Roger Hammond and Dan Lloyd

pedro118118

RichN95 wrote:

pedro118118 wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

pedro118118 wrote:

At the end of the day, you can bet your bottom dollar that the likes of GreenEdge won't be allowing top quality Aussie riders to end up on the scrap heap at the expense of foreign 'help'.

There's an Aussie Grand Tour King of the Mountains currently without a team.

Who's that then?

Matt Lloyd, although it seems he got fixed up with Lampre last month. Even so he was jobless for seven months and GreenEdge steered clear. And unlike RH & DL for Sky, ML (issues aside) would have offered GE something they don't otherwise have .

Not really comparable - the reason Matt Loyd was jobless for months was because he was considered a physical/mental basket-case. Not that it seems to have deterred Lampre...

shinyhelmut

Pross wrote:

I've been aware of Roger's career since before he won the junior world CX champs but surely there comes a time when you have to realise it is all over at the top level? Not many go on to race on the pro tour at 40 and (without looking up results and relying on a notoriously bad memory for sporting trivia) his results have slipped off in the last couple of years. Everyone has to go at some point.

Except for the 4th place at Roubaix last year of course

AndyRubio

pedro118118 wrote:

...Team Sky, as a British team, should put a clear emphasis/preference on British riders.

uh... why? Do they want to get the best riders and win, or do the usual British thing and keep isolated, lose and then blame cheating foreigners?

ms_tree

pedro118118 wrote:

andyp wrote:

Little Englander alert!


The point I was making was that Team Sky, as a British team, should put a clear emphasis/preference on British riders.

Won't happen mate it's all about money or, first points then money.