ASO, RCS Sport and Flanders Classics are reducing team sizes

[Breh]

Sagan racked up more cq points than these 4guys in 2015 or 2014.
These 4 riders racked up a Giro, Vuelta, eneco and Tirreno stage win on a level worth mentioning. Hardly impressive.
And who cares about "initially"? Initially Pinot has better results than Froome this season. Look how that worked out. You can't just willingly ignore an important part of the season simply because it suits your arguement better.

Sky spends more on Froome than Tinkoff did on Sagan. They just have way more money.

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: ASO, RCS Sport and Flanders Classics are reducing team s

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/trentin-reducing-team-sizes-is-a-backward-step/
Trentin complains about the new team sizes because he thinks it will make it harder for one team work for a long time at the front, and because it won't make racing more entertaining, only more chaotic. Exactly, because chaotic races are so boring to watch

 

[deValtos]

Re: ASO, RCS Sport and Flanders Classics are reducing team s

Well to be fair Quickstep are one of the few teams who actually do make use of all their men to shake up races in the classics.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Lefreve has too much focus on the core cobbles races, where size of team often gets irrelevant due to race incidents.

Anyway reducing the team size is is a critical right move for the sport,

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

A critical right move?
Cycling will be dead, they should invite more teams with only 7 riders. Make it fun an unpredictable to race.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

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A critical right move?
Cycling will be dead, they should invite more teams with only 7 riders. Make it fun an unpredictable to race.

Nah, more team will just choke the first 100-150km, Irrelevant.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

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A critical right move?
Cycling will be dead, they should invite more teams with only 7 riders. Make it fun an unpredictable to race.

Nah, more team will just choke the first 100-150km, Irrelevant.

Who really watches those?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

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A critical right move?
Cycling will be dead, they should invite more teams with only 7 riders. Make it fun an unpredictable to race.

Nah, more team will just choke the first 100-150km, Irrelevant.

Who really watches those?

Preciously.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

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A critical right move?
Cycling will be dead, they should invite more teams with only 7 riders. Make it fun an unpredictable to race.

Nah, more team will just choke the first 100-150km, Irrelevant.

Who really watches those?

Preciously.

Did you just destroy your own point?

 

[hrotha]

Guys, did you know that what happens in the first 100-150 km has an impact on the rest of the stage?

 

[MatParker117]

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A critical right move?
Cycling will be dead, they should invite more teams with only 7 riders. Make it fun an unpredictable to race.

Can I again point out that some of the best tours ever were raced with nine man teams. The issue is the fact that teams have more money to spend on the help.

 

[Escarabajo]

I am up for more teams invited if they want to keep the size of the teams down.

If they are looking at safety of the caravans they should look into those drivers. Some of those look like maniacs.

 

[Poursuivant]

So at GT's in 2017, instead of 198 riders, there will be 176??