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It's an interesting discussion but I can't think of other names - Can someone help us.
greenedge said:yaco said:greenedge said:Hmmm I disagree to the extent that he wasn't always racing under an Australian licence, so don't think that statement is true. Also for all bar the years of 2012 (when Gerrans had won MSR that year) I don't think he deserved leadership status other riders such as Gerrans, Goss or Matthews.
Haussler has rarely prepared himself like a true pro should in his career, and he should have done much better - My post is referring to life as a pro for a trade team - Note that Haussler was born in Australia and lived there until he was 14 - He moved to Germany to develop his cycling and had dual citizenship of both Australia and Germany - He raced under German nationality in the junior and under 23's but then chose to ride as an Australian national as a senior which meant he renounced his German citizenship. To classify him as a non-Australian is wrong
I know he's an Aussie, but just don't think labelling him as the biggest wasted talent in Australia is correct when for a few worlds he didn't ride for Australia (not going into the notion of wasted talent because I don't know enough). Surely there's others who can be labelled as wasted talents too in Australia who more readily spring to mind.
It's an interesting discussion but I can't think of other names - Can someone help us.