Multebear wrote:Epic battle between Wout and Mathieu in Zonhoven this weekend. And fortunately without any mechanicals. What a great race. Seems they are equally strong. Even though Mathieu pulled away a couple of times, Wout always came back. Also Wout didn't make any grave mistakes, and Mathieu didn't gamble too much either resulting in crashes. Finally a race settled without any disturbing "noise" on any sides. Pure strength and balls.
The whole thing is available here, georestricted though:
http://www.cxmagazine.com/video-superpr ... -duel-2016
So. Good.
It must be great for both of them to be so even and have a real arch rival to beat.
They seem to have a lot of respect one for another, which only makes the duel even more enjoyable to watch.
Say what you want about TUEs etc, but the good this year definitely outweighs the bad in my book.
Looking back at the year, and forward to an epic cross season, a lot of good moments come to mind.
Michael Woods kicking off the year down under, showing why he deserves a WT spot.
Moving forward, excellent editions of LBL, Flanders and Paris Roubaix.
The Giro was great too with a dramatic ending.
Cavendish and Sagan lit up the Tour. The GC was dull though...
Olympics... Well, not a trackie, and road race was stained by the accidents.
The Vuelta was great too.
The worlds with a podium of world champs and echelon carnage.
All in all, I am looking forward a lot to next year.
A nice Chaves/Pinot/Kruijswijk/Aru battle at the Giro... Can Sagan continue his magic spell in WC stripes? With hopefully stricter TUEs, can Froome win the Tour again? Will we see discs go pro?
I can't wait! Fortunately cross season is here and what a season it will be.