Teams & Riders Brothers in (crank) arms - Yates Discussion Thread

[AmRacer]

@AmRacer

Yeah, great solution for sure. Likely some sort of prize will be the outcome. We'll see.

Jonas completes his GTs

 

[Ilmaestro99]

There have been numerous stories told by pros and journalists in the last few weeks about Simon either mentioning to them that he might retire soon, or seeming completely unmotivated. I don't think there's anything more to it than that

 

[CyclistAbi]

@Ilmaestro99

Nice fairytale.

Jonas completes his GTs

Yeah it seems that Jonas will squeeze out the remaining juice and that is that for Visma. Loss of reigning GT champion and invaluable helper and pretending like that si nothing. Plus who do they got now, beside Jonas, in terms of realistic current and future GT contenders? UAE, RBH, Lidl ... they all got options.

 

[Unchained]

Yates retired because he knows the growing threat of kangaroos to pro bike racing, he wants out before he is kicked off his bike, or worse yet, ends up in some mama roo tummy pouch

 

[CyclistAbi]

@Unchained

Doubt it, there are no loose kangaroos in Europe.

 

[AmRacer]

@Ilmaestro99

Nice fairytale.



Yeah it seems that Jonas will squeeze out the remaining juice and that is that for Visma. Loss of reigning GT champion and invaluable helper and pretending like that si nothing. Plus who do they got now, beside Jonas, in terms of realistic current and future GT contenders? UAE, RBH, Lidl ... they all got options.

We will see.

 

[Rob5091]

The narative being pushed is burnout and the pressure at the top, but that's just what the team wants. Yates has gone into a black hole seemingly ...
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...eeper-scrutiny-of-visma-over-shock-retirement

“There are no riders who just stop in January,” Holm said on Café Eddy. “When there’s a press conference, why don’t they stick the knife in and ask: ‘What the hell is going on with Yates?’” Holm openly rejected the idea that motivation alone explains such an exit, listing a series of unanswered questions that, in his view, were never properly addressed. He went as far as to say he had heard rumours of internal or financial friction, while stressing that the complete silence since Yates’ announcement only deepens suspicion.

original pod at https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/café-eddy/id1780609310