Dan is back with another round up of the week’s latest cycling racing news and highlights. He shares his thoughts on Mathieu van der Poel’s record breaking 47.8 km/h average speed, and Lotte Kopecky’s dramatic finish-line win at Paris-Roubaix, and updates on the key news from Scheldeprijs and Tour of The Basque Country.
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00:27 This week in the world of racing
01:16 Paris-Roubaix Men’s Race Recap
08:07 Paris-Roubaix Femmes Race Recap
10:30 Scheldeprijs Notes
11:20 Tour of the Basque Country
14:00 2024 results so far
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42 Comments
What a weekend of racing! Was this the outcome you expected? 🏁
In his interview in French after the race MvDP said he will be at Liege unless something happens before that
Totally not doping. He's doing this all natural. There's absolutely no incentive for pro riders to use PEDs, not money or sponsorship or selling products.
Where's that knucklehead Chris Horner 🤡, who hates MVDP.
He literally bounced back 😆😆😆 6:39
I really hope whoever is doing the graphic design for these GCN T-shirts is getting paid the big bucks because they are stellar.
this will be a career blow to vinegards fitness, that collapse lung is a worry. .pogacar is the main favorite for TDF and roglic is the main rival.
Pithie getting back on his bike is standard kiwi mentality – we all grow up hearing the legendary stories of Colin Meads playing an All Blacks match with a broken arm, and Buck Shelford getting his ‘sack’ torn during an All Blacks match.
48kph for 260km with tons of pavé is absolute insanity.
They should change the design of world champ jersey, its looks like a LGBT lol
Almost unbelievable.
Can UCI please ban white bibs for the current world champion.
The Tim van Dijke relegation is a scandal that needs to be reversed.
Hard to put into words just how good VDP is.
Just incredible what he did in this race and indeed has been doing in this classics season.
And Kopecky is really proving to be a rising star as well, her classics Palmarès growing nicely.
Both make watching cycle racing so enjoyable.
Big MVDP fan but speeds of 48klms an hour (consistently) on that terrain….sorry…..just not buying it…wish I was seeing a bunch sprinter turn into an utter beast….
That is the equivalent of Cavendish/Bennett/Caleb Ewan…
I don't know what miracle they've found at Alpecin and it ain't hair products…
New system Armstrong ? ? ? ? ?
Firstly, this string of 'fastest edition ever' we're seeing this year is making me increasingly uncomfortable. I know about advances in tech and training etc…but isn't that what we always get told?
Secondly, these 40-80km unopposed breaks are obviously impressive, but they sure are boring when it's what you expected to happen anyway, and it's the same riders all the time. Dullest Roubaix I've seen in years. Felt like a foregone conclusion before the start, and sure enough it played out exactly as we thought, with other teams using ridiculous tactics and more or less rolling over for Alpecin.
When I saw Vermeersch waiting for Pithie, I thought: Is he hosting a job interview?
There’s a reason there are speed limits for cars on certain roads in certain places. Cycling is now the fastest it’s ever been. Handlebars are the narrowest they’ve ever been. Winning has become more critical than it’s ever been given that some teams are just an extension of the political/ sports washing aims of countries or the ego of super rich individuals neither of whom have any interest in a team that doesn’t win regularly. Riders are coming very quickly into the pro peleton – maybe without the judgement and skills needed. The UCI continue to show complete contempt for rider safety. In theory all race routes are open to some kind of vetting. The corner at Itzulia was an accident waiting to happen and the teams affected should be suing the UCI and the organisers. Cycling is dangerous enough and knowing all the factors I’ve listed there is an onus on them to provide marshals, signage and protection when and where the route presents a real danger. I could, like most fans, go on and on.
Re Ineos…recruitment and organisation. They didn’t look to replace Froome and they have never recovered from the tragic death of Nicolas Portal who clearly had a bigger influence than he’s credited with. And once every team had access to marginal gains Brailsfords tainted leadership looked less and less impressive. This season looks like they’re rebuilding the organisation and the Tours are yet to come …biggest error among many was giving TP freedom to ride MTB/ CX. Ratcliffe will like the Olympic Medals but he’s not MVDP – and even he has limited his MTB and CX with one outcome being his best form ever. If next year doesn’t produce big wins I think Ratcliffe will want to offload them.
I have no what new substances there all on, but it's really strong. When the final placed ride Fabian Cancellaras wining time, I think I will watch another sport for a while. It's a repeat of cycling 1990's again.
Mvp
Greatness
But at liege pogacar will be there
As great as mvp has been pogacar is slightly better in monuments, slightly faster
I can't help thinking about biological and mechanical doping when watching this.
I wish you'd stop spoiling the results in your headlines. Some of us don't have the opportunity to watch the race. Otherwise I really appreciate what you do!
We all know this guy is getting drugs no one has ever heard of. Just like every other record breaking athletes like Ronaldo or Kipchoge. No one will ever convince me otherwise.
I found it really boring like a trade with tadej ….so many favorites out …jk little satire towards double standard of tadej vs rest of peloton. Also vdp is getting greedy too ….let's appreciate two best cyclist I've seen ever, Fabian, nibali, Sean Kelly, lemond, Gilbert, Sagan all legends none in sane galaxy if matheu and tadej lets appreciate something we will never see again. Like complaining about ronaldo and messi in prunes. Yeah others could have won champions League or golden boot or balloon d'or but that's on others to get better I want to see the elite humanly possible. So while fawning or mathieu and rightfully so how about less cintrarion nonsense about tadej whoa not even in prime like Mathieu. Reason they are close talent recognizes talent
Has anyone else seen the video of the lady throwing her hat at Van der Poel's bike during Paris-Roubaix? I saw it on X. It appeared to be an attempt to cause a mechanical failure or a crash.
Women's Paris-Roubaix : I'm puzzled by the fact that Balsamo stayed seated during the sprint!!
Lemond might call MVDP's recent dominant form 'unbelievable'.
'Nutrition' gives you wings.
Lotte really had to fight for it. Well done to all the ladies.
Can’t overstate how good Mathieu’s bike handling skills are. I once saw him at a mountain bike event and he managed to gain time on the world champion during a technical descent
Incredible performance proving the only person who can compete on pure horsepower is WvA …..Just a shame we did not see that.
the "stats" don't tell the full story of Paris Roubaix (the men's). The tailwinds/crosswinds and the riding of Alpecin in the first half of the race set the stage.
So we're supposed to believe that today's undoped riders are going faster than the doped to the gills riders of yesteryear? Logic – it's just a concept.
Is MVP's Bike equal to the aeroroad you can buy now. There was sections his bike looked too smooth. I know his bike skills are good but he has definitely one of the best bike for one day races. Canyon must be smiling at the moment.
Not true that Ayuso was the youngest winner of a one week world tour stage race in decades…Pogacar won the tour of California in 2019 at 20 years old.
Jasper P. also used the blue part of the velodrome to pass Mads & Nils on the final…
This truly is "unbelievable" or too good to be true.
dont forget the dude that got like 65th. beat Fabian Cancellars time from 2013 lol. NO one is DOPING LOL
Love the oceans eleven musical intro