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His domestique work for Froome and G in the past couple of Tours has definitely been eye-catching, but using a former World Champ and multiple classic winner in that role just feels like a waste. The guys he competes with for those classics (Sagan, Alaf, Valverde, GVA, Matthews, Yates, etc etc) all get to wear numbers ending in 1 for 3 weeks. Even at last year’s Vuelta when he was considered a potential winner by some, he wore 145 with de la Cruz as Sky’s “official” leader.
None at a Grand Tour. The guy could win the green/ciclamino jersey at the Vuelta or Giro, if he went there with the freedom to try and win intermediate stages and contest sprints. And if he had stayed at Quickstep, or a similar classics-focused team, he could well have done that by now.MatParker117 said:Salvarani said:Valv.Piti said:Think he is wasting his prime in TdF as a dom. Imagine the guy just stagehunting, he could win lots and different stages. Fortunately he was bad this year, I think he has been Sky's best domestique over a long period of time due to his incredible versaility. Ineos must pay him well!
His career really feels like a waste. Could have been and won so much more riding as a leader, and not just in a couple of races every year. The money for sure was good I guess, but not really leaving much of big mark behind him. Won a couple of big races, then just being an integral part of the Sky/Ineos-train. I wonder if he will regret that later or start to. If he is burnout now. He will be 30 next year. Maybe (probably?) he has had his peak as a rider.
He has sixteen wins since joining Ineos.
His domestique work for Froome and G in the past couple of Tours has definitely been eye-catching, but using a former World Champ and multiple classic winner in that role just feels like a waste. The guys he competes with for those classics (Sagan, Alaf, Valverde, GVA, Matthews, Yates, etc etc) all get to wear numbers ending in 1 for 3 weeks. Even at last year’s Vuelta when he was considered a potential winner by some, he wore 145 with de la Cruz as Sky’s “official” leader.