Agreed on this...for a highlight watcher, its a helluva spoiler. Kudos to the team.

Thank You

👍

I agree. I had to block a British guy's (Chris something) channel for that very reason.

❤😊

10 year contract probably pretty lucrative, and a good investment by Canyon!

@@hobmarg Sure, if he was 23! But at 29, it's very unlikely he has 10 world class years ahead of him.

@@andrasszabo1570 sure, but that is where the negotiation happens. Athlete wants the most number of years to lock in their earnings, sponsor wants fewer to mitigate risk. Obviously Canyon saw the value if they were willing to go 10. If he has 5 brilliant years and then falls off, still a worthy investment, he must sell a ton of Aeroads.

@@andrasszabo1570the peak of male body is 34 😉

@@andrasszabo1570 Probably not, but Canyon did make sure that he will probably be forever remembered riding Canyon bikes. That's a lot of marketing potential and in a world of social media, ultimately him being a future legend of the sport and having a million plus followers is worth a lot for a brand too.

This lad is going to be a force to be reckoned with. As you said, his debut this season to the classics was brilliant!! I didn't watch this actual video, I watched full race on streaming (I just come here for the conversation cos the American streaming service that streams this race is full of newbies that know nothing about the sport so Eurosport is where i get to talk to REAL fans of cycling!) but that fall Pithie took was a rough one!! There is no safe Paris - Roubaix. Whether wet or dry you can't beat the pave!! Wet, they are like ice and slippery and dry, the dust just takes your wheel out from under you. I've always said that the cobbles are always the winner in this race 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Two teammates blocking every attack helps as well.

@@frankburn6312 Alpecin anchors to drag.

Pithie is gonna be a menace in the near future. Forsee a winner of PR for sure.

This lad is going to be a force to be reckoned with. As you said, his debut this season to the classics was brilliant!! I didn't watch this actual video, I watched full race on streaming (I just come here for the conversation cos the American streaming service that streams this race is full of newbies that know nothing about the sport so Eurosport is where i get to talk to REAL fans of cycling!) but that fall Pithie took was a rough one!! There is no safe Paris - Roubaix. Whether wet or dry you can't beat the pave!! Wet, they are like ice and slippery and dry, the dust just takes your wheel out from under you. I've always said that the cobbles are always the winner in this race 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Best ever result for a Kiwi at Roubaix

Approaching "Best there ever was" status as well.

​@@mmcewen9789Merckx has 19 monument wins. 19!

Crazy how good he is. Just zero competition. Seems like he is 10% better than everybody else.

That’s like saying Murray is the best grand slam player there is with Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, Alcaraz and Medvedev not pitching up.

​@@robertobetta9602 It's not, because Van der Poel's dominance in this period of the season is for last few years. And he is the world champion. But I get what you mean: you want the biggest competitors he could get.

Drive? It’s not a car! 😂

Ride* 🤣

Exactly!! I'm no fan of MVDP or WVA but this race needed WVA there to make it somewhat of a challenge for MVDP 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I'm English but live in California so I am forced to watch the several big races on our American streaming service (that I can't name here cos Eurosport deletes my comment if I do). I prefer to watch my races on Eurosport but the races that Phil, Bob and Christian cover those races aren't on American Eurosport cos they would compete with each other but I have to say that Phil is a LEGEND!!! I've listened to Phil for 30 odd year now and as much as I love him he is getting old andbmaking so many mistakes. I was surprised he didn't retire after last season cos the past 4 seasons he's making more and more mistakes in his commentary. I don't go to the American streaming YT page cos it's full of newbies that know nothing about cycling so I watch it on American streaming service but come to Eurosport YT page to talk to people that know the sport 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

David Duffield went the same way. Commentia

@@dickieblench5001 yea it's really sad hearing Phil make so many mistakes this past 5 year. Hes a legend!! 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

*Philipsen

Phillipsen will win multiple monuments with MVP on his team. It's either get smoked from 100 km out by MVP or tow a fresh Philipsen to the line and lose the sprint. What a duo for Alpecin.

Its not philipsen but gianni vermeerch

* Pedersen

Pas cette année.

Same, guaranteed win for mvdp without wout there, he's the only one that can challenge him on the cobbles. Predicable race

💯 absolutely true!!! 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

That's brilliant mate!! This lad is going to be a force to be reckoned with. His debut this season to the classics was brilliant!! I didn't watch this actual video, I watched full race on American streaming (I just come here for the conversation cos the American streaming service that streams this race is full of newbies that know nothing about the sport so Eurosport is where i get to talk to REAL fans of cycling!) but that fall Pithie took was a rough one!! There is no safe Paris - Roubaix. Whether wet or dry you can't beat the pave!! Wet, they are like ice and slippery and dry, the dust just takes your wheel out from under you. I've always said that the cobbles are always the winner in this race but Pithie has gotten a lot of people's attention with his debut to the classics!! He'll be a thorn in a lot of arses in coming years😂 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I get cursed out every time I talk about this. When I talk about UAE and VISMA so many people are 1000% convinced these lads are "all natural"😂😂 It's not just them either but when you see these 2 teams SO FAR superior to everyone else, how can you think it's all natural. I tell people that once you come to terms with them doping, you'll enjoy the sport more cos you'll have a better understanding of the sport. I enjoy the doping to be honest with you!! It makes for great feats of strength and endurance that are superhuman. We get to see superhumans doing superhuman shit!!! But those that won't accept the doping in the sport are just deaf, DUMB and blind!!! It's so BLATANTLY obvious!! It's getting REALLY REALLY obvious but people still won't believe it even if they saw them riding with a 💉 sticking out their arse😂😂😂 At least you and I are on same page. I get yelled at every week for talking about it😂 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@@kennykaniff 100%. As blatant as it is, it is bloody crazy too watch. When MVP attacked that footage of him riding was so frighting, the power and force he was putting through the crank was insane

@@DavidStacey-tx7on I thought the same and he looked as tho he was on a Sunday ride by looking at his face but his body (legs and core) was just CRANKING away!!! We see Pogi do an 81km solo attack at Strade Bianche and now we see MVDP do a 60km solo attack at Paris - Roubaix!! Don't forget it's the SECOND YEAR IN A ROW he's pulled fastest recorded time for PR!! 🤔🤔🤔 Like I said, I love it tho!!! 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Yes 💉💉💉 is the "formula" 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Wouldn't you? The only reason they kept riding was 2 and 3 on the podium... and the slight chance that he crashes or punctures.

The fact that MVDP's acceleration made the others look like they immediately gave up ... says it all. The level of explosivity and watts MVDP can put down instantly, compared to any other rider, looks almost unreal. Just ask Pedersen. He gave his all to catch and match MVDP pace but could not even remotely follow him. None of them could even while working together.

Thats right

He's just a beast! I'm not a fan of MVDP but he really is a powerhouse and his skills from cyclocross really helps him stay upright. I actually Google'd "MVDP crashes" and I only found 2. One was MTB crash which doesn't count cos I was looking for road crashes and the only other one I found was his crash in the World Championships when it was raining and he still won the Worlds!! He just has an amazing sixth sense with bike handling skills 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@@kennykaniff He has the reflexes of a cat... and the speed of a mongoose.

😂😂 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

yeah he's not winning TDF :p

@@jeroendekort5696 Pogačar not winning Roubaix and San Remo!!!

@@cesarortegaescamilla1782 he can win San Remo 😅 Roubaix is a bigger question tho but i don't think he'd do bad

Agreed. Without Pogacar and WVA there fighting the whole way it’s just boring. E3 and Amstel gold the past 2 years have been way more entertaining than this. MVDP may be the luckiest rider ever. It’s insane that he was lucky enough to be the only page 1 favorite at two monuments in a row. WVA’s form this year was hard to gauge since he only did one race after altitude and crashed. But he seemed on good form when he hopped back on his bike. If the situation was different and either WVA or Pogacar was the only one at Flanders or here, they would’ve one.

It's been interesting all these top tier riders crashing out past few weeks too.

@@carboncrank2250 MVDP and Pogacar are about to have historical seasons with regard to races won. Everybody else is injured right now, it’s honestly insane. This season has been brutal for Visma LAB in terms of injured riders. I hope everybody makes a good recovery. I’m already interested in what their race schedules will look like next year. I can’t help but think they won’t be doing much early season racing in order to keep everybody injury free.

Well you didn't miss much

😂😂 Hey pal!! How's the island life treating you? You enjoying the season so far? I have to say that this season is the most insane and super action packed season I've ever seen!!! 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@@kennykaniff to many frekin crashes, I want my money back, uh what money?

@@kennykaniff Biniam is lucky to crash, 'cause he still gonna get his ass beaten

@@savagepro9060 😂😂😂 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@@savagepro9060 Bini crashed? When and where? I didn't know about this. Well at least it saves him the embarrassment of losing all the time😉😂 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Not drinking the kool-aid? I've Gott'a think some pigeon pies are involved.

Floyd has a recreational Dispensary up in Leadville, CO 😅😅 if ye can handle 10,000ft elevations, stop in and buy some quality herb... (3.048m)

I get cursed out every time I talk about this. When I talk about UAE and VISMA so many people are 1000% convinced these lads are "all natural"😂😂 It's not just them either but when you see these 2 teams SO FAR superior to everyone else, how can you think it's all natural. I tell people that once you come to terms with them doping, you'll enjoy the sport more cos you'll have a better understanding of the sport. I enjoy the doping to be honest with you!! It makes for great feats of strength and endurance that are superhuman. We get to see superhumans doing superhuman shit!!! But those that won't accept the doping in the sport are just deaf, DUMB and blind!!! It's so BLATANTLY obvious!! It's getting REALLY REALLY obvious but people still won't believe it even if they saw them riding with a 💉 sticking out their arse😂😂😂 I get yelled at every week for talking about this😂 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Someone made a comment saying "could someone please tell me what is on MVDP left wrist" I replied "slow release EPO bracelet"😂😂😂 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@@kennykaniff Hilarious right? It's like Lance and all his Superhuman boys on the PROGRAM, (not to mention all their competitors as well) were a bunch of punks as every record they smashed in all these iconic races and courses continue to get smashed by dozens of riders in every major event. Haaaaa! I was in the pro peloton when all that happened, with all those guys, and I can tell you it was surreal. So, nowadays it must just be the aero skinsuits right? Nothing to see here. Never mind that the 5-15 best guys in the WORLD on that day are chasing ALL out for 25-50-75-100K... and LOSING TIME! I guess maybe drafting doesn't save energy anymore? I give up! Thanks man!

He used a round type of tyre. Made of some sort of rubber I believe.

I get cursed out every time I talk about this. When I talk about UAE and VISMA so many people are 1000% convinced these lads are "all natural"😂😂 It's not just them either but when you see those 2 teams SO FAR superior to everyone else, how can you think it's all natural. I tell people that once you come to terms with them doping, you'll enjoy the sport more cos you'll have a better understanding of the sport. I enjoy the doping to be honest with you!! It makes for great feats of strength and endurance that are superhuman. We get to see superhumans doing superhuman shit!!! But those that won't accept the doping in the sport are just deaf, DUMB and blind!!! It's so BLATANTLY obvious!! It's getting REALLY REALLY obvious but people still won't believe it even if they saw them riding with a 💉 sticking out their arse😂😂😂. I get yelled at every week for talking about this😂 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Not likely!

I guess so: its the 3th most doping-controlled sport in the world + with all the camera's for different series about cycling and the many vids they make where they show what they use... i guess you cant hide it anymore

@@user-dn5jn2tv5j I’m guessing there‘s something on the market that they can‘t test for yet. And in 10 years people lose their titles. I‘m not hoping! I‘m Dutch and a MVDP fan, but it just seems to be surreal right now.

I get cursed out every time I talk about this. When I talk about UAE and VISMA so many people are 1000% convinced these lads are "all natural"😂😂 It's not just them either but when you see these 2 teams SO FAR superior to everyone else, how can you think it's all natural. I tell people that once you come to terms with them doping, you'll enjoy the sport more cos you'll have a better understanding of the sport. I enjoy the doping to be honest with you!! It makes for great feats of strength and endurance that are superhuman. We get to see superhumans doing superhuman shit!!! But those that won't accept the doping in the sport are just deaf, DUMB and blind!!! It's so BLATANTLY obvious!! It's getting REALLY REALLY obvious but people still won't believe it even if they saw them riding with a 💉 sticking out their arse😂😂 I get yelled at every week for talking about this😂. This is SECOND YEAR IN A ROW that he's done the FASTEST TIME RECORDED for this race and let's not forget a 60km solo attack on pave!!! 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Lmao no one there is clean

No it’s like watching Bolt if the other top 5 weren’t there. Historically WVA, MVDP, and Pogacar have been each others only competitors. Pogacar won Strade without WVA and MVDP there. In the past years WVA has won nearly all the classics without the other 2 there. MVDP is getting these races for free. His competitors were not there.

I’d imagine the cyclocross and mountain biking helps, especially as he is pretty much just as good there too! 🤘🏻

It's a bracelet that has a slow release of EPO 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@@kennykaniff sarcasm

Puncture after 100m of cobbles, at the same second Alpecin put the hammer down and no one came back

@@oliverp6770 not lucky in this race, but we saw him not in the best conditions in the Milano Sanremo

Yep. 🥧

I get cursed out every time I talk about this. When I talk about UAE and VISMA so many people are 1000% convinced these lads are "all natural"😂😂 It's not just them either but when you see these 2 teams SO FAR superior to everyone else, how can you think it's all natural. I tell people that once you come to terms with them doping, you'll enjoy the sport more cos you'll have a better understanding of the sport. I enjoy the doping to be honest with you!! It makes for great feats of strength and endurance that are superhuman. We get to see superhumans doing superhuman shit!!! But those that won't accept the doping in the sport are just deaf, DUMB and blind!!! It's so BLATANTLY obvious!! It's getting REALLY REALLY obvious but people still won't believe it even if they saw them riding with a 💉 sticking out their arse😂😂 I get yelled at every week for talking about this😂. This is SECOND YEAR IN A ROW that he's done the FASTEST TIME RECORDED for this race and let's not forget a 60km solo attack on pave!!! 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Without WvA or Pogacar, yeah and with Alpecin being the strongest team, it's not surprising. Philipsen said he will decide on his future after Paris-Roubaix, so hopefully he leaves Alpecin and what looks to be the second or third best cobbles rider in the world at least won't ride with the best.

He was the strongest and hats of to a dominant win but he also had some luck on his side. Other teams suffered a lot more from defects and crashes today. E.g. Mads Pedersen punctured with 87 km to go and he had already lost his teammates from the front group due to similar circumstances so he had to spend a lot of extra energy leading up to the time when MVDP decided to say goodbye. It would at least have been closer if Lidl Trek had been able to stay out of trouble as well as Alpecin - Deceuninck. So the typical Paris-Roubaix drama ironically also made the race more boring this year. But of course that's not MVDP's fault either.

What does his wife have to do with canyon?

Or what

Both. It's both. But so is everyone else.

@@officialkirin7219 he’s clean ffs

@@troycollett8540 He is not. Cyling or tbh professionel sports overall it not clean at all.

@@troycollett8540 And I am a huge fan of MvdP. I am also riding a Canyon in Alpecin colors. He is by far my most favorite rider and I watch all his races. I still don't believe that he is clean at all. But neither are the others behind him.

He is the world champion in CX! Who, if not he, should know how to get his bike to the finish line under the toughest conditions without breaking down?

The fact he is the best ever on cyclocross helps a lot too.

Running 32mm tires and several ounces of sealant helps tremendously

Except Merckx won the TDF 5 times, as well as the Giro 5 times, in addition to so many classics multiple times.

But it was different time, there was no specialized (like the brand) riders.

I say Pogačar is closer to the new Merckx unless MVDP learns to climb and win a grand tour.

How silly is that comment? Do you think they're all lazy? I think if anyone could have bridged and increased their chance of winning the race they would have done so.

You can only race the people that show up, and I'm not sure that WVA has shown anything to suggest that he can beat MVDP this year. Certainly would have been interesting to have Pogacar or Remco at Flanders, though.

@@mmcewen9789 What? WVA hasn’t shown anything to suggest he can beat MVDP this year? Perhaps that is because he crashed like 10 days ago. He broke 7 ribs, his sternum, and collarbone. It was clear that if wout didn’t crash at e3 he would’ve easily been able to follow MVDP’s move. He was at a complete standstill at the bottom of a cobbled climb while MVDP was attacking, yet managed to close the gap to 10 seconds. Remco has a broken scapula right now as well.

They all ride that hard

He’s not doping by the way

He had two teammates blocking every attack.

@@troycollett8540 I doubt that. I am a huge fan of his. I even ride his bike in his colors. But there is nothing natural about it.

@@officialkirin7219 trust me he’s clean

👍🏻💯 I get cursed out every time I talk about this. When I talk about UAE and VISMA so many people are 1000% convinced these lads are "all natural"😂😂 It's not just them either but when you see these 2 teams SO FAR superior to everyone else, how can you think it's all natural. I tell people that once you come to terms with them doping, you'll enjoy the sport more cos you'll have a better understanding of the sport. I enjoy the doping to be honest with you!! It makes for great feats of strength and endurance that are superhuman. We get to see superhumans doing superhuman shit!!! But those that won't accept the doping in the sport are just deaf, DUMB and blind!!! It's so BLATANTLY obvious!! It's getting REALLY REALLY obvious but people still won't believe it even if they saw them riding with a 💉 sticking out their arse😂😂 I get yelled at every week for talking about this😂. This is SECOND YEAR IN A ROW that he's done the FASTEST TIME RECORDED for this race and let's not forget a 60km solo attack on pave!!! 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@@kennykaniff dominance is always suspicious, I wonder why they gotta win that obviously

@@1afterthep when you're consistently always breaking records and you're dominating so much above and beyond everyone else it's very clear they are on "the program" 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

He is not natural but neither are the others.

​@@officialkirin7219 good on ya mate!! Savage and I talk about this quite often. We know these lads are doping. I think he's trying to give MVDP the benefit of the doubt here but it's pretty obvious. SECOND YEAR IN A ROW he's done the FASTEST RECORDED TIME for this race!! 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

He's been winning since he was on tricycle you sad, sour, jealous and lesser Belgian! They doped him from nappy on!

Hide what

@@troycollett8540 💉🩸

👍🏻💯 I get cursed out every time I talk about this. When I talk about UAE and VISMA so many people are 1000% convinced these lads are "all natural"😂😂 It's not just them either but when you see these 2 teams SO FAR superior to everyone else, how can you think it's all natural. I tell people that once you come to terms with them doping, you'll enjoy the sport more cos you'll have a better understanding of the sport. I enjoy the doping to be honest with you!! It makes for great feats of strength and endurance that are superhuman. We get to see superhumans doing superhuman shit!!! But those that won't accept the doping in the sport are just deaf, DUMB and blind!!! It's so BLATANTLY obvious!! It's getting REALLY REALLY obvious but people still won't believe it even if they saw them riding with a 💉 sticking out their arse😂😂 I get yelled at every week for talking about this😂. This is SECOND YEAR IN A ROW that he's done the FASTEST TIME RECORDED for this race and let's not forget a 60km solo attack on pave!!! 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I get cursed out every time I talk about this. When I talk about UAE and VISMA so many people are 1000% convinced these lads are "all natural"😂😂 It's not just them either but when you see these 2 teams SO FAR superior to everyone else, how can you think it's all natural. I tell people that once you come to terms with them doping, you'll enjoy the sport more cos you'll have a better understanding of the sport. I enjoy the doping to be honest with you!! It makes for great feats of strength and endurance that are superhuman. We get to see superhumans doing superhuman shit!!! But those that won't accept the doping in the sport are just deaf, DUMB and blind!!! It's so BLATANTLY obvious!! It's getting REALLY REALLY obvious but people still won't believe it even if they saw them riding with a 💉 sticking out their arse😂😂 I get yelled at every week for talking about this😂. This is SECOND YEAR IN A ROW that he's done the FASTEST TIME RECORDED for this race and let's not forget a 60km solo attack on pave!!! 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Tosser!! 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@@kennykaniff Yes, he is !

@@ashifo07 I knew I wouldn't be alone in this😂 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Stupid comment

Good on ya mate!! I get cursed out every time I talk about this. When I talk about UAE and VISMA so many people are 1000% convinced these lads are "all natural"😂😂 It's not just them either but when you see these 2 teams SO FAR superior to everyone else, how can you think it's all natural. I tell people that once you come to terms with them doping, you'll enjoy the sport more cos you'll have a better understanding of the sport. I enjoy the doping to be honest with you!! It makes for great feats of strength and endurance that are superhuman. We get to see superhumans doing superhuman shit!!! But those that won't accept the doping in the sport are just deaf, DUMB and blind!!! It's so BLATANTLY obvious!! It's getting REALLY REALLY obvious but people still won't believe it even if they saw them riding with a 💉 sticking out their arse😂😂 I get yelled at every week for talking about this😂. This is SECOND YEAR IN A ROW that he's done the FASTEST TIME RECORDED for this race and let's not forget a 60km solo attack on pave!!! 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@@kennykaniff trust me pog is natty

Not really

ofc

@@Hugo-fi6fi what's ofc?

@@johnadams9634 Ofc means of course.

If he is doping everyone else is, so it doesnt really matter that much.

Yes he is clean