Jamsque said:Even if you want to come at it from that purely selfish perspective, he is still better off keeping his mouth shut. Do you think him going to the press and complaining about not getting a ride at M-SR is going to make his DSes more likely to have the team ride for him in the future? Of course not. It is going to make them annoyed at him, and make them think that he is not a team player. It may even hurt his chances of landing a better contract next year, because teams will be wary of hiring a guy if they think he is going to rush to the nearest reporter every time a decision is made that he disagrees with.
However, the DS needs to make sure that the team wins. Do you think that in the latter stages of a race, he's going to think that Greipel complained too much after MSR and decide that he's not going to have the team work for him anymore? Or that even before the start of the race that he'll designate another sprinter that doesn't have the same kick? Regardless of what Greipel says now, I don't think that it will have much impact at all about how he is treated by the team for the rest of the year since HTC probably wants to start getting back on the winning side soon.