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Looking at the nationality breakdowns posted so far has confirmed I've probably made a mistake with a couple of Bora riders who I had doubts about. Bel - 7 Fra - 6 GBR - 4 Aus - 2 Ger - 2 Ned - 2 Spa - 2 Slv - 2 Col -1 Rus -1 Nor- 1 Den -1 Can - 1 Two riders account for 2100 points, which has...

:DSorry about that. Expect I'm about to do the same thing tomorrow. Can't get the balance right between head and heart, exacerbated by massive FOMO!

Just to add that this is a really good year to try the game for the first time. So many riders had a poor/mediocre 2025 that it will be relatively easy to put a team together. The discussion after the teams are revealed on January 8th is one of the highlights of the season.! No better way to...

Definitely. Squire would have won quite easily, if he hadn't somehow missed out on Brennan. And also agree with your assessment of the risk/reward ratio of expensive picks. Your reasoning is much more rationale than mine, but I prefer to avoid them as I like to have a spread of riders to follow...

Maybe last year we were spoilt a little? Sexias, Withen, Vermeersch, Del Grosso and Tullet all did spectacularly for their price, and only a couple of my <100 point riders really didn't perform. This year I might end up having a similar amount, though there's a few real punts as I can't find...

Ideally, both Arensman and Bernal will be free to stagehunt/support at GTs now. Hopefully Bernal can switch to focussing on one-day races and the occasional stage race?

Agreed, but it does massively increase your chances of not having to pay £7m to buy out a rider a few years later

More good news as Ineos form a partnership with the new British junior 'superteam', created by the merger of Tofauti, and Fensham Howes-Mas. The latter have seen Pidcock, Brennan, Watson, Poole, Pickering, Nerurkar and Donaldson progress to the WT. Once the relationship with Trinity seemingly...

From the British Continental site: "INEOS Grenadiers are expected to launch a new U23 development squad in 2026, marking the team’s first formal step into structured talent development. The project is being led by Performance Director Scott Drawer and Pathway Manager Simon Watts, and will...

Jannik Steimle too, after winning Denain last year, and would still seem be a very useful dom, if nothing else. Maybe there's an injury or personal issue I'm unaware of?

Despite the relentless onslaught of Magnier and Del Torro, it looks like Simmons' Lombardia points will be enough to save my top ten placing. It's a shame that it will probably be at the expense of Qazaqstan as we've been top three for a lot of the year, but have both suffered a late-season...

Yeah Kigali was a big disappointment, but it was a ridiculously hard race which (apart from the big two), you'd have to target specifically. Hardly any who did well there, performed today. And because of his history/character, it's rare that Simmons does try to climb with the peleton in top...

Is that true? Think they finally resolved what was giving him problems physically on the bike, and he's been flying since the start of August. Had he already agreed a deal with Movistar then?

Simmons has had so many physical and psychological issues previously, that we only rarely saw glimpses of his talent, and he fell way down the pecking order at a team with similar riders/other priorities. Understandably, this season he's had to earn his results the hard way, and it's been great...

Where did Pidcock come from? For a monument, ridiculous how little coverage we get of the race behind.