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That's how it should be. In many cases, however, this is still not the case today. You often see this with Velon. In addition, the driver is the one who has direct control of the car and contact with the riders at the car. I would think that there must be a reason for such a change

Does anyone know why there was a change in the team car at the Tour and Bernie Eisel has now switched from the second car to the first car? He is at the wheel, Gasparotto next to him.

Yes. i think he will have some troubles the next days. Vingegaard show the others that it is possible to develop the punchy skills. That is also very important for Lipo (as well as for his teammate Guilio) for the future. But for the moment all is fine.

Yes I don't think RBH need Remco for the GTs. Of course you will have a top rider for several wins. Not only in stage races. But normally Red Bull want to build his own Stars. With Lipo and Guilio you have the chance to have 2 in future. For next year it could fit well. Remco for the tour and...

I don't understand your criticism. Why are two riders sprinting on their own? Yes, Danny as well as Jordi and Laurence had lost each other shortly before the crash. But in general, Danny and Jordi worked really well together. Danny also wanted a sprinter to come along. I still think it was the...

A "bonus" on top: Meeus down. Pithie down. Danny with 3rd yellow card in this year as the first rider and relegated.

What is RBH actually being punished for? Of course you make enough mistakes. But you never get into a mode where things are going well and then everything gets easier. You take an extra sprinter with you. Then you miss the sprint on stage one. And today Meeus lands very hard on the ground. I...

Better. Yes. But in the end only Lipo there. He must close the gap. Then he attacked. Roglic only at the end at the group. At a finish which normaly is good for him. Like at the Giro from day 1.

Day 2 of the tour and there are so many worries around RBH again. Missed the first stage sprint and lost time in the classification. Okay, check it off. Today the team was at the front for a long time. But in the end there was no one left. While the other riders in the classification still had...

Denk makes it clear in interviews and in his podcast that he is not happy about what has happened. And that they probably misjudged it because they thought the gap would close again as Merlier, Evenepoel, Milan etc were also there. But there was probably no good cooperation. And otherwise if...

For the teams, the Tour is the most important race because it gets by far the most attention. Accordingly, the advertising value for the sponsors is enormous. I think I've heard of figures around 80 percent in relation to the whole year. A special jersey probably doesn't bring in the huge...

I have not heard specifically that he got a contract. But RBH will want to keep him 100%. He has to want to, of course. There may have been preliminary discussions about signing him for the junior team. Now that you have the U23 team, you can also hold out the prospect of being taken on under...

I almost completely agree with your entire analysis and assessment. In my opinion, it could turn out almost exactly like this. But I come to a different conclusion on one point, so there could be a few changes in the end: This year they deliberately had 29 riders in the team instead of 30 so...

Who would you have put up? I'm surprised that Van Gils is missing. He seemed to be in good form and useful in the mountains. Apart from that, almost all the mountain riders who were fit and in form were there. Except Zwiehoff, but his performance is not good enough at the moment. I'm surprised...

I am very surprised about the final line-up. Moscon and Van Dijke were not on my radar. But Tratnik was probably not fit. Martinez was almost a foregone conclusion after the Giro. I had suspected that RBH would not only rely on GC simply because this summer there is a lack of climbers who could...