Sign for better Rabo times ahead?
rick_chasey
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Staff shakeup.
If ever a team needed a staff shakeup it is Rabo.
Staff shakeup.
If ever a team needed a staff shakeup it is Rabo.
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Just sign Johnny, job done!0
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They could sign Froome - bet he speaks a bit of Dutch...
In all seriousness, if Rabo can get it all in one sock, they're one of the few teams to have the budget & setup to out-Sky Sky.0 -
Would genuinely like to see Rabo do well, but I just don't see them escaping mediocrity. Staff is one thing, but take out LL Sanchez and they don't have that many world class, consistent performers. Ten Dam was great in the Vuelta and I hope he can build on that but the likes of Mollema and Gesink will never win a future Grand Tour.0
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LeicesterLad wrote:Staff is one thing, but take out LL Sanchez and they don't have that many world class, consistent performers. Ten Dam was great in the Vuelta and I hope he can build on that but the likes of Mollema and Gesink will never win a future Grand Tour.
Rabo have always played a bit of a long game; provided they get their back room in order, I can't see why they can't grow the talent. Gesink has always seemed a bit overrated to me, though.0 -
ratherbeintobago wrote:Gesink has always seemed a bit overrated to me, though.
Doing this:
2008
4th Overall Paris–Nice
1st Young Rider Classification
4th La Flèche Wallonne
4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
7th Overall Vuelta a España
9th Overall Tour of California
1st Stage 3
1st Young Rider Classification
10th Road Race World Championships
10th Olympic Road Race
10th Olympic Time Trial
When you're 22 is pretty good...0 -
I shall rephrase that. In terms of Grand Tours, Gesink has always seemed a bit unlikely to win to me. Wasn't there a line in one of the mags about him too often being the orange dot down the road from the leaders?0
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Rick Chasey wrote:When you're 22 is pretty good...
OK, but he's 26 now, what has he won?0 -
greasedscotsman wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:When you're 22 is pretty good...
OK, but he's 26 now, what has he won?
Yeah, well that's why they're looking to change the management.
They do have a lot of talent and they bring a lot of good talent in, only for it to disappear when they put in a Rabobank jersey, with the exception of the odd Spaniard.0 -
I really do hope they start to do well (I'm part Dutch myself...) but I'm just not really sure who with. I don't think it's just going to need a change in management, but some riders as well.0
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greasedscotsman wrote:I really do hope they start to do well (I'm part Dutch myself...) but I'm just not really sure who with. I don't think it's just going to need a change in management, but some riders as well.
Greasedscotsman, strapping something onto yourself which was made in Holland doesn't make you part Dutch
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I've said it before but Rabo are good at spotting talent, but no good at spotting winners (LLS and Friere excepted).
Gesink certainly has talent and has some decent results in smaller races, he just never seems to be able to compete with the best when the going gets really tough (Tour/Vuelta etc). Personally I think he ought to at least consider just focussing on classics (he has some fine one day results) and winning stages in GTs. Unless he finds himself amidst a particularly weak GT field in which case he's got a chance."I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0 -
Yellow Peril wrote:greasedscotsman wrote:I really do hope they start to do well (I'm part Dutch myself...) but I'm just not really sure who with. I don't think it's just going to need a change in management, but some riders as well.
Greasedscotsman, strapping something onto yourself which was made in Holland doesn't make you part Dutch
Are you telling me I should take my hat off then?
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greasedscotsman wrote:Yellow Peril wrote:greasedscotsman wrote:I really do hope they start to do well (I'm part Dutch myself...) but I'm just not really sure who with. I don't think it's just going to need a change in management, but some riders as well.
Greasedscotsman, strapping something onto yourself which was made in Holland doesn't make you part Dutch
Are you telling me I should take my hat off then?
Blimey Dutch aero-helemts need a re-think!0 -
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inkyfingers wrote:I've said it before but Rabo are good at spotting talent, but no good at spotting winners (LLS and Friere excepted).
I think Liberty Seguros and Caisse D'Epargne might dispute any claim that Rabobank "spotted" LLS. In fact one could argue that he has underperformed since at Rabobank0 -
