleton...
Agreed 💯%. I get what Johan was trying to say but for me the difference between them is MVDP is the most uninhibited racer. I think it was before his first Flanders win, his dad tried to tell him to race more controlled and he told him, dad let me do it my way. I think that's it in part what he and Pog get on so well, both like to race with freedom.
MVDP is my favourite but don't underestimate WVA what he did in Tour de France was amazing
Listened to Luke Rowe and he has a theory about tyre liners. He reckons lots of teams not having them saving Watts and then tyre explodes. Death and glory ☠️🏆
What tires alpecin? Jumbo?
Why are YOU asking? I thought you where the expert! Lol
We miss Eddie B 💔🙏🙏R.I.P.
The change in racing that has occurred since the pandemic is very interesting. Breaks are taking forever to establish and they get no leash anymore.
It's like what started in stage racing, when everyone raced like it might be their last day because they didn't know if the race might be cancelled that day, carried over into all racing. These guys are full throttle from the get.
George i thought Degenkolb was moving up on the outside.
Johann, he also had 2nd at the Ronde and at E3 Saxo. Yes, he was not quite on form at T-A, but that was coming. A helluva spring. Not sure if someone has done this well in one spring before.
The answer is always the same "Yes, Eddy Merckx."
Did someone already.... => "Yes, Eddy Merckx."
@@Difdauf Not a bad person to be compared with, but was cyclecross a thing in EMs time?
in 1975, Merckx finished top 10 of all classics he raced, winning Milan-San Remo, Flanders, Liege and Amstel.
@@Difdauf So, Mathieu has done the same, this year plus the cyclocross triumphs . Heady company.
@@henrivanbemmel Merckx is of a whole other category though. No one these days is remotely close to what he did. Sadly I never witnessed it.
You're all wrong, guessing game,huh, while these two simply love beating each other,nobody else is on there level when they come out to play!🙏
Spot on analysis from Johan about van der Poel. Van der Poel is a stone-cold killer and a slightly bigger talent than van Aert.
Amazing ride by MVDP. I felt for WVA he got unlucky with the flat
Lance is fun ...
It really seems like the camera vehicles are being used more recently. I know the level of competition is higher, but I swear the breakaways seem well within a "drafting advantage" slipstream.
Not sure about that, go back and watch some of the races from thr 80s.
Camera bikes and team cars were right in the middle of the race in the 1980's. They played a very big part in the course of the race, much more than nowadays. There have been P-R editions where chasing groups had to abandon the chase because they were held up by a procession of team cars.
Did jumbo use some variable tire pressure system ? Could that contribute to all the flats ?
Some on the team were but not wva or laporte.
@@shaunmcnally7631 oh ok.
@@shaunmcnally7631 laporte did. Watch when he had the flat at his blue axle. That's the system. After the wheel change he didn't anymore
GreatShow. Wheres the Oura Ring gone?
There’s two levels of cycling today: wva mvp pogacar vingegaard. And all others.
It has gotten so that any race is not that interesting unless at least two of the 4 are there.
At tour (only) all 4 there!
MVP is by FAR the bigger talent. COme on Kids, everybody knows that, even Wout. van Aert is a worker, a horse, also a great talent. But MVP is (together with Pogi) the original anointed! THESE guys are athletes, right?
I understand what you're saying but honestly ... Wout not an athlete? It's a different type of rider ... come on kids. They don't call them the big 3 for nothing. Honestly - as a sidenote - I would love to see Tom Pidcock picking up again. In my eyes an amazing rider as well. But - I'll admit ... being from Belgium - Tadej is really next level. Peace out 🙂
MVDP wins MSR, Roubaix and were it not for a skinny Slovenian and the Oude de Kwaermont it'd have been 3/3 for the 23 Monuments season. Peak performing year!!!
What happen to Oura ring???
George, even Merijn Zeeman, the JV DS, admitted that MVDP was stronger than WVA in PR. And I am pretty sure he would not say so in the media without WVA agreeing with him in person.
It depends I guess. When it's a sprint over short distance, odds are MvdP as he's more explosive. Long drawn out sprint (like E3 Saxo) odds are WVA as he can maintain sprint power longer.
@@wimve4719 You are partly right of course, but if it would be always that simple Wout should win every sprint because you can generally start early if you want. It also depends on how much you have left at the end of a long race. Wout has actually lost quite some sprints against opposition that you would expect him to beat.
@@rulifaller8474 That's a simplification of matters, I would think. What I think it boils down to ... Matthieu will probably - if not most likely - be a monuments man. Which in the end gives more exposure. MvdP is the more eplosive (gets more attention) guy. And, I love it too, it's great to watch. It's more spectacular, but please don't take Matthieu to a grand tour ...
In my opinion, they are simply two different riders ... who can still challenge each other, which makes the fun for us and discuss about who we like :-) Wouldn't you agree?
@@wimve4719 Definitely agree that we should enjoy both of these great riders! I agree MVDP is the explosive one day man, and he also has the personality to go for something with 100% commitment, but of course WVA can also challenge him there, he will win more monuments than the 1 he has I think and hope.
As for the grand tours, I would agree that they suit WVA better in terms of both skills and personality. I am sure MVDP can do great there as well, as his ten days in his first Tour shows. I am looking forward to how he will do this year, this will basically be the first time that he prepares for the Tour with a 100% focus.Apart from the first few stages that suit both these guys I am also curious to see wether he will be leading out Philipsen because there are a lot of sprint stages in this Tour. But he just does not have the personality to be structured and disciplined for three weeks in a row, it would be hard for him to challenge Wout for the green jersey because of the bunch sprints and he would not fit in a team with a GC contender like JV. So I agree that is a plus for WVA😉.
#GeorgeStrong today!!!
Clips - what do we want - CLIPS!!! - when do we want them - NEXT SHOW!!!
Great show ... but where is coverage (or even mention) of the women's race, which was at LEAST as exciting as the Men's version this year? I was hoping Alison would join up with the team and do a post-show on that
Refresh your feed. New show up covering P.R. Femmes
Alpecin blew me away today they were nowhere until tiday as a team
I think in a couple of earlier races Mathieu served as lead out man for Philipsen. So, there seems to be some chemistry there. I think it harder to have a team victory when one rider is so much better. Other than protecting him early often he will be in a break alone.
No danger we could see "she was unarmed"
the masters is broadcasted in europe
I like Lance's glasses. What brand is it ?
Roka
Beautiful torso in the background George.
word is that Lance was the model.
VDP has more of a winning instinct than WVA, at least in these classics, or for one day races. But WVA is more complete (it climbs well, time trial very well, sprint well). My opinion. We are privileged to experience this golden age of cycling. Let's enjoy!
MvdP wins by far more cyclocrosses and also win in MTB. I think he is the more complete cyclist, in the road to my mind WvA indeed has an edge. But not when steep climbs are involved, here MvdP is a winner. And it seems like a lot of classics fancy these kinds of climbs tilting the advantage to Mathieu.
MVP can’t even finish a tour nor he can’t climb
litle tipsy?
It's art Lance ... !! Well said Johan. The first 5 minutes of this video Lance was toe crunching,. He is such a control freak and jealous of everything George is doing. I know he is joking but it's to much.
...fastest Flanders of ALL TIME ever......fastest Paris Roubaix of ALL TIME ever.....and we talk of tires, tire pressure, tubeless, disk brakes, marginal gains.....keytones.....ad nauseum.....smoke n mirros....what are we NOT talking about boys? 🤫🤐🤐🤫
Why would they be taking about it? You balloon heads, don't realize that the UCI must be in on it........and Recon? What's your problem with doing a Recon ,that's called common sense! Ffs
Can we please get some WeDU "see you in the douches" apparel??
I don’t think VanderPoel is significantly better than Wout. During the TDF last year everyone was saying Wout was better, and I didn’t buy that either. They’re as close as two riders can be. George pointed this out though.
Klassiekers mvdp better, etappes wva better.
Sounds like Lance and George need to go back about 5-6 years and watch MVDP and WVA cyclocross races.....Mathieu was dropping Wout like a hot potato in most rases. If Mathieu didn't have that crash at the Olympics and screwed up his training/fitness/back, he'd likely still be at his former level of fitness. He's obviously not bad now, but doesn't really have that "everyone else is racing for second place" power like he did, for example, at Amstel Gold. Some people come back strong after injuries/layoffs (like Wout after his TdF crash into the barrier and ripping his thigh apart), and others don't (like Chris Froome). Wout has also dropped a few pounds since going over to the road as well, he was a little "fluffy" when he primarily did just cyclocross.
"These guys have no fear" George. Well actually they do and they still go onto Wallers at 60 per hour and then pray and then Van Baarle hits the deck and breaks something and needs to get his face glued in 3 places and is out for the rest of the spring. I am not making this up or stating an opinion, these were the exact words of Dylan van Baarle yesterday in his Dutch podcast. Do they have a choice? No, if you start you have to participate in this suicide, potentially career or even life-ending madness. Saying these guys have no fear is just adding to the romantic, heroic notions of this sport that usually have no basis in reality. Wallers is just like the good old gladiators, good luck if you can survive!
Is it only me or are they riding real fast these days???
My question was mvdp more concerned with dropping phillipsen over wout? This is what makes cycling so interesting. Mvdp did not want phillipsen with him at the finish.
It's very strategic actually, what they call a 1-2 punch, because Philipsen doesn't have to bring back MVP and nobody wants to bring back Philipsen, so it really sucks for anyone else.
litle tipsy ?
Good.
I'm with George, Wout had so much bad luck and had to burn too many matches to keep up with Mathieu Van de Poel. He was lucky and strong today. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good
Sometimes good & lucky like mvp
Maybe they should all be on gravel bikes..
Degenkolb and Jasper if Jasper was on another team maybe beat Wout and Matthew, that’s what nobody is talking about
lance listen back to your porcast of the amsteln2019 25 min onwards. i suppose they listeners to you
What is the meaning of Johan's hat?
WvA is better in the higher elevation/ mountain stages then MvdP. So he is better in the grand tours. In an one day event MvdP is better.
I feel like Wout and Pidcock could win Lombardy and LBL whereas MVDP I don’t think ever will. Mvdp is my favourite current rider btw. Hopefully Wout will win LBL and we will have a great battle in the first week of le tour
Wout will not ride LBL. He confirmed it yesterday
Let's talk about JV tyre choice
Vittoria, same as Alpecin
@@smeetsnoud1 could be a psi issue, also the wheels play a part.
Great race. As for MVDP and WVA: MVDP has more raw power but WVA is nearly as strong and is a master tactician on one of the all-time strongest teams. MVDP wins more monuments but will never dominate the points competition and win a bunch of stages while helping his teammate win the GC at the TDF as WVA did last year. Well-deserved win for MVDP here.
Remco needs more young climbers and young reolures on his side. Only Ilan Van Wilder can be his side in the future. Mauro Schmid's talent can be a good in the cobbles and I don't think why didn't add him for this Paris-Roubaix.
Looking forward to this! Hope for a nuanced take on all the incidents.
Johan is right. And Wout’s flat is irrelevant. It’s how he races vs. how mvdp races. Wout just sits in now because he found out he loses if he attacks the race. Mvdp attacks the race. Wout waits for the attack and responds now. He didn’t used to do that. This is what johan means by winner. Mvdp is going for the win. Wout is waiting for the win. And look at the teams. Wout is a domestique/co-leader. Alpacine is built around mvdp but he rides like he has no team.
Philipsen was AMAZING! Deserving of winning if MVDP faltered, super result at #2.
Additionally, JBV’s near $4k remote inflation system- total waste of money.
Guys! With all do respect...seven women rode away from the pack almost off the gun...and held the gap right up to the velodrome finish line. While to top contenders were chasing them down. And not one mention of the women's race. Seriously. An no...I'm not some woke quasi-feminist virtue signalling wanker. But I am Canadian and truly believe Alice "Action" Jackson's epic performance, along with that of all the women who finished a crash filled epic battle...is worthy of your thoughtful commentary. Food for thought.
We have a "Femmes" show separate from this with Ali Tetrick and Mari Holden. Lining up a special guys to talk P.R.
@@wedu Great! Can't wait! Merci!
First off, I don't think that Van Aert's flat was just bad luck. You don't have that many flats within the team. Between Van Aert and his two trusty team mates you had 7 punctures. In one race. That isn't bad luck, that's crap tire or wheel choice. Hard to say which as with hookless rims you could have a rim/tire issue and not just a puncture - which should have been sealed by the sealant, right? Jumbo better be looking for answers on this one. That was just plain ridiculous. It may even been that weird tire pressure system they were rumoured to have been looking at.
I'm with Johan on the argument about Van der Poel being better than Van Aert. He just wants it more in the Monuments. That's the only difference - desire. A hunger. A need. Not a want, a need. Both are at an amazing level but Mathieu just seems to want it more in the Monuments.
Look at Van Aert. When he won San Remo in 2020 - Van der Poel wasn't even close to his best and had one of his rare outside the top 10 in a Monument results.
Look at all of Van der Poels Monument wins.
2020 Flanders. Van Aert 2nd.
2023 San Remo. Van Aert 3rd
2023 Roubaix. Van Aert 3rd.
2022 Flanders: Van Aert didn't ride but we know how that would have ended up. ;)
There's a pattern that is undeniable. When push comes to shove and big results are needed in the big one day races, Van der Poel gets the job done. In races like E3, where the stakes aren't as high, I'd give Van Aert the upper hand as these races don't seem to mean as much to Mathieu. You don't see the same fire from him. I think this is what will ultimately seperate Van der Poel's winning tally from Eddy Merckx's - Eddy wanted everything. But then again, the level is so much higher now. Maybe if Eddy raced against Mathieu he may not beat him.
You can see it also in the World Cyclocross results. When Mathieu came of age in 2019:
2019. Mathieu won, Van Aert 2nd
2020 Mathieu won, Van Aert 4th
2021 Mathieu won, Van Aert 2nd
2022 Neither rode, Pidcock won.
It's a pattern that's not hard to see. Leaves little room for discussion. If you see those results and you had to bet your house on the next cobbled monument, where does the money go? It's either Van der Poel unless now it's Flanders and I think Pogi will make that his race over the next few years. I can see them renaming the Oude Kwaremont to Pogiberg as he'll dominate on that hill just like Boonen did on the Taaienberg aka Boonenberg.
I absolutely agree with Lance and George that Van Aert is an amazing cyclist and has done wonders in the Tour but when it comes to the big races like the Monuments or World Cyclocross, VdP for the win.
All we really need to say is 2019 Amstel Gold. A question to Lance and George: Can you ever see Van Aert laying his soul that much on the line to win like that? If Johan is reading this I know he's saying "no, no, no. Never...."
I just love that we live in an age were the big races are a spectacular affair. I grew up watching Hinault, Fignon, Kelly, Vanderaerden duke it out, elbows often flailing and I'm happy that we still have great racing.
I guess I forgot:
2023 World Cyclo Cross:
Mathieu won, Van Aert 2nd
;)
More of a natural talent than WVA
Mattt-ji-euh. Not Matthew. ;-) So en Francaise! Ask your French friend. Ven dar Pool. From the Puddle. Matthew from thee Puddle. 🙂 Yes, Spring is in the air! Why should I? :P Ask Johan! 🙂
We need a tyre comparison analysis for all the flats today.
Alpecin and Jumbo were running the same tyres, unreleased Vittoria Corsa Pro, but maybe they run different pressures or with.without liners. The worst timed punctures for Laporte and van Aert were both on two of the worst sectors, so it can be just pure bad luck. Ride those sectors any day of the week, no matter the setup, pretty decent chance you will puncture.
Jumbo was unlucky with the timing of the few punctures they had. I did just see a list of all punctures ranked by team on a Belgian website and Jumbo was not even in the top ten of teams with the most punctures.
I noticed Ineos were running Conti GP5000 700x32c (GCN Bike Check of Ganas bike). Probably a custom tire too, but didn’t see Ineos having any flats?
Also - no confirmations of any front runners equipped with the inflation system that was much hyped
The strongest and most attractive dude won.
Hincapie is wrong, MAthieu is and was stronger than Wout. WOut should have attacked more and rode with him when they were together ahead in the race PAris Roubaix.
Wout is bether at the big tours , especially uphil as he demonstrated at Mont Ventoux
Lance, really? The Masters got the big screen and the Roubaix only got the iPad???
Lance will be fine. Jim Nantz is retired from golf. Just get nbc to give u a feed. Hopefully you’ll get the whole feed Instead of starting after the Arenberg forest like NBC did today
Today i agree with George Wount was stronger.
no
@@sport1349 oh yes
Ik niet, Wout zei in een interview dat hij.op de limiet reed,wanneer Mathieu die aanvallen deed.
@@sport1349 no jiste
This was really awkward to listen to. Enjoyed all of the analysis about WVB and race recap.
The overall feel of this specific show was kind of negative. With the combination of body language and bantering it didn't feel like it was a part of the show as much as there was some negative tension between Lance and the rest.