Following 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Thibau Nys' victory in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:European Cyclocross Championships at the weekend, former double cyclocross world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Niels Albert has said that he could one day reach the same level as Mathieu van der Poel and Wout vaไn Aert.
The win was 21-year-old Nys' first at an elite major 🐼championship and comes a week aft🐽er taking his first win of the 2024-25 cyclocross season at the Superprestige Overijse.
The road season just gone, his second in the WorldTour with Lidl-Trek, has also seen Nys rack up nine wins, including five stages across the Tour de Romandie, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de Suisse and Tour de Pologne.
Writing ♌in his column for , Albert looked back on the European Championships, noting that Nys' victory "wasn't a huge surprise" and acknowledging his major progress on the road during the 2024 season.
"Once again, the way he controlled the race appeaꦿled to me. Just like in Overijse, he was economical a📖nd controlled and constantly keeping an overview. Then he struck beautifully and mercilessly at the right moment.
"Does this herald a new phase in his development as a cyclocross rider? I wouldn't dare p♉ush it that far," Albert continued. "Okay, he won a Championship, but it wasn't a huge surprise. His biggest progress came last summer with those nine wins on the road, more than half of which came in the WorldTour."
Albert, who won the cyclocross world title in 2009 and 2012 before being forced to retire early due to heart problems in 2014, outlined what "crossing a newꩵ threshold" in racᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚing would mean for Nys – matching 'the big two'.
"Crossing a new threshold in cyclocross would mean riding to the finish tomorrow with Wout van Aert and/or 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mathieu van der Poel and beating him in the sprint," Albert wrote.
"ꦛWe're not going to place him at that level. Again: not yet,♔ because, turn it or twist it however you want – at a certain point he will go in that direction. I am not talking about equalling, let alone surpassing. But certainly 'getting close to'.
"If Mathieu and Wout appear somewhere at the start now and one of them wins, we say, 'Well, who else?' With his big engine and technical and tactical capabilities, I can see us doing t😼he same with Thibau sooner or later.
"It's simple: the power and the power that he develops on the road also makes him grow further in cyclocross. None of the assembled compet𒅌ition could dream of that for even a second."
For his part, Nys said that he's hoping to "ride a cওonsistent season" following his title victory, even if he doesn't expect to stand on top of the podiu🍰m every week, as the likes of Van der Poel and Van Aert would.
"I enjoy 𒁏🧔riding at a high level in this jersey, I hope I can continue to do so. I recovered very well from the Koppenbergcross. I had a fantastic day here and I just hope to continue that line," he told .
"It won't be to win every week, bꦇut once 2nd, 3rd ♓or win... That's what I do it for. The fans give what they come for, offer spectacle and ride a consistent season."
