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| Strydz |
Posted on 19-08-2013 11:19
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Schleck96 wrote:
If I was a sports director, believe me, that guy wouldn't last 1 season.
And that is one of what I assume would be many reasons why you are not a sports director  1 he is clearly blowing his stomach out as a joke 2 Obviously Belkin and Bos rate him as a good lead out rider who would come cheap now with his age. Every team needs riders like that, they can't all be stars and up and coming talent.
Edited by Strydz on 19-08-2013 11:20
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| issoisso |
Posted on 19-08-2013 13:36
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Alakagom wrote:
Dunno how we view it, but Belkin and Bos credit Brown a lot for his positioning and leading out. He's experienced and knows his way around last km's.
He may seem and looks useless, but I am sure the team and it's main sprinter know much better than we do
And as we know, Belkin has a really good leadout, it's not like Bos is one of those sprinters constantly complaining that they were boxed in.....
...oh wait
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| krisa |
Posted on 19-08-2013 13:40
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| fosforgasXIII |
Posted on 19-08-2013 14:09
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Wasn't Brown the one who took down half the peleton in Turkey, including the crowd barriers? Good lead-out 
Nah, he's a hard worker and probably doesn't demand to much (loan, certain races he wants to ride etc.).
Lotto is indeed signing a lot of riders, so I wonder who will leave. Van De Walle and Neyens are the first that come to my mind. Van De Walle was a good domestique but he's getting old and isn't as good as he used to be.
And Neyens is a long time with Lotto but now he's 28 and he definitelly isn't going to improve any more. I don't even know what kind of rider he is, he barely finishes in the top 50.
Henderson is also old but he's still doing his job well. Lotto shouldn't replace him until they found another lead-out for Greipel. I even think that Lotto will be the team where Greg will ride his last seizon.
And I also have questions about the role of Van Lijen. He was once one of the many young Dutch talents but doesn't seem to reach his full potential, allthough that's partially to blame to injuries.
Cordeel and Bulgac aren't the most talented riders either, but they're still young and can still improve themselves. |
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 19-08-2013 14:14
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Strydz wrote:
Schleck96 wrote:
If I was a sports director, believe me, that guy wouldn't last 1 season.
And that is one of what I assume would be many reasons why you are not a sports director
Yeah, because I actually am old enough for that. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 19-08-2013 14:31
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Danny Pate extends with Sky. I guess it's for one year more.
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| Strydz |
Posted on 19-08-2013 14:34
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Schleck96 wrote:
Strydz wrote:
Schleck96 wrote:
If I was a sports director, believe me, that guy wouldn't last 1 season.
And that is one of what I assume would be many reasons why you are not a sports director
Yeah, because I actually am old enough for that.
That's why I said many reasons matey
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-08-2013 16:01
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Alakagom wrote:
Danny Pate extends with Sky. I guess it's for one year more.
Despite all the joking, this proves that he's of amazing value and a super domestique
- or he knows their dirty secrets? 
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| Farmer Sam |
Posted on 19-08-2013 16:51
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| sieve |
Posted on 19-08-2013 18:06
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I_Mayo wrote:
Worlds win is overrated.
It's certainly an honor and a goal for many riders to plan their season around. What I don't like about it is it being a one-off race with inconsistent courses from year to year, which sets up a preselection for rider type.
It would be nice if the world championship was a multi-day race that had a flat stage, a climbing stage, and a time trial stage. Maybe even a cobbled stage. Then the WC would be the rider who demonstrates the best overall proficiency in all types of situations faced by road riders. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-08-2013 18:08
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sieve wrote:
I_Mayo wrote:
Worlds win is overrated.
It's certainly an honor and a goal for many riders to plan their season around. What I don't like about it is it being a one-off race with inconsistent courses from year to year, which sets up a preselection for rider type.
It would be nice if the world championship was a multi-day race that had a flat stage, a climbing stage, and a time trial stage. Maybe even a cobbled stage. Then the WC would be the rider who demonstrates the best overall proficiency in all types of situations faced by road riders.
I'd hate to see that. Then the chances of outsiders would be 0. If it would be a stage race, we'd see the same contenders every year. A sprinter would never be world champion, for example. |
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| sieve |
Posted on 19-08-2013 18:13
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Ian Butler wrote:
I'd hate to see that. Then the chances of outsiders would be 0. If it would be a stage race, we'd see the same contenders every year. A sprinter would never be world champion, for example.
What if they had separate categories of WC.... They already have a TT WC. What about a sprint WC and a climbing WC?
I don't like that fact that the course for that year's WC preselects what type of rider is likely to win.
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| krisa |
Posted on 19-08-2013 18:17
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Another german in the team Jens Zemke makes it a german team
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 20-08-2013 11:00
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sieve wrote:
Ian Butler wrote:
I'd hate to see that. Then the chances of outsiders would be 0. If it would be a stage race, we'd see the same contenders every year. A sprinter would never be world champion, for example.
What if they had separate categories of WC.... They already have a TT WC. What about a sprint WC and a climbing WC?
I don't like that fact that the course for that year's WC preselects what type of rider is likely to win.
well the course of the Olympic Road Race would preselect that a sprinter would win right (no sure, don't really remember the profile) and I won't call Vinokourov a sprinter
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-08-2013 11:04
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What would be better for the Worlds was that the maximum riders for a team (even Spain, Italy...) was 6 riders instead of 9 |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 20-08-2013 11:05
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Seperate categories won't be nice to me.
Rather make the profiles of the WC vary a bit more. Not hills everytime(though I have to say that this year's profile is tougher than last year).
Throw a cobbled stage & (small) mountain summit finish in the mix a little more often maybe.
Edited by Jesleyh on 20-08-2013 11:05
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| Strydz |
Posted on 20-08-2013 11:26
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Jesleyh wrote:
Seperate categories won't be nice to me.
Rather make the profiles of the WC vary a bit more. Not hills everytime(though I have to say that this year's profile is tougher than last year).
Throw a cobbled stage & (small) mountain summit finish in the mix a little more often maybe.
Well we had a "easy" WC when Cav won, would love to see a cobble and Mountain WC, this years will be interesting
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 20-08-2013 12:29
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Hoogerland is linked to Lotto-Belisol and Cantwell is linked to Belkin.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 20-08-2013 12:59
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Ian Butler wrote:
What would be better for the Worlds was that the maximum riders for a team (even Spain, Italy...) was 6 riders instead of 9
Totally agree, give every Country six riders |
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| Blueprint |
Posted on 20-08-2013 13:07
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MrUfo87 wrote:
Hoogerland is linked to Lotto-Belisol and Cantwell is linked to Belkin.
Let's make that "Cantwell has offered himself to Belkin and Nico Verhoeven was polite enough to say that there are many interesting riders on the transfer market, but they would think about it" |
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