Some around here are secretly hoping for another Pegasus debacle... I can't see it happening. Sure, some of the riders are closer to the end of their careers than the start, but McEwan, Cooke, Gerrans, O'Grady guarantee exposure in the Oz media, sponsors tend to like that. Cooke and Gerrans only have to have some luck to be up there in a spring classic or two next year. If they sign a Goss or Howard, then great, but even if they don't, I'd also guarantee that the team will evolve to a vastly different beast as these older riders retire and are replaced, younger riders mature (Bobridge, Meyers) and the team goals change, as dare I say it the Sky and Garmins of this world have changed their goals since inception.