I would be shocked if Cofidis didn't get a wildcard for the Tour.
So the lesson we've learnt is:
Buy one big star on a paper-thin roster = leg-up to all the big races.
Buy two riders who've won 4 GTs between them = gonna have to fight for it.
I know I'll get slaughtered for this, but I wonder if things may have been different had Sastre or Menchov spoke English as their first language.
Not that it matters, as they'll probably get invites to all the GTs anyway. It's a shame for a lot of the young guns on the team though.
So the lesson we've learnt is:
Buy one big star on a paper-thin roster = leg-up to all the big races.
Buy two riders who've won 4 GTs between them = gonna have to fight for it.
I know I'll get slaughtered for this, but I wonder if things may have been different had Sastre or Menchov spoke English as their first language.
Not that it matters, as they'll probably get invites to all the GTs anyway. It's a shame for a lot of the young guns on the team though.