Mambo95 said:Here's Terpstra's wins in a seven year career:
2005
1st Omloop der Kempen (1.2)
2006
1st Stage 6 Tour of Normandy (2.2)
1st Stage 2 OZ Wielerweekend (2.2)
1st OZ Wielerweekend (2.2)
2009
1st Prologue Ster ZLM Toer (2.1)
1st Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
2010
1st National Road Race Champion
1st SparkassenGiro Bochum (1.1)
His highest position on CQ ranking is 118th
This is not the top class rider you're making him out to be. He's a journeyman pro.
terpstra is a good classics rider. he is not a top tier classic rider but he is decent nonetheless. he is still fairly young for a classics guy and has proven before that he is still strong after 260k of hard racing (ex: attacking a 30 man strong group in the final k, k and a half of the worlds this year.) so he is more then just a domestique, he may become one but atm he is more then just a domestique. just because some people don't know about the existence of anything other then the tour doesn't mean he isn't a good rider.
also only looking at wins doesn't show you how good a rider is. jurgen's VdB only win as a pro is a stage on this years dauphine. does that make him an average rider that should be a domestique? because last time i checked he was fifth on last years tour which by the way is a good placing but doesn't count as a win.
/rant