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ingsve said:Well, it's hard to tell from his palmares since most races he has won have been in Africa but he did finish 6th in Tour de l'Avenir so he can certainly defend himself in climbs. He's perhaps not a climber per se but he seems to handle more than just the flats. And he's also not terrible at ITTs it seems, no specialist by any means but also not terrible like Rodrigues for example.
gerrans for the win said:bit of a worry no GC riders have been linked to GE.... but those 3 are almost the best young kids coming through the ranks outside of tanner...
hope they don't bother about LLoyd... he will trick them into thinking he can ride for GC an top 10
I am 85% dure Matt will go to GreenEdge. He seems a logical choice for that team. With him and meyer, the points qualification to get into the World Tour will be no problem.AussieGoddess said:Is a good start.
I do hope they get Matt Goss, and I also hope that Renshaw comes too. There is room for both without Renshaw conceding all to lead out Goss.
gerrans for the win said:bit of a worry no GC riders have been linked to GE.... but those 3 are almost the best young kids coming through the ranks outside of tanner...
hope they don't bother about LLoyd... he will trick them into thinking he can ride for GC an top 10
Originally Posted by gerrans for the win
bit of a worry no GC riders have been linked to GE.... but those 3 are almost the best young kids coming through the ranks outside of tanner...
hope they don't bother about LLoyd... he will trick them into thinking he can ride for GC an top 10
so whats the word on haussler anyone? does his contract end this year?
Agreed, If all the rumours are true about who is coming to green edge then there will be lots of sprinters in that team.ingsve said:There will always be too many sprinters on any aussie team since 70% of all top cyclists produced from australia have been some type of sprinter.
My guess is that GE will look fairly similar to HTC which was a team that had lots and lots of sprinter type riders but at the same time a lot of them were forged into other roles. Remember for example that Eisel started out as a sprinter on Française des Jeux but has become part of the leadout/cobbles in later years. I'm sure you'll see the same thing at GE.
auscyclefan94 said:I am 85% dure Matt will go to GreenEdge. He seems a logical choice for that team. With him and meyer, the points qualification to get into the World Tour will be no problem.
^^^^^^^ Thisauscyclefan94 said:i hope they don't put too much emphasis on Davis and Mcewen. Those guys are too unreliable (especially davis)and Davis is known to be lazy.
^^^^^^ And thatAussieGoddess said:I do hope they get Matt Goss, and I also hope that Renshaw comes too. There is room for both without Renshaw conceding all to lead out Goss.
hatcher said:How would your average Aussie respond to Cav leading the team?
abbaskip said:I think cycling Aussies would prefer to see Goss given a shot, BUT I also think they would love the idea of a successful Aussie team, which Cav would bring. And as loads of young Aussies are from a track background, and sprinter mould, Cav could be a great inspiration for them.
So he wouldn't be a bad signing.
If Cav + Renshaw went to GreenEdge, and they missed out on Goss, I would be ok with it.
Goss + Renshaw would be perfect, but I'd prefer Cav + Renshaw to JUST Goss.
Andy99 said:I can see this happening. Goss, Renshaw, Cav.
If the money us there, I reckon there is more chance of this than Cav to sky.
It would be a strange juxtaposition to enjoy an 'aussie' win.