That's a conspiracy theory I haven't heard before. Can't wait till the Men in Black protesters hear about it.
They'll probably not invite me to their demos, that's for sure.
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That's a conspiracy theory I haven't heard before. Can't wait till the Men in Black protesters hear about it.
It's not their names.
*don't
And no.
And wasn't there a story about Sagans father being from Germany and being called Sagemann (I actually used to have a very good friend with that name...), then switching his name to Sagan because it sounded more Slovakian?...
So now you're a grammar teacher as well?
And wasn't there a story about Sagans father being from Germany and being called Sagemann (I actually used to have a very good friend with that name...), then switching his name to Sagan because it sounded more Slovakian?...
Well, if Evenepoel is still not recovered, they will have to change their plan a bit. Although they could just switch the leader role for the giro (like this year) to Almeida.Alaphillippe will start his season in the Tour de la Provence and he should ride the Omloop. His schedule afterwards is still unclear. His hand is still recovering from his fall in the Ronde. He can't sprint yet with it but he hopes everything will be ok before the cobbles start.
Also, the Giro team for DQS is more or less complete. If everything goes to plan this should be their team in the Giro:
Evenepoel, Serry, Keisse, Knox, Cattaneo, Bagioli and Masnada. The eighth rider is yet to be determined but it's possible it will be Almeida (who will debut in the Vuelta).
Alaphillippe will start his season in the Tour de la Provence and he should ride the Omloop. His schedule afterwards is still unclear. His hand is still recovering from his fall in the Ronde. He can't sprint yet with it but he hopes everything will be ok before the cobbles start.
Also, the Giro team for DQS is more or less complete. If everything goes to plan this should be their team in the Giro:
Evenepoel, Serry, Keisse, Knox, Cattaneo, Bagioli and Masnada. The eighth rider is yet to be determined but it's possible it will be Almeida (who will debut in the Vuelta).
I think the Vuelta is a good target for him. He took his chance at last years giro, so he deserves a chance as leader in 2021.It seems like Almeida will be aiming at the Vuelta:
João Almeida aponta à Volta a Espanha
I doubt they will have a 22 year old riding 2 grand tours in the same year so I don't think he will be at the Giro. He also says that what he did at the Giro was good but has to be left behind, so i guess that hints that he won't be at the Giro.
Probably something like:
Algarve
PN or TA
VaPV
Ardennes
Rest or Romandie and then rest
Burgos
Vuelta
Worlds
October Classics
I am also interested in their approach for this year.First big goal for Gaudu will be Paris-Nice:
"I passed a milestone last year and I want to start with this dynamic again."
David Gaudu leader de la Groupama-FDJ sur Paris-Nice
David Gaudu sera le leader de la formation Groupama-FDJ à l’occasion de Paris-Nice. Avant cela, le double vainqueur d’étape sur le dernier Tour d’Espagne enchaînera Tour du Haut-Var et Boucles Drôme-Ardèche. En tant que leader, là aussi.www.letelegramme.fr
He will probably have Madouas, Molard, Armirail and Guglielm on his side. The team presentation will take place on tuesday, so we will learn more about their captains' schedule by then.
Yes, sir. They'll do that.So perhaps:
Pinot: Giro
Tour: Demare and Gaudu this year?
That would be good for all 3 as Demare and Gaudu deserve the chance to get their own chances at the Tour and it gives Pinot a chance to take a shot at a Grand Tour with less external pressure.I am also interested in their approach for this year.
Demare had a very good season, so he deserves another chance at the tour.
Pinot had a season to forget and the tour course is not that good for him..
So perhaps:
Pinot: Giro
Tour: Demare and Gaudu this year?
It´s true that there are more contenders then last year who want to target the giro.With more and more riders targeting the Giro this year, the Tour looks to become a battle purely between Jumbo and UAE. I wonder whether it will be the fight for green which will make the Tour interesting in the first place and whether Wout will actually, seriously, well... win the whole thing.
Jumbo-Visma for the Tour:SO UAE:
Giro d'Italia: Davide Formolo, Brandon McNulty, Fernando Gaviria
Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar, Marc Hirschi, Alexander Kristoff
Vuelta a Espana: Tadej Pogacar, Matteo Trentin, David De la Cruz
If I´m not wrong, we are still missing targets from
Ineos
Jumbo
Sunweb
Education First
Anyone heard something?
So Jumbo another time all in for the tour...Jumbo-Visma for the Tour:
- Roglic
- Dumoulin
- Kruijswijk
- Kuss
- Van Aert
- Teunissen
- Gesink
- T. Martin
UAE for the Tour right now
- Tadej Pogacar
- Marc Hirschi
- Rafal Majka
- Davide Formolo
- David De la Cruz
- Alexander Kristoff
- Ivo Oliveira
- One more guy