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So these multiple sources are claiming that Tim Podlogar, researcher, professional nutrionist, someone I would call the ultimate nerd of performance related food issues, is not competent enough?Then there are multiple sources that say Uijtdebroeks was a misfit at Bora, weighing his food, buying different socks, all the marginal gains that nobody else at Bora sought. Teammates and management treated him like an annoying little nerd
It doesn't mean nobody working at Bora is competent... Victor Campenaerts has also said that back when he was still at Lotto-Jumbo they thought he was a bit of a weirdo, doing all the things that Jumbo are now famous for. There could also be an element of the young guy threatening the old guard here.So these multiple sources are claiming that Tim Podlogar, researcher, professional nutrionist, someone I would call the ultimate nerd of performance related food issues, is not competent enough?
I really have a hard time believing nobody at Bora is seeking marginal gains.
Thanks for the perspective on Zonneveld.Of course to turn this into less of a PR disaster (and a possibly nasty court case for Uijtdebroeks) they could have payed the one million euros... that is if they even had the money. But right now it's simply impossible to know if they acted responsibly or not. For what it's worth, I think it's good that Plugge has made himself the target of all kinds of slander, and protecting Uijtdebroeks in that way. He should keep it up though, and not throw Uijtdebroeks under the bus if he'll lose his court case.
On behalf of those of us not immersed in Dutch journalism: who is Zonneveld, who does he work for, and what record of bias does he have?
TBF it would be pretty funny for Plugge to be swanning around acting like Florentino Pérez without actually having the money to make problems go away.Of course to turn this into less of a PR disaster (and a possibly nasty court case for Uijtdebroeks) they could have payed the one million euros... that is if they even had the money. But right now it's simply impossible to know if they acted responsibly or not. For what it's worth, I think it's good that Plugge has made himself the target of all kinds of slander, and protecting Uijtdebroeks in that way. He should keep it up though, and not throw Uijtdebroeks under the bus if he'll lose his court case.
So these multiple sources are claiming that Tim Podlogar, researcher, professional nutrionist, someone I would call the ultimate nerd of performance related food issues, is not competent enough?
I really have a hard time believing nobody at Bora is seeking marginal gains.
So he responded by saying something that potentially can be seen as bullying him? Smart.
Yeah, because bullying is easy to define and other people decide if you were bullied or not.That's not bullying. If that's bullying Uijtebroeks was bullying Bora in public, too. They just don't liked each other anymore.
Creating a WhattsApp group to ride against him and make fun of him is bullying. If such a group existed and if actually bullying happened there is far from clear.
He's basically saying that Uijtdebroeks is a lot of work... which is actually what Zonneveld suggested as well, that his team thought he was being too fussy and difficult. If you want to deny the report, maybe not a smart thing to say.That's not bullying. If that's bullying Uijtebroeks was bullying Bora in public, too.
Where does it say that you cant?In this story and in my opinion it's both Visma and the new manager that should know better. That is you can't make an offer of 100k to another team and if denied to still sign the rider.
Not necessarily: he can equally be interpreted as saying that they did all they could to help him in La Vuelta, he needed more help than Vlasov (a much more experienced rider, so not surprising) to do not quite as well.He's basically saying that Uijtdebroeks is a lot of work... which is actually what Zonneveld suggested as well, that his team thought he was being too fussy and difficult. If you want to deny the report, maybe not a smart thing to say.
As long as Visma have some of the Roglic money (3.7 million Euros apparently) left to pay compensation, then Bora are onto a losing thing as the EU Labour Laws will surely back Cian.
Where does it say that you cant?
It is a dirty way to do business, I agree with that, but it is not entirely prohibited as far as I know.
He will fit right in with the Dutch team.He's basically saying that Uijtdebroeks is a lot of work... which is actually what Zonneveld suggested as well, that his team thought he was being too fussy and difficult. If you want to deny the report, maybe not a smart thing to say.
Don't generalize Dutch people, especially when you put us at par with Ajax fans. Many of us despise that club and their arrogance and self-indulgence. But there is a point to be made that JV resembles of that club in some ways: Zeeman and Plugge definitely aren't the most humble characters on earth.He will fit right in with the Dutch team.
As Ajax once said "We like arrogant people here at Ajax". Think it was in reference to Van Gaal, who for many years of his career been referred to as an "odd ball" and very arrogant.
I just wanted to add a football tidbit myself, since it has been thrown around in here.