Has he ever had it in true flat sprints against top tier sprinters?Bernie's eyesore said:Eddie just doesn't have it in these sort of sprints anymore.
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Has he ever had it in true flat sprints against top tier sprinters?Bernie's eyesore said:Eddie just doesn't have it in these sort of sprints anymore.
Dazed and Confused said:Kirby probably has a bit of knowledge about Sky's plans moving forward. I can imagine EBH is being shifted out.
Didn't they re-sign EBH last year, for 3 years or something? I think they'll give him another spring to prove himself. And of course as a domestique for Wiggins he's very useful.Dazed and Confused said:Kirby probably has a bit of knowledge about Sky's plans moving forward. I can imagine EBH is being shifted out.
BlenJones2 said:Has he ever had it in true flat sprints against top tier sprinters?
Calm down, we're still in February. It's just two weeks since he was 3rd on the final, completely flat stage of TDU. And in Qatar he has sprinted for himself two times...also, the sprints in Qatar are 90% about positioning.Bernie's eyesore said:Tirreno Adriatico last year. Obviously he hasn't been able to win sprints regularly but I don't think he can do it at all now, he has lost a of of pace over the last few months.
maltiv said:Calm down, we're still in February. It's just two weeks since he was 3rd on the final, completely flat stage of TDU. And in Qatar he has sprinted for himself two times...also, the sprints in Qatar are 90% about positioning.
But if we are making conclusions like this in February, we can also conclude that Cancellara can't even follow the peloton on the flat anymore. He has clearly lost it. Might as well retire already!
Dazed and Confused said:Kirby probably has a bit of knowledge about Sky's plans moving forward. I can imagine EBH is being shifted out.
BlenJones2 said:No way he'll be moved. He's up there with sagan in terms of being able to do almost everything very well and Brailsford knows that. Asking too much of him to be a top-class sprinter all year round whilst also filling a job of mountain domsetique in gt's and stage races
he did ok in the world championshipsRyo Hazuki said:sagan does everything very well that he needs to do. ebh can't go very well past 200 km, which makes him so limited I see is future as an elite helper, similar to what voigt was somewhat
Pharazon said:he did ok in the world championships
Pharazon said:he did ok in the world championships
Dazed and Confused said:Kirby probably has a bit of knowledge
Haynzie said:Well, that was a predictable outcome. Not sure what Andrea Guardini, Nacer Bouhanni and John Degenkolb got out of it, but OPQS look to have got in a bit of practice for their train. Still looks ragged in comparison to HTC.
JimmyFingers said:And to be fair, every train looks ragged compared the HTC-Highroad
you have forgot keisse and vandenberghJRanton said:Best OPQS Tour train would be something like:
Grabsch, Kwiatkowski, P.Velits, Terpstra, Chavanel, Martin, Steegmans, Boonen, Cavendish
Some huge engines there that would be able to control flat stages and deliver Steegmans, Boonen and Cavendish to the last 750m.