Cofidis Team thread

[Pozzovivo]

Not too bad by Emu today! Hilarious to see him sprint Carlos Rodriguez for the line today. Slowest ever sprint?

He might be in the fight for the fake competition of Top 10-15 GC in the tour, though. It's irrelevant but it's not nothing.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Not too bad by Emu today! Hilarious to see him sprint Carlos Rodriguez for the line today. Slowest ever sprint?

He might be in the fight for the fake competition of Top 10-15 GC in the tour, though. It's irrelevant but it's not nothing.

His problem is that he lacks the kick to actually sprint for KoM points, otherwise the Fortunato route might be a good idea.

 

[Pozzovivo]

Emu 11th and Guillaume 10th. Let's pretend it doesen't hurt.

 

[tobydawq]

New signing Simon Carr has not raced for them yet due to injury.

Carr finally had his season debut today at the Route d'Occitanie.

 

[Pozzovivo]

First Laporte, then Zingle, and now this: https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ce...s-theft-of-teams-bikes-at-the-tour-de-france/

Let's save the police some trouble, we know it's VISMA-LAB.

 

[Pozzovivo]

A shocking first half of the Tour for Cofidis.

Le Coq bagged an anonymous 7th place on stage eight, and THAT IS ARGUABLY THE HIGHLIGHT!

Benjamin Thomas in polkadot after stage one. But managed to crash Vercher while in the break and has not been visible since...

75 UCI points - which is the lowest amount of any team (obviously).

And just to keep the book straight - BIG SURPRISE - GC buchmann did not eventuate. 20 th place, 4 minutes down on GC Jonathan Narvaez...

It can't get worse in the next half. Or can it??

 

[Sciatic]

A shocking first half of the Tour for Cofidis.

Le Coq bagged an anonymous 7th place on stage eight, and THAT IS ARGUABLY THE HIGHLIGHT!

Benjamin Thomas in polkadot after stage one. But managed to crash Vercher while in the break and has not been visible since...

75 UCI points - which is the lowest amount of any team (obviously).

And just to keep the book straight - BIG SURPRISE - GC buchmann did not eventuate. 20 th place, 4 minutes down on GC Jonathan Narvaez...

It can't get worse in the next half. Or can it??

Their biggest impact on the race was knocking out Phillipsen.

 

[Pozzovivo]

Their biggest impact on the race was knocking out Phillipsen.

True, but those things can happen you know.

 

[Sciatic]

True, but those things just happen you know.

I know and no blame intended. It’s more a case of indicating that a team’s performance is so lackluster only the negative thing stands out.

 

[Pozzovivo]

It’s more a case of indicating that a team’s performance is so lackluster only the negative thing stands out.

Fair enough. Can't see where a big result will come from in the next 11 stages either. Izagirre need to find his legs for that to happen but he's been off the pace all year.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

A shocking first half of the Tour for Cofidis.

Le Coq bagged an anonymous 7th place on stage eight, and THAT IS ARGUABLY THE HIGHLIGHT!

Benjamin Thomas in polkadot after stage one. But managed to crash Vercher while in the break and has not been visible since...

75 UCI points - which is the lowest amount of any team (obviously).

And just to keep the book straight - BIG SURPRISE - GC buchmann did not eventuate. 20 th place, 4 minutes down on GC Jonathan Narvaez...

It can't get worse in the next half. Or can it??

Only 1 rider from Cofidis has managed to get into a break during the first 10 stages of the race. I would be correcting that before looking at results.

 

[aruipksni]

A shocking first half of the Tour for Cofidis.

Le Coq bagged an anonymous 7th place on stage eight, and THAT IS ARGUABLY THE HIGHLIGHT!

Benjamin Thomas in polkadot after stage one. But managed to crash Vercher while in the break and has not been visible since...

75 UCI points - which is the lowest amount of any team (obviously).

And just to keep the book straight - BIG SURPRISE - GC buchmann did not eventuate. 20 th place, 4 minutes down on GC Jonathan Narvaez...

It can't get worse in the next half. Or can it??

aranburu might score some points in la vuelta, but i guess it will be too late for the team.

 

[Pozzovivo]

aranburu might score some points in la vuelta, but i guess it will be too late for the team.

Targeting the 1.pro one-day races gives more points than going to the vuelta to get smashed my WT level competition, and ride maybe 50% of stages where he can't achieve anything. Him and lousy Dylan Teuns need to turn things arouned in those belgian and italian races coming in the fall. Low level competition with big points on offer. Won't save them though as you say, and the writing has been on the wall all year.

Vasseur needs to go!!!

 

[aruipksni]

well - it was always about the budget ....

💰 Top-tier Team Budgets (estimates)​

Based primarily on Domestique and La Gazzetta data:

Team	Estimated 2025 Budget
Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe	~€50 million
UAE Team Emirates	~€50 million
Ineos Grenadiers	~€50 million
Jumbo‑Visma	~€50 million
Lidl–Trek	~€35 million
Soudal–Quick‑Step	~€26 million
Bahrain Victorious	~€25 million
Bora–Hansgrohe (confirm)	~€28 million
AG2R Citroën	~€23 million
Movistar Team	~€23 million
Team DSM–Firmenich	~€22 million
Groupama–FDJ	~€21 million
EF Education–EasyPost	~€20 million
Astana Qazaqstan	~€19 million
Alpecin‑Deceuninck	~€18 million
Jayco‑AlUla	~€18 million
Cofidis	~€17 million
Intermarché–Wanty	~€15 million
Arkéa–Samsic	~€13 million