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| Strydz |
Posted on 06-08-2013 16:59
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Ollfardh wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
He couldn't have picked much better in my opinion, good move for both Gallopin and Lotto.
Agree, though it might be close for Lotto to stay in the world tour this year
with Vacansoleil and Euskaltel (presumely) quitting I doubt any team will relegate this year
If those 2 are gone who comes up to WT?
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 06-08-2013 17:05
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Strydz wrote:
SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Ollfardh wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
He couldn't have picked much better in my opinion, good move for both Gallopin and Lotto.
Agree, though it might be close for Lotto to stay in the world tour this year
with Vacansoleil and Euskaltel (presumely) quitting I doubt any team will relegate this year
If those 2 are gone who comes up to WT?
Depens on who has the best season end. IAM seems most likely. Maybe Tinkoff if he can sign some big names.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 06-08-2013 17:06
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Strydz wrote:
SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Ollfardh wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
He couldn't have picked much better in my opinion, good move for both Gallopin and Lotto.
Agree, though it might be close for Lotto to stay in the world tour this year
with Vacansoleil and Euskaltel (presumely) quitting I doubt any team will relegate this year
If those 2 are gone who comes up to WT?
The WT will probably return to 18 teams so only 1 will come up.
Edited by FroomeDog99 on 06-08-2013 17:06
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| Mwuhi |
Posted on 06-08-2013 17:09
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Hm, nice move for Lotto, Gallopin too, but not that expected. Will be interesting what kind of function he gets in the team.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 06-08-2013 17:24
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FroomeDog99 wrote:
Strydz wrote:
SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Ollfardh wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
He couldn't have picked much better in my opinion, good move for both Gallopin and Lotto.
Agree, though it might be close for Lotto to stay in the world tour this year
with Vacansoleil and Euskaltel (presumely) quitting I doubt any team will relegate this year
If those 2 are gone who comes up to WT?
The WT will probably return to 18 teams so only 1 will come up.
WT could also be with 17 teams only. Just one more invitation sent to PCT teams.
Inner Ring did an article on this few days ago.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-08-2013 17:49
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Ollfardh wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
He couldn't have picked much better in my opinion, good move for both Gallopin and Lotto.
Agree, though it might be close for Lotto to stay in the world tour this year
Another proof the points system fails miserably. Well, not that Lotto did so well, but Greipel should be worth more than he is RiderValuePoints wise. |
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| sieve |
Posted on 06-08-2013 22:30
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Alakagom wrote:WT could also be with 17 teams only. Just one more invitation sent to PCT teams.
Inner Ring did an article on this few days ago.
That would be interesting.
Says a lot about the economics of the sport. |
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| fosforgasXIII |
Posted on 07-08-2013 00:59
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Great that Gallopin signed with Lotto, shows that he isn't doing it for the money. It almost seems like Sky, Astana and OPQS are buying all the good riders (just like BMC a few years ago). |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-08-2013 08:19
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Wonder how he will get on in his first season with the team  |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 07-08-2013 10:03
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Martinelli says he wants Nieve and Landa
Costa's agent says that 'Realistically, Garmin is the almost certain destination'. Will not stay at Movistar
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 07-08-2013 11:06
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issoisso wrote:
Costa's agent says that 'Realistically, Garmin is the almost certain destination'. Will not stay at Movistar
more one week stage racers?!
cause Stetina, Danielson, Martin, Talansky aren't enough? |
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| Anderis |
Posted on 07-08-2013 11:34
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more one week stage racers?!
cause Stetina, Danielson, Martin, Talansky aren't enough?
Yes, they aren't. To make the matter worse, there were rumours that Garmin already have signed Slagter, and they're also interested in Nieve and Anton. 
Stetina was rumoured to leave, though.
But Garmin are targetting stage races recently and they really need more climbing power to have proper leadership+domestiques for more races. Vaughters seems to enjoy having multiple GC options what allows him to ride like in USA Pro Cycling Challenge last year, or in Catalunya this year. |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 07-08-2013 11:36
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Slagter wasn't rumoured. Pretty sure it was confirmed. |
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| Anderis |
Posted on 07-08-2013 11:46
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I'm pretty sure there was a news that Slagter signed Garmin, and then it was denied by Slagter himself (he stated he was yet to make a final decision).
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 07-08-2013 12:16
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Anderis wrote:
But Garmin are targetting stage races recently and they really need more climbing power to have proper leadership+domestiques for more races. Vaughters seems to enjoy having multiple GC options what allows him to ride like in USA Pro Cycling Challenge last year, or in Catalunya this year.
But having more climbing material is useful when you've got the leader on your team. Now if your leader's goal is only to hang on to the Sky train for as long as possible, having other climbers, be it one or half a dozen, around him is not going to make much of a difference. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 07-08-2013 12:21
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samdiatmh wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Costa's agent says that 'Realistically, Garmin is the almost certain destination'. Will not stay at Movistar
more one week stage racers?!
cause Stetina, Danielson, Martin, Talansky aren't enough?
Hesjedal is offended by your comment
Anyway, the addition of Costa shouldn't be much of a problem. Stetina's likely leaving and Danielson isn't good enough anymore. That leaves Hesjedal, Martin and Talansky - all of which are mostly interested in the GTs, whereas Costa is better suited for week-long stage races.
The only major clashes I can see are the Ardennes and the Tour.
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| Anderis |
Posted on 07-08-2013 12:32
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Aquarius wrote:
But having more climbing material is useful when you've got the leader on your team. Now if your leader's goal is only to hang on to the Sky train for as long as possible, having other climbers, be it one or half a dozen, around him is not going to make much of a difference.
Well, you never know if you end up with unexpected lead and you need to control the race. Danielson was sent this year for Giro, because Hesjedal was one of the main favourites and you never know what would happen. Skt doesn't necessarily have to make a train each time it would be useful for Garmin. Without Danielson that team seemed to be too weak to protect Ryder. This also caused that Danielson was completely off-form during TdF and they don't have many options for Vuelta either. It looks like they lacked at least one more good climber this year. With Vande Velde retiring, it would be useful for them to sign at least 2 more good climbers- even 3 if rumours about Stetina leaving will turn out to be true.
And as I said- Vaughters enjoys having multiple GC options, to put them in dangerous breakaways. Doing that, he can often find out his rider in a succesfull breakaway and win a race with not having the strongest rider. It happened this year in Catalunya. It also helped to achieve success in Liege-Bastogne-Liege and last year's USA Pro Cycling Challenge. That's their strategy. They don't have Froome in their team, but having 3 or 4 guys who can win a race being in the right break-away certainly gives more options and more possibility of success than just having one strong rider. Even if you don't win GC, you can collect some stage wins, or KOM classification wins in the process. You also minimise the risk of failing to get into top10 at the end of the race.
Edited by Anderis on 07-08-2013 12:34
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 07-08-2013 12:58
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Miguel98 wrote:
Slagter wasn't rumoured. Pretty sure it was confirmed.
Nope. He's leaving, but the team he's joining is yet uncofirmed.
https://www.rtvnoo...p?p=123621
Meier and Weening (soon) sign 2 year extensions at Orica.
Edited by Alakagom on 07-08-2013 12:59
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 07-08-2013 13:00
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Okay. So he only confirmed he would be leaving, but the team hasn't been announced. |
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| johnnyjur |
Posted on 07-08-2013 14:43
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