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Because he'll have unquestionably loyal support riders. Whether that plays out or not is TBD but he won't be competing with other young GC talents in the same jerseys.

You mean joining UAE? Wasn't clear what you meant. If so, maybe but he had no problem winning stages on Alpecin (though one was from the peloton iirc?). His ambitions should be GC.

It's too bad that Vine isn't going for GC, for somebody. I know he's had a bunch of injuries and crashes (or crashed) a lot, so a UAE contract looks good, but he's certainly capable of a top 5. This break looks like child's play for him.

Unless it's Eddie M...

Do you have a double "!!" key on your keyboard?

Romain Bardet wins first gravel race, Montsterrando UCI. Guess that road fitness is still there! He's always been good at hard races in bad conditions so he could do quite well in gravel.

They had a fine Tour, at least. Would love to see Ryan or Nerukar get a stage win.

Tough to win classics with no punch, it's just the kind of rider he is. No problem with his tactics etc.

He who dares, wins. There's got to be some reward for being in the break all day!

Pidcock can top 10 by following wheels carefully. He's basically a punchier Ben Healy. Is that how I want to see him race? No.

I agree 100% with this. I'm not a woman, but I know plenty of them, and even married one, and this smacks of, as you say, pettiness and jealousy, and one (or several) women trying to bring down a successful woman. Do weight issues exist in women's sport? Of course they do, and to a greater...

Nice win, seems like his ceiling is these smaller one-week races (and the occasional GT stage!). Wonder if he'll serve out his career on UAE? I suspect the working conditions and pay mean yes.

Good move, hope Remco can avoid crashes. Imagine his career without the 3 major accidents and very ill-timed covid. I'm cheering for him.

Ah, interesting, thanks for clarifying. I would think that given MvdP's exposure, as well as Philipsen, that it wouldn't be TOO hard to find a secondary sponsor, but maybe Alpecin is still seen as a "local" team. rather than one with international appeal.

It's disturbing that Alpecin would be having financial issues, though not surprising. Seems like every team not sponsored by a Petro-state at some point has a crisis. That's just inherent in the business model, frankly. It wouldn't be terrible if Alpecin and Intermarche merged but you'd just...