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Anderis

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EF have so many riders who could potentially thrive in a race like Tour Down Under and they send this...

I guess at least Nerukar could do well but otherwise the roster looks like they're just trying to be at the start line without comitting too much.
 
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yaco

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Anderis said:
EF have so many riders who could potentially thrive in a race like Tour Down Under and they send this...

I guess at least Nerukar could do well but otherwise the roster looks like they're just trying to be at the start line without comitting too much.
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Have to agree. The TDU is a winnable race if a rider is in form. I also find it strange that there is a dearth of second row sprinters - Where is Kooij, Magnier or Lamperti or riders of that ilk.
 
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awavey

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Anderis said:
EF have 29 riders.

9, 17, 20, 26, 27, 28. 29- these are places of the 7 riders they're sending to TdU in terms of how many PCS points they scored in 2024 out of all EF riders. Nearly the worst squad possible.
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so 2025 will be their year... ;)

I dont know TDU always feels too early for teams to care about,unless theyve got aussie riders looking for champs form, or aussie sponsors to please, despite the expense alot seem to treat it like a warm weather training camp in somewhere thats not Calpe.
 
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Salvarani

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awavey said:
so 2025 will be their year... ;)

I dont know TDU always feels too early for teams to care about,unless theyve got aussie riders looking for champs form, or aussie sponsors to please, despite the expense alot seem to treat it like a warm weather training camp in somewhere thats not Calpe.
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A good start for riders, is always a good start. Look at Pithie last year and his spring after that. Narvaez and Williams. Onley. Del Toro. All had pretty good seasons.
 
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A good start for riders, is always a good start. Look at Pithie last year and his spring after that. Narvaez and Williams. Onley. Del Toro. All had pretty good seasons.
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Still going to the middle east just a few weeks later should give a similar start to the season without having to endure the long travel or jet lag. Or even staying at Mallorca is not really a bad option.
 
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Salvarani

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ingsve said:
Still going to the middle east just a few weeks later should give a similar start to the season without having to endure the long travel or jet lag. Or even staying at Mallorca is not really a bad option.
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Both Pithie and Narvaez did their nationals after as well.

They still have a few weeks before opening weekend.

Starting a couple of weeks earlier and having a couple of weeks to get back again and do some training in between, doesnt seem to bad to me. You have more time actually. Rather than going middle east and then having less than week before classics is underway.

Plus the racing and travel to Australia is more fun I think, rather than the long roads and deserts in the middle east.

Mallorca depends on the weather. Slippery roads. Very twisty as well.

All in all, no matter what race you start with... a good start is a good start as I said. Wasnt tryna say any race is better than the other.
 
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Anderis said:
EF have so many riders who could potentially thrive in a race like Tour Down Under and they send this...

I guess at least Nerukar could do well but otherwise the roster looks like they're just trying to be at the start line without comitting too much.
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And Nerukar didn't do well. We haven't even had the queen stage, yet and already no EF riders under a minute of GC lead. Doesn't look like they're gonna come anywhere close to a stage win either with this roster. Predictably mediocre.
 
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Anderis said:
And Nerukar didn't do well. We haven't even had the queen stage, yet and already no EF riders under a minute of GC lead. Doesn't look like they're gonna come anywhere close to a stage win either with this roster. Predictably mediocre.
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Stage three they had several riders at the front as the peloton was approaching key moments, like they were planning to be in the mix at the end. But then were suddenly nowhere to be seen.
 
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