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classicomano said:Another Giant rider to win a bunch sprint
Bye Bye Bicycle said:So happy for Arndt!
Kittel
Degenkolb
Mezgec
Janse van Rensburg
Ahlstrand
Sinkeldam
Arndt
Veelers
It's amazing how many great sprinters one team can have.
Dekker_Tifosi said:29 21 Alberto CONTADOR TINKOFF-SAXO 00:00:00
30 1 Christopher FROOME TEAM SKY 00:00:00
Contador beats Froome, guess it's 2-1 for Froome now
johnymax said:No Kittel, no Degenkolb, no Mezgec, no problem for Giant-Shimano.
Dekker_Tifosi said:If you see how little sprinters are really here. You wonder why Belkin didn't bring Hofland.. or was he not fit from the bad fall in California?
GuyIncognito said:Arndt has actually disappointed quite a bit in his results as a pro so far.
He was expected to become a pretty good sprinter right away
Dazed and Confused said:Message to Demare: I think Bouhanni would have grabbed the win today.
christopherrowe said:I understand there might be personality issues (with a sprinter? is it possible?)
christopherrowe said:I just watched this again and I think you're right. Thinking back to what I've seen of Bouhanni this year (which is more or less just the Giro), he seems to be better able to act as a free agent sans organized train. He also finds and follows lines through the crowd that seem kind of crazy at times, which I suppose is part and parcel of being a sprinter.
As for your message, surely Arnaud knows that he's not posting wins of the same quality as Nacer's and that he has a ways to go yet. The weird thing is that Marc Madiot apparently doesn't know it. I understand there might be personality issues (with a sprinter? is it possible?), but I don't understand why a French team wouldn't want to schedule and program their riders in such a way so as to maximize chances for glory in July. And while he's got a way to go himself, Bouhanni simply seems like he would have been the better choice for that than Démare. At least to go by the results they've each posted over the last twelve months of racing.