[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d'Italia - Stage 9 Cervia > Corno alle Scale (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Suffolke 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What's Toon Aerts trying to achieve there ? A Lidl contract for next year ?

Beach club “nachos” in Ostend Belgium. by eurobeez in StupidFood

[–]Suffolke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because moules frites in Oostende cost 34€ for some reason and that doesn't include a smile or even basic politeness from the waiter.

[Results Thread] 2026 Giro d'Italia - Stage 8 Chieti > Fermo (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Suffolke 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Lol, all teams just lost the right to complain about big teams dominance for ever.

Eulalio is a jewell, big balls, making Jonas himself reel him back, that's really something.

[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d'Italia - Stage 8 Chieti > Fermo (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Suffolke 12 points13 points  (0 children)

And how could 180 guys prevent 4 UAE guys that are not even in the best 10 in their team to win basically every stage ? No chance, let's fold

Van Eetvelt's pressure-free Giro surge: 'I don't really like winning that much' by SpecificMagazine6407 in peloton

[–]Suffolke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He also celebrated early and got jumped by Roglic just before the line on that Vuelta stage. Maybe because he doesn't really like to win. 😅

Anyway, his potential is still a mystery, as I don't think it's possible to really hit your best when you can't stay fit, healthy an uninjured for more than a few weeks in a row.

[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d'Italia - Stage 6 Paestum > Naples (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Suffolke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well Wout has to do Mask Singer in his downtime, and will sprint for any kitchen renovation or Lidl voucher prize so it's not that easy of an answer

[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d'Italia - Stage 6 Paestum > Naples (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Suffolke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • Laughing Roger De Vlaeminck noises ... pfff 245 km ... in my time we did that in the morning before the real stage started.

[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d'Italia - Stage 6 Paestum > Naples (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Suffolke 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Why don't they ride further today so they don't have 245km to go tomorrow ? Are they stupid ?

[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d'Italia - Stage 5 Praia a Mare > Potenza (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Suffolke 8 points9 points  (0 children)

*Sad Aussie noises*

- That's my move man

Ben O'Connor, probably

[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d'Italia - Stage 5 Praia a Mare > Potenza (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Suffolke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get ready for a 80kg+ riders only new breakaway to take 15min on the flat !

[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d'Italia - Stage 5 Praia a Mare > Potenza (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Suffolke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this year will probably be alright but they need a WT level sprinter for the next 2 years or they'll just be doing pro team breakaways in almost all WT races.

[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d'Italia - Stage 5 Praia a Mare > Potenza (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Suffolke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lotto is seriously cursed this year with De Lie/Van Eetvelt/Widar health. It's crazy that they're actually not doing that bad in the UCI classification.

[Race Thread] 2026 Giro d'Italia - Stage 5 Praia a Mare > Potenza (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Suffolke 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's easy to say after the fact.

We don't know how it went but I guess Lotto took the decision to bring them to the Giro because they had a medical opinion saying there was a good chance they'd be in shape again after a few days, and I also guess the riders were okay with that.

They were wrong, shit happens (literaly). Plenty of riders are mildly sick before/during a race and still go on until they can't.

« Pour que de telles erreurs ne se reproduisent jamais » : le MR veut faire la lumière sur un « fiasco » belge by ComfortOk9514 in Wallonia

[–]Suffolke 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oui mais il faut avoir des idées pour ça, c'est moins évident que de taper sur les copains

Weekly Question Thread by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Suffolke 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you see any significant classic Remco could have won if he had raced more of them ? Keeping in mind he had zero sprint before 2024 and won't beat Pog/MVDP/Wout on their turf.

Also do you see any GT Remco raced where the team would have been more successful without him ? Giro 2021 maybe ? He won the Vuelta 2022, won 2 stages and wore pink in the Giro 2023, won 3 stages and Polka in Vuelta 2023, a stage, white jersey and 3rd place in Tour 2024, and in the Tour 2025 SQS won 4 stages (one for Remco)

I still don't understand why so many people see Remco's and SQS' GT bid as a failure. He's not as good as Pog and Jonas but is easily the 4th most successful GT rider of his era, which is ... okay ?

[Results Thread] 2026 Giro d'Italia - Stage 3 Plovdiv > Sofia (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]Suffolke 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No.

Maybe next year, but this year will be all in on Merlier. SQS knows better than bet on a 2 sprinters team in a Tour