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Congratulations to UAE for removing Ayuso from the team, next up Matxin.

https://www.uaeteamemirates.com/uae-team-emirates-xrg-agreement-part-ways-juan-ayuso/ Bye Bye!

Nice list that only proves my point. A key ingredient for Jonas previous two Tour wins was having a team in super shape and for Visma to give Jonas the best chance at beating Pogacar he needs to have domestiques in peak condition. Racing Giros and all of the spring classics, believe it or not...

What UAE brought is irrelevant, this is about Visma not giving their main man peak shape domestiques,

More than half his domestiques raced the Giro and one did a heavy spring campaign. Who are the ''several'' domestiques that got injured? :tearsofjoy: Niermann is this you?

Remco will be a good domestique for Lipo :tearsofjoy:

It's about the principle of giving the leader domestiques in peak shape.

The argument is about Visma not giving Jonas a team in peak shape for the Tour. Comparing Visma domestique performances with UAE is irrelevant, couldn't care less how good/bad UAE domestiques perfomed, this is about Visma domestiques not being in peak shape for Jonas and it's the management's...

No, they absolutely didn't. There was room for a lot more but his domestiques ran out of legs very soon, why? Because they were not at their peak. For Jonas to beat Pogacar he needs to have a superior team around him which he didn't. Secondly, it doesn't matter how much better Pogacar if you're...

Kuss didn't deliver, Jorgenson didn't deliver, S.Yates didn't deliver let alone Wout, these are his main soldiers and they didn't do what was expected from them. If I'm Jonas I'm going straight to Niermann and tell him I want domestiques in peak shape for the Tour or else what's the point of...

They can still pursue their goals without burning themselves out.

Proved my point that Jonas team isn't riding 100% for him. His domestiques are doing Giro's and full classic seasons instead of peaking for the Tour with him. Jonas needs a more serious team if he wants the best chance at beating Pogacar.

Which proves my point even further. Thanks, I guess :kissingheart:

*If his teammates let go of their personal ambitions and 100% work for him. 3/7 of Jonas domestiques (WvA, S. Yates and Affini) raced the Giro. Benoot raced a full classic spring season. Only guys that had a reasonable low intensity spring season was Jorgenson, Kuss and Campenaerts. Sorry but...

*If his teammates let go of their personal ambitions and 100% work for him, then yes. Every single pedal stroke and every watt their legs produce should be in favor of Jonas.