Pour one out for Lars van der Haar.
Dude has been on the doorstep of greatness his entire career, won everything as a U23, came up in the shadow of Sven, looked set to inherit the CX crown and then some pesky teenagers showed up.
To be honest, a fun project is seeing how the careers of a lot of road riders would be completely different if MvP and Pogacar never existed.
Mads Pedersen for example.
Pogacar especially because he has this bizarre effect on the entire peloton where they forget that several dudes working together are stronger than any one dude and they all just try to 1v1 the best road cyclist of all time
Feb 2, 2026 18:21
