Recent content by Samu Cuenca

The Tour should obviously be renamed to From somewhere to Paris, unless the Olympics takes place there. I doubt the new name will catch on right away, but at least they keep some of the words from the current one, unlike the Dauphiné.

It still doesn't explain why they feel a Norwegian team is the right investment for them. They're also sponsoring the Rime Drali which used to be at CT level. We'll see if it means that Repsol will also sign the odd Italian riders in the future. Masnada will possibly be on the market again next...

I have not watched any of the It movies and tv series.

Can anyone explain to me what a Drali Milano is and why they suddenly feel the urge to save a Norwegian team rather than an Italian one?

It was previously rumoured that he would return to Alpecin, but since there's not really a good reason it should take them that long to announce it, I guess it's possible that deal is now off. We know the Roodhoofts are lacking money, but that was exactly why the move made sense in the first...

I had close to an 800 point lead over RhD after year one and at the beginning of March it had grown to nearly 1000 points, but now it's almost entirely evaporated. It feels like being the manager of Wanty, but without having some Belgian suckers wanting to bail me out.

That's hardly a record. Valverde managed to do it for 84 years.

Yeah, not picking Gery was a mistake. I wasn't sure how much and/or well the young women would be riding this year, apart from Ferguson who won't do any CX. Well at least I didn't pick Bäckstedt who is once injured again.

If he hadn't already done that once, you could easily see Vaughters swoop in and steal Nippo from under their noses.

Van Aert has never been Spanish champion or top 10ed the Dauphiné. Of course Lazkano may soon not officially have done that either, but then they will still be equals at worst.

It would be funny if he tried to pull a Pecharromán on Denk by stopping to dope right after he had signed a big contract, but that it had backfired massively. I don't think it's too likely to be the case since he was already at a WT team, unless he feared there could be consequences if he kept...

Thank god they finally nailed the guy who once finished in the top 80 in a GT. Well at least it means RB BORA have fewer riders who will fight for leadership next year.

I'm not sure about that. Sometimes they seem to have taken more hits to their heads than the riders.

Preferably one with plenty of airbags.

He had knee problems early in the year and then he was diagnosed with Lyme disease following a tick bite. It sounds like he has recovered from it now, but it didn't happen in time for him to be competitive in races this season.