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Lotto looking for a sprinter next year

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If they want a good sprinter, surely Andre Griepel must be near the top of the list given that he's pretty quick and almost certainly sick of playing second fiddle to Cavendish.
 
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Was wondering if Greipel has ridden many classics. He had a 3rd place in Nokere Koerse and won the Kampionenschaap van Vlaanderen (unsure if that contains cobbles) in 2008. Might they want more of a classics guy/sprinter? A la... well, Tom Boonen!
 
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If I were Lotto I'd go after Modolo. If you can get a 4th place at Sanremo at that age you have a bright future ahead of you.
Maybe they will try to get Steegmans back.
 
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Maybe one of the sprinters will want off Sky next year. There's a fair amount of competition there.

Having said that, looks like Chris Sutton is the one that fits that bill, and I don't know if he would bring the desired results (or leave Sky, with the family connection).

How about Farrar? Stays in Belgium, has expressed a desire to ride more classics, fast enough to be an improvement to Roelandts/Van Avermaet. He's an important personality in Garmin, though.
 
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taiwan said:
Maybe one of the sprinters will want off Sky next year. There's a fair amount of competition there.

Having said that, looks like Chris Sutton is the one that fits that bill, and I don't know if he would bring the desired results (or leave Sky, with the family connection).

How about Farrar? Stays in Belgium, has expressed a desire to ride more classics, fast enough to be an improvement to Roelandts/Van Avermaet. He's an important personality in Garmin, though.

Theo "throw to Daryl" Bos.
 
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Theo "throw to Daryl" Bos.

I thought he was Theo 'Eat fence Daryl' Bos:D

But anyway, they should definitely go after Greipel. IMO easily second best sprinter in the world, possibly atm is actually the best with Chav on such shithouse form. i would really like to say Cav v Greipel, would actually make sprints interesting again.

I like the Steegemans idea. He would be back on a team that would actually take him to the TdF, instead of just some second-rate wins against amateurs or in small pro races.