2018 Transfers: Rumours + Facts
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Well I think he's Van Garderen/Mollema level.redvision wrote:inseine wrote:I cant see the likes of Thomas beating Froome (where is he better?) but I'd love to see him go full gas on the cobbles and rolling stages and try to take time there. A bit like Nibali but more so.
Well, when on form, he can definitely TT as well as Froome and if he receives the protection from a decent team around him I think he could match Froome in the mountains. Or at least challenge him.
I just hope we get to see it.Twitter: @RichN950 -
So, the guy with 15th as his best GT result is as good as the guy with 5 firsts and 4 seconds?redvision wrote:inseine wrote:I cant see the likes of Thomas beating Froome (where is he better?) but I'd love to see him go full gas on the cobbles and rolling stages and try to take time there. A bit like Nibali but more so.
Well, when on form, he can definitely TT as well as Froome and if he receives the protection from a decent team around him I think he could match Froome in the mountains. Or at least challenge him.
I just hope we get to see it.0 -
inseine wrote:
So, the guy with 15th as his best GT result is as good as the guy with 5 firsts and 4 seconds?redvision wrote:inseine wrote:I cant see the likes of Thomas beating Froome (where is he better?) but I'd love to see him go full gas on the cobbles and rolling stages and try to take time there. A bit like Nibali but more so.
Well, when on form, he can definitely TT as well as Froome and if he receives the protection from a decent team around him I think he could match Froome in the mountains. Or at least challenge him.
I just hope we get to see it.
How do you know he isn't? 2017 Giro aside, G has only ever been a domestique, but imo has shown enough to suggest that if he had a team behind him then he could definitely challenge Froome. Similar to Richie Porte in that respect.0 -
Froome came Second in the Vuelta and the Tour as a domestique.redvision wrote:inseine wrote:
So, the guy with 15th as his best GT result is as good as the guy with 5 firsts and 4 seconds?redvision wrote:inseine wrote:I cant see the likes of Thomas beating Froome (where is he better?) but I'd love to see him go full gas on the cobbles and rolling stages and try to take time there. A bit like Nibali but more so.
Well, when on form, he can definitely TT as well as Froome and if he receives the protection from a decent team around him I think he could match Froome in the mountains. Or at least challenge him.
I just hope we get to see it.
How do you know he isn't? 2017 Giro aside, G has only ever been a domestique, but imo has shown enough to suggest that if he had a team behind him then he could definitely challenge Froome. Similar to Richie Porte in that respect.Twitter: @RichN950 -
redvision wrote:inseine wrote:
So, the guy with 15th as his best GT result is as good as the guy with 5 firsts and 4 seconds?redvision wrote:inseine wrote:I cant see the likes of Thomas beating Froome (where is he better?) but I'd love to see him go full gas on the cobbles and rolling stages and try to take time there. A bit like Nibali but more so.
Well, when on form, he can definitely TT as well as Froome and if he receives the protection from a decent team around him I think he could match Froome in the mountains. Or at least challenge him.
I just hope we get to see it.
How do you know he isn't? 2017 Giro aside, G has only ever been a domestique, but imo has shown enough to suggest that if he had a team behind him then he could definitely challenge Froome. Similar to Richie Porte in that respect.
Portes never challenged Froome. If Thomas was as good as Froome hed have been given a chance."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
Salsiccia1 wrote:redvision wrote:Richmond Racer 2 wrote:You could just reuse the same story every year its his final contract year
Maybe this time he'll actually do something about it
Yeah I suspect it's designed to get him a better contract from sky.
Would love to see him move though as I think he could beat Froome in the tour (provided he stays on the bike
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Tour of Flanders, yes
yeah, this. not a GC winner unless its a week long. far too accident prone. see Richie Porte as well.0 -
redvision wrote:inseine wrote:
So, the guy with 15th as his best GT result is as good as the guy with 5 firsts and 4 seconds?redvision wrote:inseine wrote:I cant see the likes of Thomas beating Froome (where is he better?) but I'd love to see him go full gas on the cobbles and rolling stages and try to take time there. A bit like Nibali but more so.
Well, when on form, he can definitely TT as well as Froome and if he receives the protection from a decent team around him I think he could match Froome in the mountains. Or at least challenge him.
I just hope we get to see it.
How do you know he isn't? 2017 Giro aside, G has only ever been a domestique, but imo has shown enough to suggest that if he had a team behind him then he could definitely challenge Froome. Similar to Richie Porte in that respect.
Is that 5-time GT winner Richie Porte? Or a different one?0 -
I don't think any of the Richie Portes have won 5 GTsJoelsim wrote:redvision wrote:inseine wrote:
So, the guy with 15th as his best GT result is as good as the guy with 5 firsts and 4 seconds?redvision wrote:inseine wrote:I cant see the likes of Thomas beating Froome (where is he better?) but I'd love to see him go full gas on the cobbles and rolling stages and try to take time there. A bit like Nibali but more so.
Well, when on form, he can definitely TT as well as Froome and if he receives the protection from a decent team around him I think he could match Froome in the mountains. Or at least challenge him.
I just hope we get to see it.
How do you know he isn't? 2017 Giro aside, G has only ever been a domestique, but imo has shown enough to suggest that if he had a team behind him then he could definitely challenge Froome. Similar to Richie Porte in that respect.
Is that 5-time GT winner Richie Porte? Or a different one?0 -
Dani Rowe (formerly king) to Wales."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0
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RichN95 wrote:
At the moment that's at the 'Boasson Hagen to BMC' stage.dish_dash wrote:James Murdoch to Disney - along with Sky. Jeremy Darroch's future uncertain. Wonder whether it will impact Team Sky...
It would be a good fit as Disney own the actual Death Star
Sky to Disney confirmed. Future of both James' uncertain... and given the latest news I'd question the future of the team. Disney may not feel quite so enamored with it if the star rider is banned.0 -
They're contracted through to 2020 so it won't disappear overnight. And they probably won't micromanage to that degree anyway. Team Sky is less than 0.5% of Sky's marketing budget. If Darroch stays in charge of Sky, they're unlikely to be under threat.dish_dash wrote:RichN95 wrote:
At the moment that's at the 'Boasson Hagen to BMC' stage.dish_dash wrote:James Murdoch to Disney - along with Sky. Jeremy Darroch's future uncertain. Wonder whether it will impact Team Sky...
It would be a good fit as Disney own the actual Death Star
Sky to Disney confirmed. Future of both James' uncertain... and given the latest news I'd question the future of the team. Disney may not feel quite so enamored with it if the star rider is banned.
And even then Murdoch Jr will end up somewhere else.Twitter: @RichN950 -
Tom Pidcock to Team Wiggins for 2018. As is Gabriel Cullaigh0
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Costa is now listed on PCS as an Axeon for next year.0
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Romain le Roux to Fortuneo-Oscaro.
With the demise of Armée de terre at the end of 2017, he was determined to continue his dream of being a pro rider so he went to the internet to raise funds to self-finance and continue his career. Having successfully raised 40.000 euros his endeavour has just been rewarded with a contract with Fortuneo-Oscaro. Good luck to him.
https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Romain-le-roux-recrute-et-auto-finance/8618120 -
Fair play, this really classy from Orica-Scott:
https://twitter.com/OricaScott/status/946936309305577472It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
Tekkers to Cofidis
Pleased he found a team, and hopefully they're not utterly irrelevant to anything anymore.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tekleha ... th-cofidisWarning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
The Teklehaimanot transfer to Cofidis is said to be part of their, along with a new manager, to reinvent themselves. We'll see at Dubai I guess. Good luck to them.0
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inseine wrote:The Teklehaimanot transfer to Cofidis is said to be part of their, along with a new manager, to reinvent themselves. We'll see at Dubai I guess. Good luck to them.
They seem to have a bit more ambition about them, which can only be a good thing. They've spent at least a decade as the team you'd be least likely to notice had actually folded three years ago.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
for as long as they have bouhanni involved slating his leadout team, they are a source of mirth for me.0
