My Man 2018
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Retained:
Thomas - got to happen for him now that the praying mantis has a cloud hanging over him
Stannard - good classics campaign please
Bardet - mercurial
CAV - big year ahead. Either he'll win four stages or he's finished etc etc
Chaves - Gotta love a man who's that smiley - though needs to develop a bit of an edge to him
De Gendt - loooooong raaaaaange
Sagan - obviously
McLay - Think JV's Wagon Train Of Weirdos, Hipsters, Mavericks And No-Hopers will suit him
Released:
Quintana - not doing the business. Busted flush
Stybar - lost in the shuffle
Lil Pete - useless team, no role
New signings:
Cummings - Man love
Stagiares:
Tom Pidcock - absolute monster in the making
Adrien Costa - potential future tour winner
Last year's 'not my men' list remains the same (with the elimination of Farrar, one less to hate)
Aru - ungainly, basking shark faced toss pot doper
Valverde - not taken in by his apparent change in nature in recent times - he's the same to55er he's always been
Bouhanni - all the tantrums of Cav, none of the talent
Impey - drugs cheat ('contaminated pill machine' my ar5e)Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.0 -
SpecialGuestStar wrote:I've not slept these last few nights - I'm like a DS who has promised the team a co-sponsor and knows its not coming.....
Riders who were given the nod at the end of last season have been cruelly discarded on a whim. Places have been given to others with no real affinity....so the final is (and of course it is now eight)
Tony Gallopin Ag2R 'keep the fires burning' (hopefully - or a new role?)
Clement Venturini Ag2R Cross hardened , road aware (tough stage win Tour of Austria)
Alex Geniez Ag2R Hands free this year please - that win at Tre Valli gets a a retain
David Gaudu FdJ Vunderkidz
Thibaut Pinot FdJ Vundervall
Lilian Calmejane Direct Energie How did i forget that ride on the 8th July ?
Johan Le Bon Vital Concept - Is going to want to show (more than usual)
Bjorg Lambrecht Lotto Who he? I think we will find out
so out goes
Carlos Betancur Movistar Endured a bit of banter about the batter but coming back a better battler - but not betting on it
Niklas Eg TREK No EG'O' here just 'O 'watch him go (excuses)
Bob Jungels Quickstep Tour de France this year - he's ready ,we're ready
Very good. Hope the transfer of Gallopin brings results0 -
First of the year. Good luck Venturini. French Nat cross today0
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Finally had a moment to think about who is in my team for 2018.
Sep Vanmarcke
Alexander Kristoff
Esteban Chaves
Toms Skujinš
Svein Tuft
Andriy Grivko
Ilnur Zakarin
Michal Kwiatkowski (back in)
Vincenzo Nibali (should really have been in from the start)
And the nearly made it lot, who I'll still be cheering:
Tom Dumoulin (booted down a notch in favour of Nibs)
Adam Hansen (squeezed out by Kwiato)
Nikki Terpstra
Rigoberto Uran
Warren Barguil0 -
dish_dash wrote:Finally had a moment to think about who is in my team for 2018.
Sep Vanmarcke
Alexander Kristoff
Esteban Chaves
Toms Skujinš
Svein Tuft
Andriy Grivko
Ilnur Zakarin
Michal Kwiatkowski (back in)
Vincenzo Nibali (should really have been in from the start)
And the nearly made it lot, who I'll still be cheering:
Tom Dumoulin (booted down a notch in favour of Nibs)
Adam Hansen (squeezed out by Kwiato)
Nikki Terpstra
Rigoberto Uran
Warren Barguil
Dish Dash is actually Andriy Grivko’s mum.0 -
David Gaudu - I'd love to see him tear up the Ardennes
Julian Alaphilippe - see above
Kwiato - Top 10 GC and another monument, not sure which though
lil' Georgie Bennett - Breakout 2017, excellent value on TV
Jasper Stuyven - I think he'll do proper damage at the classics this year
Superman Lopez - Podium at whatever GC he's doing (Giro?)
Wout Poels - Quiet '17 and assuming Froome gets the ban and Thomas falls off, he's in
Enric Mas - Will win everything in the Basque country0 -
Poptart242 wrote:David Gaudu - I'd love to see him tear up the Ardennes
Julian Alaphilippe - see above
Kwiato - Top 10 GC and another monument, not sure which though
lil' Georgie Bennett - Breakout 2017, excellent value on TV
Jasper Stuyven - I think he'll do proper damage at the classics this year
Superman Lopez - Podium at whatever GC he's doing (Giro?)
Wout Poels - Quiet '17 and assuming Froome gets the ban and Thomas falls off, he's in
Enric Mas - Will win everything in the Basque country
López doing Giro & Vuelta.0 -
I forgot Naesen and Denz. Too much choice! No wonder Frenchie had a 30 man squad
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Joelsim wrote:Poptart242 wrote:David Gaudu - I'd love to see him tear up the Ardennes
Julian Alaphilippe - see above
Kwiato - Top 10 GC and another monument, not sure which though
lil' Georgie Bennett - Breakout 2017, excellent value on TV
Jasper Stuyven - I think he'll do proper damage at the classics this year
Superman Lopez - Will win a Grand Tour
Wout Poels - Quiet '17 and assuming Froome gets the ban and Thomas falls off, he's in
Enric Mas - Will win everything in the Basque country
López doing Giro & Vuelta.
In which case, updated!0 -
SpecialGuestStar wrote:I forgot Naesen and Denz. Too much choice! No wonder Frenchie had a 30 man squad
With an alternating 60 man line up ;-)0 -
A bad crash in San Juan, this evening, means that "My Man" Fernando Gaviria finishes the stage in an Ambulance."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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luckily only a few flesh wounds, nothing broken. he'll be ok come MSR....0
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There seems to be a divided opinion on 8 or 9 man teams.
Retained from last year
Degenkolb
Cavendish
Tony Martin
Stybar
Dan Martin
Sep Vanmarcke
Miguel Ángel López
New signings
Louis Meintjes
Retired
Contador
Axed
Davide Formolo0 -
Ok let's pick 9
Owain Doull
Geraint Thomas
Luke Rowe
(Sadly this Cardiff trio brings me up to my 3 Sky limit)
Scott Davies
Sam Bewley
Richie Porte
Mark Cavendish
Thomas De Gendt
And whoever was 95th in the UCI rankings at the end of the year: Laurent Pichon apparentlyTwitter: @RichN950
