Overhyped? 18 Yr-Old Irish Kid 20-1 For Le Tour

[Logic-is-your-friend]

The big question is... if he leaves Ineos, can he salvage his career and win the Tour de France in his lifetime?

If there was ever a use for a ''not sure if serious'' gif, this would be it.

Good to know this thread exists though, probably overlooked due to a lack of name in the title.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

always get a weird sinking feeling when I click a resurrected old thread and see a long post from me in it, in case I said something outrageously stupid. On this occasion nothing too bad.

 

[Izzyeviel]

He's certainly one bloke who should be moving onto better things.

One of my biggest achievements on procycling manager was winning the Giro by accident with him

 

[rodanafrenteguigs]

Eddie is one of niciest guys on the peloton! Really loving the results is having

 

[rallybanana]

If there was ever a use for a ''not sure if serious'' gif, this would be it.

My post was a tongue in cheek reference to the opening post of this thread and some of the more exaggerated posts in the lesser races thread.

I'm not expecting him to win the Tour but I'm hoping his good results this year are a sign of things to come. I think this has been his first year without any World Tour races in the spring so a change of team might be a good thing.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

My post was a tongue in cheek reference to the opening post of this thread and some of the more exaggerated posts in the lesser races thread.

I'm not expecting him to win the Tour but I'm hoping his good results this year are a sign of things to come. I think this has been his first year without any World Tour races in the spring so a change of team might be a good thing.

I think he's a decent rider. But i do think he's more domestique material than teamleader, at least for the big races in a big team. Seems like a nice guy, but at Ineos alone, there are probably 10 better riders than him. If he wants to ride for himself, he should definitely leave the team, but on the other hand he could be part of a winning team as a helper as well.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Wasn't he rumoured to EF?
Or am I just fabricating things here?

 

[WKA311]

Wasn't he rumoured to EF?
Or am I just fabricating things here?

BikeExchange most likely at this point.

Transfer analysis: Can Ineos Grenadiers keep Adam Yates and Richard Carapaz?

Egan Bernal's recovery and long-term health are central to the team's strategy in the transfer market.

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[hayneplane]

He needs to move to a team where he will get the freedom to be a stage hunter in Grand Tours as stages like the Napoli one would suit him greatly.

 

[Leinster]

Yeah, as I said, he's following in the footsteps of Deignan and Roche, who didn't really get the GT starts at Sky that their palmares/form seemed to merit. Sivakov is younger, and has 6 GT starts including the current Giro.