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He does end his career as The Great Alexander Kristoff but without any sense of irony or sarcasm.

Well, Hindley is 29 and Uijtdebroks is 22 so of course Hindley has shown more by now but Hindley at 22 had done nothing of what Uijtdebroks has done so it cuts both ways. Hindley isn't really an outlier other than he has actually won a GT. But if you compare him with other GT riders then he is...

Well, if Ryder Hesjedal can win a GT then there is hope for almost anyone in the top 10 crowd really. I could even add Tao Geoghan Hart and Jai Hindley to that list as well. There are lots and lots of that type of rider, the ones that can reach a top 10 in a GT and that occasionally be seen in...

I guess it depends on what type of rider you are as well. Say you are good enough for top 10 but not good enough to be a leader in a big team then if you are on the big team you might still get top 10 as a domestique but it requires that you are the type that is suited for the domestique role...

Well, since when are riders really that non-delusional when it comes to the Tour? To play devils advocate, he did finish 8th in the Vuelta and was 5th in the Giro when he had to abandon last year, so perhaps he feels that this is at least his level now that he seems to be past his injury issues.

I bet it comes down to the Tour. It's always about the Tour for some riders and Visma was not prepared to give him a free role in the Tour but rather only a domestique role for Vingegaard. That would also probably mean the same type of role in lead up races as well. Another possibility could...

I guess he could be useful if they have some other sprinter in mind and needs Ackermann for the lead out train or something.

Skelmose Uno-X move confirmed.

Could Tour de l'Avenir go back to even being a U-25 race then.

The one impacted most at Lidl-Trek is perhaps Skelmose who won't have the same free pick at what GTs to target as leader.

The Noval that's been mentioned in this thread, I assume that is Benjamin Noval? I just saw that he is 72kg at 16 years age. That's a pretty big boy for GTs nowadays isn't it? Is there anyone of a similar weight that has been competing for GTs in the past 10 years even? He must have one hell...

Ya, that's the big crux with any up and coming climber. We have seen many many climbers throughout the years who can climb with the best up a mountain or two and do well in one week races but who never really had the recovery or persistence to last a full GT. Before they actually get through...

I still can't believe how Ryder Hesjedal managed to win a GT. I'm still in as much disbelief now as I was watching it at the time.

I started to have a look at riders results this year ahead of next years game an even though the season is not done I will predict that next years game will be completely insane. There are just sooo many riders that have underperformed this year so that you could probably build 2 completely...

Ya, I suppose he should be mentioned since I mentioned Cristian Rodriguez, though both just barely qualify as GT GC guys at all really. So still a huge gap behind Mas in that age range.