Van Aert completes first training session on New Year's Day, Pogi wraps up 2024 with a 'quickie'
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A new year and new opportunities! Although many cycling fans will still feel tired after a crazy New Year's Eve, plenty of riders have already used January 1 as an opportunity to start the new cycling season. Better to get an early start, they must have thought. Others ended the old year with a final training session.
It had been known that Wout van Aert would not participate in the New Year's Cross in Baal. The Belgian of Visma | Lease a Bike decided not to sit still despite his absence from the race. He started the new year with a challenging bike ride from Knokke-Heist, then crossed the border and did a lap in Zeeland. 'Number one of the year,' he headlined on Strava, with a fitting picture at a matching village.
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Kuss takes it easy on New Year's Day
His American teammate Sepp Kuss also completed his first kilometers, but he didn't do as much as his Belgian teammate, with whom he recently completed a flashy climbing workout. This time, it will have been a ride to the bakery or perhaps a lap loose after one too many beers on New Year's Eve. Either way, the former Vuelta winner has completed his first hour on the bike.
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Pogacar with a 'quickie' on New Year's Eve
Tadej Pogacar decided not to start his new year with a training ride. But on December 31 of the old year, the world champion was still on his bike. From his hometown of Monaco, the Slovenian worked out a substantial ride of almost 175 kilometers. It wasn't intensive training, but the Tour winner spent 6.30 hours on the bike. And in the process - how could it be otherwise - he broke a few KOMs along the way.
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Bernal with a monster ride to end 2024
If you are looking for training monsters on Strava, you will soon find Egan Bernal. The Colombian former INEOS Grenadiers Tour winner is a tough guy, and on New Year's Eve, the 27-year-old climber rode a monster tour. Together with teammate Brandon Rivera and former pro Oscar Sevilla, among others, he rode a 252-kilometer stage. It was completed in precisely six hours, good for an average of 42 kilometers per hour, and with over 2,500 meters of elevation. An 'apocalypse,' Bernal called the ride. And with good reason.
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Latest Comments
- This was very informative! Luiz Antonio Duarte Ferreiraluizantonioduarteferreira02-01-2025
- Well explained, thanks for the clarity! Daniel DantasDanieldantas20-12-2024
- This is the kind of 'news' that belongs in a cheap tabloid. No matter how boring the offseason gets, nobody wants to read this.
santiagobenites19-12-2024 - I wish we could have seen him try. He'd absolutely get dropped before Pogi overtakes his domestiquesVeganpotter10-12-2024
- Talk is cheap! Next year barring crashes with a healthy team... all well be on track! Some need to talk to make a headline!mootman27-11-2024
- I do not see this event listed on HBO Max Sports Online? Can anyone confirm? Thanks!
MrYuck23-11-2024 - It seemed that he was focusing forward at the time of the crash, after seeing a quick video snippet. But one thing I think he should focus on more intently is breaking a bad habit he has, right now. And that is his constant looking over his shoulders. He does that so much, that I am very sure it is not good for him. Simply watch videos of the greats of CX and you will see very little of that constant looking over their shoulders. That is a behavior that betrays a bit of insecurity on his part. He shouldn't be so concerned, incessantly, about what is over his shoulder. He needn't worry they didn't all disappear. He neds to keep his focus more ahead of himself, and he needs to pay a bit more attention to himself, in a confident manner. It is very frustrating to watch, because it is apparent that he has a lot of potential, and is in much better shape thwan many of his competitors, but the mental game needs to be sharpened more, because that part of strategy plays a huge part in the final results
reemmo022-11-2024 - hahahaha love this shit! I didnt even watched the race, but reading all the gossip articles of how stupid this is!Zatoichi19-11-2024
- Van Aert is really handsome. He can influence me all day! Ditto for Philipsen. Why do you think many of us love cycling?: to see heroic attempts at climbing mountains at high altitudes or to watch speedsters sprint for the finish line or to watch a human being ride at break neck speed down a tricky descent? No, it's all about their lean physiques and muscular legs. (apologies for objectifying these dedicated and amazing athletes).BarwonHeadsUp25-10-2024
- It is unfortunate that the author can't feel the joy that Pogacar brings to the sport and his fans who are legion and I for one feel lucky to have watched such a memorable performance and historic season From the Strada until yesterday with multiple wins in stages in both tours and beyond dominance in the World's. He is proud to wear the Rainbow stripes, shows his leadership to protect his fellows and is as courteous and sportsman-like as the sport allows. He goes early to not have to respond to each attack as all the rest would make him do it. Any racer who could would do the same. Don't "grow tired" of greatness as it is always fleeting.ccrider13-10-2024