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Dorset_BoyDorset_Boy Posts: 6,526
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Jumbo Visma have announced their TdF line up:
Primoz Roglic
Jonas Vingegaard
Wout van Aert
Sepp Kuss
Steven Kruijswijk
Tiesj Benoot
Nathan Van Hooydonck
Christophe Laporte

No places for Rohan Dennis, Robert Gesink or Mike Teunissen
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  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 69,720 Lives Here
    Subject to covid changes of course ;-)
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  • DeadCalmDeadCalm Posts: 4,099
    Dorset_Boy said:

    Jumbo Visma have announced their TdF line up:
    Primoz Roglic
    Jonas Vingegaard
    Wout van Aert
    Sepp Kuss
    Steven Kruijswijk
    Tiesj Benoot
    Nathan Van Hooydonck
    Christophe Laporte

    No places for Rohan Dennis, Robert Gesink or Mike Teunissen

    That's a hell of a team.
    Team My Man 2022:

    Antwan Tolhoek, Sam Oomen, Tom Dumoulin, Thymen Arensman, Remco Evenepoel, Benoît Cosnefroy, Tom Pidcock, Mark Cavendish, Romain Bardet
  • me-109me-109 Posts: 1,871
    Are they using Ineos as the domestiques?
  • kingstongrahamkingstongraham Posts: 25,446
    Hope so - nobody wants to see a line of those special Jumbo Visma jerseys on the front.
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 69,720 Lives Here
    The real question is what do do with the Jumbo team to beat Pog?
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  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 24,016
    rick_chasey said:

    The real question is what do do with the Jumbo team to beat Pog?

    Pretend Vingegaard is going for the win* and let Pog chase him until Rog sprints for the win. Trouble is that it is the best legs that will win. Rog has to hold on to Pog and beat him in the TTs.

    *This has already been touted.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • ProssPross Posts: 38,812
    rick_chasey said:

    The real question is what do do with the Jumbo team to beat Pog?

    Use Lampaert tactics on him every day.
  • blazing_saddlesblazing_saddles Posts: 21,534
    edited June 2022
    Dorset_Boy said:

    Jumbo Visma have announced their TdF line up:
    Primoz Roglic
    Jonas Vingegaard
    Wout van Aert
    Sepp Kuss
    Steven Kruijswijk
    Tiesj Benoot
    Nathan Van Hooydonck
    Christophe Laporte

    No places for Rohan Dennis, Robert Gesink or Mike Teunissen

    I thought a certain Australian TT specialist had already been confirmed for Le Tour.
    Dennis will be hard at work coming up with his next reason for another rapid team change……..
    Silly boy. Should have stuck with Ineos
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 24,016
    Look at it from Jumbo Visma's perspective.
    Rohan Dennis cannot help Ineos, or harm Jumbo Visma. Job done any way.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 69,720 Lives Here
    blazing_saddles said:

    Dorset_Boy said:

    Jumbo Visma have announced their TdF line up:
    Primoz Roglic
    Jonas Vingegaard
    Wout van Aert
    Sepp Kuss
    Steven Kruijswijk
    Tiesj Benoot
    Nathan Van Hooydonck
    Christophe Laporte

    No places for Rohan Dennis, Robert Gesink or Mike Teunissen

    I thought a certain Australian TT specialist had already been confirmed for Le Tour.
    Dennis will be hard at work coming up with his next reason for another rapid team change……..
    Silly boy. Should have stuck with Ineos
    Gets paid more
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  • r0bhr0bh Posts: 2,098
    blazing_saddles said:

    Dorset_Boy said:

    Jumbo Visma have announced their TdF line up:
    Primoz Roglic
    Jonas Vingegaard
    Wout van Aert
    Sepp Kuss
    Steven Kruijswijk
    Tiesj Benoot
    Nathan Van Hooydonck
    Christophe Laporte

    No places for Rohan Dennis, Robert Gesink or Mike Teunissen

    I thought a certain Australian TT specialist had already been confirmed for Le Tour.
    Dennis will be hard at work coming up with his next reason for another rapid team change……..
    Silly boy. Should have stuck with Ineos
    He had an absolute shocker at Suisse
  • JimD666JimD666 Posts: 1,679
    r0bh said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    Dorset_Boy said:

    Jumbo Visma have announced their TdF line up:
    Primoz Roglic
    Jonas Vingegaard
    Wout van Aert
    Sepp Kuss
    Steven Kruijswijk
    Tiesj Benoot
    Nathan Van Hooydonck
    Christophe Laporte

    No places for Rohan Dennis, Robert Gesink or Mike Teunissen

    I thought a certain Australian TT specialist had already been confirmed for Le Tour.
    Dennis will be hard at work coming up with his next reason for another rapid team change……..
    Silly boy. Should have stuck with Ineos
    He had an absolute shocker at Suisse
    He was in Switzerland? Riding? Not just on holiday?

    Blimey. The things you learn!
  • DeVlaeminckDeVlaeminck Posts: 8,641
    He is supposed to have been ill.
    [Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]
  • gregster04gregster04 Posts: 1,646
    You would have thought this is a pretty big disappointment for Dennis. I certainly saw him in all the predicted Tour selections until he wasn’t picked!

    What a team though. I look forward to seeing what their plans are for beating Pog.
  • JimD666JimD666 Posts: 1,679
    gregster04 said:

    You would have thought this is a pretty big disappointment for Dennis. I certainly saw him in all the predicted Tour selections until he wasn’t picked!

    What a team though. I look forward to seeing what their plans are for beating Pog.

    Find someone with COVID and get them to cough at him repeatedly?
  • gregster04gregster04 Posts: 1,646
    JimD666 said:

    gregster04 said:

    You would have thought this is a pretty big disappointment for Dennis. I certainly saw him in all the predicted Tour selections until he wasn’t picked!

    What a team though. I look forward to seeing what their plans are for beating Pog.

    Find someone with COVID and get them to cough at him repeatedly?
    Don’t even joke about it! Let’s hope we can get through without too many mentions of the C word.

    Lotto-Soudal are next to announce their squad:

    Lotto-Soudal (Belgium)

    Caleb Ewan (AUS)
    Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)
    Frederik Frison (BEL)
    Florian Vermeersch (BEL)
    Brent Van Moer (BEL)
    Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
    Andreas Kron (DEN)
    Tim Wellens (BEL)

    Basically, Ewan and his sprint train with Gilbert, Kron and Wellens hunting any other stages. Gilbert’s last Tour, would be nice for him to get one.
  • focuszing723focuszing723 Posts: 6,656
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61881218
    I'm glad Thomas is in it to follow.
  • DeVlaeminckDeVlaeminck Posts: 8,641
    Be interesting to see what Ineos can pull out - must be their weakest Tour team for a very long time - not sure any of their 3 leaders would have been even their second rider for much of Sky/Ineos' history.
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  • focuszing723focuszing723 Posts: 6,656
    edited June 2022
    DeVlaeminck said:

    Be interesting to see what Ineos can pull out - must be their weakest Tour team for a very long time - not sure any of their 3 leaders would have been even their second rider for much of Sky/Ineos' history.

    Yeah, I'm not expecting miracles with big ring Pog on the scene, but it's another name to follow through the three week chaos.
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Will Thomas last 3 weeks though?
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    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • andypandyp Posts: 9,846
    I know I shouldn't feed the troll, but in his career Thomas has started 16 Grand Tours and finished 13 of them. I don't think there can be any doubts about his durability.
  • DeVlaeminckDeVlaeminck Posts: 8,641
    andyp said:

    I know I shouldn't feed the troll, but in his career Thomas has started 16 Grand Tours and finished 13 of them. I don't think there can be any doubts about his durability.

    No I agree and on the face of it he has more of a claim to be a protected rider than Yates who is no longer a young rider and has never reached the heights Thomas has.

    Martinez has flown a bit under my radar but didn't he have a disappointing TdS?
    [Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    andyp said:

    I know I shouldn't feed the troll, but in his career Thomas has started 16 Grand Tours and finished 13 of them. I don't think there can be any doubts about his durability.

    Feed the trollbullshit. Someonr has a different opinion from you.

    He may have finished 13 but how many has actually finished without having to scrape in because he's fallen off in some random ridiculous way?
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • andypandyp Posts: 9,846
    Froome makes the Israel-Premier Tech line-up.



    Don't know why they are bothering taking him, he crashed out of the Tour once so is clearly a liability.
  • focuszing723focuszing723 Posts: 6,656
    MattFalle said:

    Will Thomas last 3 weeks though?

    Ahhh, you have to love the chaos of it.
  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 24,016
    andyp said:



    Don't know why they are bothering taking him, he crashed out of the Tour once so is clearly a liability.

    We've covered this before.
    Marketing.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    focuszing723 said:

    MattFalle said:

    Will Thomas last 3 weeks though?

    Ahhh, you have to love the chaos of it.
    This. Yup.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    pblakeney said:

    andyp said:



    Don't know why they are bothering taking him, he crashed out of the Tour once so is clearly a liability.

    We've covered this before.
    Marketing.
    Yup - has to cover his wages somehow.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • ddraverddraver Posts: 26,094
    andyp said:

    I know I shouldn't feed the troll, but in his career Thomas has started 16 Grand Tours and finished 13 of them. I don't think there can be any doubts about his durability.

    How many pieces has his pelvis finished in though? :p
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • focuszing723focuszing723 Posts: 6,656

    This shot sums up the general GT chaos.
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