Surprising that a ride rof this caibre can't even pick up a Pro team contract.
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Excluding TTTs, his last top-10 came in a stage of the 2021 (!!) Vuelta. And it's not like Astana had a bunch of riders to slave away for these past two years. Maybe HPH would have thrown him a lifeline had they not folded, but without that, it was obvious no team wouldn't think his time had simply come and gone.Surprising that a ride rof this claibre can't even pick up a Pro team contract.
Excluding TTTs, his last top-10 came in a stage of the 2021 (!!) Vuelta. And it's not like Astana had a bunch of riders to slave away for these past two years. Maybe HPH would have thrown him a lifeline had they not folded, but without that, it was obvious no team wouldn't think his time had simply come and gone.
The Giro stage win is almost three years ago at this point, that's a long time in sport. Heck, Vingegaard hadn't so much as started a Tour at that point, and look where we are now.And he won a stage of the Giro in 2021 - Not every rider can be a winner and can fill a role for the team. There are some worst riders in the WT and its surprising he could not find a job with a pro team.
Maybe that wouldn't pay enough to cover living expenses for his family. Better to devote the time to finding another job.Surprising that a ride rof this caibre can't even pick up a Pro team contract.
Thanks for posting that, nice letter from him.Nice post about his decision here:
View: https://twitter.com/JoeDombro/status/1749844435066614240
From the tenor of his retirement announcement it sounds like he’s already been trying to build a life beyond being a pro, which Ihope is true.Maybe that wouldn't pay enough to cover living expenses for his family. Better to devote the time to finding another job.
He must've seen it coming, since it nearly happened before twice!From the tenor of his retirement announcement it sounds like he’s already been trying to build a life beyond being a pro, which Ihope is true.
there's an endless interview with Dombro on Escape Collective now, talking about his career, retirement and possible future:
Yes.He must've seen it coming, since it nearly happened before twice!
I remember seeing him up towards Lagos de Covadonga in 2016 and thinking exactly the same!Yes.
I think he's one of those riders who could have benefited from a few more kg of muscles. He always looked really frail.
Yeah, that sums it up pretty perfectly.The only race he finished in top50 this year was Tour of the Alps. Astana didn't have any big leaders in races that Dombrowski rode so he was basically free to ride for his own if he had the form but he didn't deliver anything. I think only one breakaway of note, 0 top20 stage finishes other than that one breakawy and he rode a calendar perfect for his characteristics. He's not even a good domestique material because he pretty bad at descending, pulling and positioning etc. What could he offer to any pro team at this point on his 2023 level? And he's been declining for a while so 2024 could've been even worse. He's not worth anything more than a minimum salary at this point so I imagine if he didn't want to settle for that, there's no way anybody would've offered him a better contract.