Very strong Van der Poel, clearly superior to Pedersen and Ganna. Pogacar will be the only rival for the cobbled monuments.
Disappointing Van Aert, lately he doesn’t deliver in the races that should matter to him.
I thought Pedersen was pretty close, actually, Ganna too. To me it looked like what we call ‘dagsformen’ in Danish, on another day it might be one of the other with the upper hand.
Agreed that van Aert isn’t looking good, I don’t think he has the stomach for these races anymore.
But Pedersen and Ganna were too strong on Paris-Nice and Tirreno, I don’t know if they will be better. On the other hand Mathieu is improving with respect to Tirreno. And after his climbing performance in San Remo I don’t see Pogacar dropping him on Flandres, and even less on Roubaix.
I hope for a team strategy like Ineos did when Van Vaarle won.
Pedersen was ill for a few days after Paris Nice, so I think he can still find a percent or two. But sure, MvdP looks unbeatable. I’ll be happy as long as Pog doesn’t win 😂
Wonderful race today!
