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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 08-04-2014 13:49
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ianrussell wrote:
Riders being pulled left, right and centre due to illness and...other reasons and the old guard rising in Contador, Valverde and now even Cunego?! Whatever next...
old guard rising? HORNER! 
edit: or isn't he part of that
@krisa: bike riding saves money? certianly not in my case 
Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 08-04-2014 13:54
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 08-04-2014 14:04
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If you are not following Michelle Cound on twitter (Froomes SO) i would thoroughly recommend it. She kind of went mental yesterday and it's well worth flicking through if you have a momment
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 08-04-2014 14:07
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My spiders sences are tingling...
Michelle, in the (not far away) future will screw over Froome and accidentally reveal of what's happening at Sky.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 08-04-2014 14:20
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TheManxMissile wrote:
If you are not following Michelle Cound on twitter (Froomes SO) i would thoroughly recommend it. She kind of went mental yesterday and it's well worth flicking through if you have a momment
Had a good laugh at that. Liked 'Come on Daryl!' where she cheers on Impey (at RVV), and some guy goes 'Not shouting for Brad?' 
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 08-04-2014 14:40
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What a b*tch, this one was also funny:
While Contador being an exdoper is true, she should look next to her at some morning when she gets up. But i doubt Froome sleeps in bed anyway, rather a coffin or space shuttle 
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 08-04-2014 15:07
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Reading some of that stuff has brightened my afternoon up for sure. It's bad of me, but I lost it at the bit where she randomly retweets something about trying to assist people suffering from head trauma.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 08-04-2014 15:40
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Edited by Alakagom on 08-04-2014 15:41
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 09-04-2014 13:11
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Chavanel out of Roubaix with ilness. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 09-04-2014 17:23
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EBH will ride Giro.
Last chance to prove himself, he'll have a free role. Can go into break any day he wants basically. If he fails to deliver here, it's time up for EBH at Sky.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 09-04-2014 17:28
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Alakagom wrote:
EBH will ride Giro.
Last chance to prove himself, he'll have a free role. Can go into break any day he wants basically. If he fails to deliver here, it's time up for EBH at Sky.
Bit unfair on a 2x TDF stage winner, 4x NC and WC medalist... in most teams his results would be pretty damn satisfactory!
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| tastasol |
Posted on 09-04-2014 17:33
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EBH has been shit in every big classic though.. The worst thing about him is that he never sprints at the end if he can't take the win(take RvV from last year for instance). Worlds best paid domestique, and he hasn't really been that good as a domestique..
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 09-04-2014 17:56
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TheManxMissile wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
EBH will ride Giro.
Last chance to prove himself, he'll have a free role. Can go into break any day he wants basically. If he fails to deliver here, it's time up for EBH at Sky.
Bit unfair on a 2x TDF stage winner, 4x NC and WC medalist... in most teams his results would be pretty damn satisfactory!
That was some time ago. Last year was close to a disaster. This year doesn't look much better.
He's Sky 3rd biggest earner in the team
As I said with Wiggins ( who is either 1st or 2nd, hard to say, but I'd say 1st ) and EBH, plus JTL that is massive amounts freed up, I do wonder who Braislford is looking to bring in. For sure there is at least one very big name coming.
Anyhow, for what EBH is getting - he should be winning quite a few races plus doing well in classics. He's not hence he's failing to deliver. Badly.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 09-04-2014 18:00
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Well where will he go? Quickstep have money, but more likely to see BMC sniffing around i'd guess. If he's on that sort of wage now he'll expect something above most teams realities.
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| weirdskyfan64 |
Posted on 09-04-2014 19:01
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EBH is my favourite rider by quite a long way, but he's hard done by at Sky. He should have been at Sagan level by now- as much as it pains me to say it, he should have stayed at HTC and then moved on to Quickstep as soon as it went down the drain. But Brailsford didn't give him a choice to be fair.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 09-04-2014 19:04
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TheManxMissile wrote:
Well where will he go? Quickstep have money, but more likely to see BMC sniffing around i'd guess. If he's on that sort of wage now he'll expect something above most teams realities.
But he doesn't have the results to back that wage up at all - meaning quite simply a wage cut.. Both for Sky and himself, they should part ways this season.
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| ShortsNL |
Posted on 09-04-2014 19:12
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I think part of that can be traced back to Sky, they shouldn't used him as a water bitch for Froome in the Tour for two consequtive years.
If he'd been given a full leadership role and programme in the same way as let's say Greg Van Avermaet or Peter Sagan, I think he could have been up there with them, or at least nearby.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 09-04-2014 19:14
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Well there is no way EBH will ever perform consistently in classics..ever. His issue with having stomach problems after certain km's is still there I believe. Plus he lacks the engine anyway for the hardest races.
He could have gotten maybe a stage win or so in past Tour from breaks, yes.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 09-04-2014 20:58
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He could go to Garmin. Also, what if he went to Cannondale as a replacement for Sagan, if Sagan does end up leaving? Just throwing names out.
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 09-04-2014 23:35
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It is a shame he hasn't performed like people expected of him 2/3 years ago. Obviously not being used to his strengths on a decent programme that suits him doesn't help. In the Vuelta he might of taken 2 stage wins but oh well. He'll probably end up in Alonso's team, I'll be rooting for him away. |
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 09-04-2014 23:35
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It is a shame he hasn't performed like people expected of him 2/3 years ago. Obviously not being used to his strengths on a decent programme that suits him doesn't help. In the Vuelta he might of taken 2 stage wins but oh well. He'll probably end up in Alonso's team, I'll be rooting for him away. |
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