Recent content by aruipksni

honestly, i'm starting to suspect that Blackmore got infected with the froome virus also... i think the frooming situation in the team is worst then i suspected. it seems that everyone that rides with chris is get froomed!

the gaps this week are still narrowing a lot because of UNO-X great comeback. COFIDIS and PICNIC got even closer. relegation battle between the two, might be decided by the fines each team will get...

unlike last year, this year most of their riders are in poor shape, so taking froome as part of the team will not change much, also the fact that he will be there will draw all the focus of the other riders performance. also there is a predicament from last year - the team took Williams as a...

when cadel evans retired, the team decided to let him go on his last tour as a reward out of respect. he had a weblog diary back then when he described this tour and the views he now could see on his way because he was just soft paddling all along the tour doing absolutely nothing. just tagging...

Riccitello is a big miss for the team. i wonder what prevents him to become a more impacting rider. he showed in last TDS , that he can have the ability, but then he switched off.

the gaps are getting even more narrower this week: UNO-X has made a comeback this week, after missing the Giro. sadly ARKEA is getting nowhere. COFIDIS is still on the hot seat but so close to PICNIC. XDS are still not too far away from both of them.

it left like those "real" criteriums today...

well, it is still the same, but yates is more successful rider then teens: so as you can see he still got something in his tank. i think great example for someone who had his greatest success in late age is chris horner, and he is really an enigma.

the numbers don't lie every man reach is muscles max at 27, so normal distribution is expected for every typical rider (even for pogacar!) here is Teuns numbers showing where he is now at 33.

Teuns was already bad in IPT. why should he be good in Cofidis, when he is now even older?

but why should they really care about other races at all? if you are a decent French team (at least placed 30) you can participate in this race (specially now when they allowed 23 teams) , which is really is "the race" and you can even say is "the pro sport".

i think it's now more depend on the wildcard and invites the team can achieve. in any case they can still manage to get the TDF invite, being a French team. that's serves as a kind of insurance policy to all the French teams of course.

so, the gaps are still closing. COFIDIS are now on the hot seat (the 5th team to ocupy the 19th place this year) UNO-X and ARKEA are going downhill. IPT went uphill thanks to Gee, but overall the gaps are still closing. after the TDF, some teams destiny will be more clear, if it is for...

you are neglecting the froome factor. many glorified veterans start to soft pedal when they get paid, and signed for multiple years for this team, and then start to make froomy excuses (like blaming the factor bicycles sometimes, or mention previews injuries and an unknown illness). i made a...

i think that signing roglic for 5 years now is more likely and suitable for the team, specially that he is now getting injured all the time and DNF more and more.