2014 Volta a Catalunya, Stage 5: Llanars Vall de Camprodon → Valls (218 Km)

[manafana]

Giant going have situation when these sprinters start wanting certain races and theirs conflict.

 

[jsem94]

Kind of like Greipel & Cav back in HTC, but with three sprinters. I doubt all three will be at Giant next season.

 

[VeloHuman]

Kind of like Greipel & Cav back in HTC, but with three sprinters. I doubt all three will be at Giant next season.

I think Degenkolb and Kittel are different enough to occupy different niches with the team. Degenkolb is trying to focus on the classics and the Sagan stages in the Tour, Kittel gets the true flat stages in the Giro and the Tour, while Mezgec represents Giant in the Catalunyas and Beijings.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I think Degenkolb and Kittel are different enough to occupy different niches with the team. Degenkolb is trying to focus on the classics and the Sagan stages in the Tour, Kittel gets the true flat stages in the Giro and the Tour, while Mezgec represents Giant in the Catalunyas and Beijings.

Works if, and only if, they are willing to put aside any green jersey ambitions, and agree stage leaders each day.

 

[gunara]

Kind of like Greipel & Cav back in HTC, but with three sprinters. I doubt all three will be at Giant next season.

Yet they will probably bring in another one Someone with lesser reputation but big winning potential, they know how to find one. Or maybe the likes of Janse van Rensburg, Arndt, and Ahlstrand will step up. To me it seems like they want to become more and more dominant on WT sprint stages without having to spend too much on riders, except maybe for Kittel and Degenkolb. Handy Dutch helpers are abundant on any level too, that should be enough.
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