Belgian selection for Worlds Verona 2004

[Kenny]

Tom Boonen (23, Quickstep-Davitamon) RR
Nick Nuyens (24, Quickstep-Davitamon) RR
Jurgen Van Goolen (23, Quickstep-Davitamon) RR
Philippe Gilbert (22, FDJ.com) RR
Peter Van Petegem (34, Lotto-Domo) RR
Serge Baguet (35, Lotto-Domo) RR
Maxime Monfort (21, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) RR
Nico Sijmens (26, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) RR
Johan Van Summeren (23, Bodysol-Brustor) RR
Bert Roesems (31, Bodysol-Brustor) TT
Wim Van Huffel (25, Vlaanderen-T-Interim) RR
Marc Wauters (35, Rabobank) RR + TT
Geert Verheyen (31, Chocolade Jacques) RR

I don't see anyone taking a medal. Too many youngsters and some
experienced guys who are over the top. Maybe Gilbert top-10. Average
age: 26.8

Kenny

 

[Davide Tosi]

[email protected] (Kenny) wrote:

>Tom Boonen (23, Quickstep-Davitamon) RR
>Nick Nuyens (24, Quickstep-Davitamon) RR
>Jurgen Van Goolen (23, Quickstep-Davitamon) RR
>Philippe Gilbert (22, FDJ.com) RR
>Peter Van Petegem (34, Lotto-Domo) RR
>Serge Baguet (35, Lotto-Domo) RR
>Maxime Monfort (21, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) RR
>Nico Sijmens (26, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) RR
>Johan Van Summeren (23, Bodysol-Brustor) RR
>Bert Roesems (31, Bodysol-Brustor) TT
>Wim Van Huffel (25, Vlaanderen-T-Interim) RR
>Marc Wauters (35, Rabobank) RR + TT
>Geert Verheyen (31, Chocolade Jacques) RR
>
>I don't see anyone taking a medal. Too many youngsters and some
>experienced guys who are over the top. Maybe Gilbert top-10. Average
>age: 26.8

The main problem I see with these choices is that they don't fit well in
that kind of course. Maybe the Belgian selectioner doesn't know that the
course is not the same as in Verona '99 and that there's the same amount of
climbing in a circuit that is about 2,5 Kms shorter?

I thought that Merckx, KvdW and Rik Verbrugge were your riders who best fit
this kind of course. Why aren't they on the list?

 

[Amit]

[email protected] (Kenny) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Tom Boonen (23, Quickstep-Davitamon) RR

^^ everyone knows about him

> Peter Van Petegem (34, Lotto-Domo) RR

^^ often has a good showing at worlds, medal last yr.

> Johan Van Summeren (23, Bodysol-Brustor) RR

^^ excellent rouleur, silver in u-23 last year

> I don't see anyone taking a medal. Too many youngsters and some
> experienced guys who are over the top. Maybe Gilbert top-10. Average
> age: 26.8

I don't see who could make this team better other than Merckx.

Bruylandts <-- out
Aerts <-- not performing
Verbrugge <-- not performing
VDB <-- not ready
Eddy <-- still 5 lbs over race weight

 

[John Forrest Tomlinson]

[email protected] (Kenny) wrote in message

> I don't see anyone taking a medal. Too many
> youngsters and some
> experienced guys who are over the top.

What is the parcours like? It seems to me Boonen, Van Petegem and
perhaps Nuyens and Baguet have the capacity, though I'm not sure of
their form at the moment.

JT

 

[Carl Sundquist]

"John Forrest Tomlinson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] (Kenny) wrote in message
>
> > I don't see anyone taking a medal. Too many
> > youngsters and some
> > experienced guys who are over the top.
>
> What is the parcours like? It seems to me Boonen, Van Petegem and
> perhaps Nuyens and Baguet have the capacity, though I'm not sure of
> their form at the moment.
>
> JT

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[Kenny]

[email protected] (Davide Tosi) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> [email protected] (Kenny) wrote:
>
> >Tom Boonen (23, Quickstep-Davitamon) RR
> >Nick Nuyens (24, Quickstep-Davitamon) RR
> >Jurgen Van Goolen (23, Quickstep-Davitamon) RR
> >Philippe Gilbert (22, FDJ.com) RR
> >Peter Van Petegem (34, Lotto-Domo) RR
> >Serge Baguet (35, Lotto-Domo) RR
> >Maxime Monfort (21, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) RR
> >Nico Sijmens (26, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) RR
> >Johan Van Summeren (23, Bodysol-Brustor) RR
> >Bert Roesems (31, Bodysol-Brustor) TT
> >Wim Van Huffel (25, Vlaanderen-T-Interim) RR
> >Marc Wauters (35, Rabobank) RR + TT
> >Geert Verheyen (31, Chocolade Jacques) RR
> >
> >I don't see anyone taking a medal. Too many youngsters and some
> >experienced guys who are over the top. Maybe Gilbert top-10. Average
> >age: 26.8
>
> The main problem I see with these choices is that they don't fit well in
> that kind of course. Maybe the Belgian selectioner doesn't know that the
> course is not the same as in Verona '99 and that there's the same amount of
> climbing in a circuit that is about 2,5 Kms shorter?

He does know that, but truely, this was the best selection he could
make. We're a little short in good riders at the moment. A new
generation is coming but it is yet too soon

> I thought that Merckx, KvdW and Rik Verbrugge were your riders who best fit
> this kind of course. Why aren't they on the list?

Merckx: fatigue after an excellent july and august (bronze in athens),
no problems with that.
Van de Wouwer: did you notice him in a top 10 of a significant race
this year?
Verbrugghe: His wife gives birth a week before the worlds and he
chooses to stay at home. He did have a good month of August, which
gave him the chance to sign at Quick Step, but since then: nothing
Aerts: Didn't show anything during his two seasons at T-Mobile, so his
selection is absolutely out of the question
Bruylandts: suspended
Hoste: wasn't really interested in going to the worlds. I think it
has something to do with not being selected for the Olympics.
Omloop: recovering from illness
VDB: did not ride a significant race since Liege-Bastogne-Liege in
april
Steels: recovering and type of course is too difficult for him

 

[gym gravity]

Amit wrote:

> Eddy <-- still 5 lbs over race weight

Where are Worlds next year?

 

[Andre]

[email protected] (John Forrest Tomlinson) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> [email protected] (Kenny) wrote in message
>
> > I don't see anyone taking a medal. Too many
> > youngsters and some
> > experienced guys who are over the top.
>
> What is the parcours like? It seems to me Boonen, Van Petegem and
> perhaps Nuyens and Baguet have the capacity, though I'm not sure of
> their form at the moment.
>
> JT

Nuyens has just won two races in a row whitin 10 days. Gilbert was
second both times.