He wanted to apparently, but was Ineos'd. More drama.
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He wanted to apparently, but was Ineos'd. More drama.
Pidcock recently said something about the situation in the team making it more difficult for him to perform. I think this is the effect, probably it's the team's decision.
Yup, team decision. Politics. Maybe a hint about how their relationship is atm -> not good.
he's raced in a number of events since and even since the q36 rumour came out. Seems pretty petty and unprofesional of the team to do it now in what will likely be his last race for the team. It's not like they need a result is it? rumour he's been fired, but agent says no reason given for deselection. The final nail in the coffin for an awful team.
Upside to Radcliffe trashing British sporting institutions (sans sailing, apparently) is that at least he's doing the decent thing and taking United with him.
NEOS Grenadiers would be happy to let Tom Pidcock go according to Dutch experts: "In the Tour de France, the first thing he said was that he would not ride for anyone"
INEOS Grenadiers would be happy to let Tom Pidcock go according to Dutch experts: "In the Tour de France, the first thing he said was that he would not ride for anyone"
Tom Pidcock has become quite a divisive figure in th
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He's already started doing that at Manchester United. Making everyone go back in the office. A lad who went to uni with my sister was part of their Graphics team. He worked remotely and did even pre Covid. He's been told he's got to into the office despite living in Yorkshire. He's told them no as his contract says he can work at home. Sir Brexit said nope, that's wrong he's in. So he handed in his notice and got a job at Chelsea earning more LOL.
Yeah it was an obvious attempt to force as many out without paying severance that one. I'm sure getting rid of half the backroom staff will look good on Jim's balance sheet but he's already knocking down fences without knowing why they were put up in the first place, recipe for disaster. Not sure Ineos are long for cycling given they are only handing out 2 year contracts at the moment, perhaps Vino and the Chinese will be in the market for a WT licence soon enough.
Clear why pidcock was not included, they simply can't fit him in this superteam
View: https://x.com/INEOSGrenadiers/status/1844785076048961945?t=guNp0O6CngQMB__fmJQhpw&s=19
View: https://x.com/INEOSGrenadiers/status/1844785076048961945?t=guNp0O6CngQMB__fmJQhpw&s=19
Ethan Hayter's about to pull one out of the bag after we've spent the last year laughing at his positioning and his general disinterest in random one-weekers.
It's one of the things I'm most looking forward to next year, the Lefevere angry interview potential when he gets a look at this guy is off the charts. It's about the funniest team he could've gone to.
I think tomorrow is too hard to call. I'm not sure if it's going to be fun. Maybe if we could get an ace reporter with the depth of understanding of Ron Burgundy, it could be fun. Either @SafeBet or @Ilmaestro99 would fit the bill. Not sure if either is going to be at the race but if so it would be fun going over to our man on the ground.
Legendary climbers Ben Swift and Ben Turner?? This team is not only bad, it also doesn‘t fit a parcours with a decisive 30 minute climb.
Maybe this guy will be lurking somewhere around the course. He may fit the description of an Italian Ron Burgundy.
I'll be at the start for some interviews but not on the route unfortunately.
I'll let you know if anything interesting is said at the start.
It will be quite interesting to find out who will have to work for UAE. It will probably be Fisher-Black or Sivakov, but it will be interesting to find out what Hirschi‘s role is, maybe launching the Pogster. In total, it‘s just interesting that they don‘t have anybody who often grinds out kilometers at the front of the peloton, but that‘s the consequence of buying all the top riders: You have to give them big races.
OTOH a break with a 5 minute advantage could make it interesting
You made me wonder whether I came up with that nickname. Turns out I only resurrected it:
I don't think I'd read your post from last year, when I started calling him the Pogster @Ripper
Strange...
LOL! I am sure I regurgitated it from somewhere
What's old is new
Enjoy! Will be glad to hear any tidbits you pick up at the start.
Ben Healy needs to, as Sean Kelly would say, "keep his powder dry", but that's hard to do when you don't know when Pog will attack and explode the race.
No sympathy for Pidcock. Ineos aint getting their worth with all the focus on everything else than road racing
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