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Ben Turner to Quickstep. Bit of a surprise.

Three monuments so far, best placed finisher: 33rd at MSR, 51st at RVV and 21st at Roubaix…

If only there weren’t any cobbles then Ganna could win…

Only thing that has remained slightly similar is they’re still performing well in time trials. But yes, they’re now the ultimate stage hunting team but nowhere in GC.

And now back to being really good at stage hunting the next day. Such a strange team this year…

Then they totally disappear when the major climbs start. I don’t think I’ve seen the team climb this badly since their first season back in 2010…

Another good time trialing day with three in the top 16 including youngsters August and Oxenberg. Can’t fault the Pinarello TT setup.

I thought they were riding quite a good race at one point but Watson and Sheffield both crashed out.

Weren’t there rumours of a muscular injury? He seems to be training as normal now so I guess he will return to racing at the Tour of the Alps in two weeks time.

Well that was more like it from Ganna today. Still don’t think he’s smooth enough on the cobbles to beat the best at Roubaix but at least it looks like he’ll be in top shape.

What a race. Wow.

I was hoping we might see something from him in the classics this year but it seems not to be. Two years ago he showed some promise in these cobble races.

So he can finish 20 minutes behind Pogacar rather than 30…

Early days but seems to be struggling so far at Ineos. Not sure what his plan was on the final climb yesterday…

They’ve had a very strange start to the season. Excellent in time trials and stage hunting and this is reflected in them having the second most wins of any team. However, they have really struggled in one day races and stage race GC and this is reflected in them being only 8th in the world...