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Options aren't great all I can think of is Ineos, maybe Katusha or Dimension Data.
Anderis said:
Options aren't great all I can think of is Ineos, maybe Katusha or Dimension Data.
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If Nibali is gone, they gonna have some room to fill if they dont spend it on somebody else. Like a GC guy.
They already have Colbrelli and Bauhaus though as far as sprinters go, but Bennett is better than those guys of course. At least right now.
SafeBet said:
If Nibali is gone, they gonna have some room to fill if they dont spend it on somebody else. Like a GC guy.
They already have Colbrelli and Bauhaus though as far as sprinters go, but Bennett is better than those guys of course. At least right now.
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Stage 2 Weds Tekirdağ to Eceabat 183.3km
start 10.00 CET TV from 11.50
A stage of two halves - first half up and down, second half flat until last few km with a nasty kick up to the line.
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start 10.00 CET TV from 11.50
A stage of two halves - first half up and down, second half flat until last few km with a nasty kick up to the line.
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Should be too hard for the sprinters or could Ewan and Bennett challenge for the win anyway? Maybe Ryan Gibbons too?
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Ewan won on Hatta Dam this year (see http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uae-tour-2019/stage-4/results/ ) so he's a good bet. Otherwise I would not be surprised if QS come up with a win.
Bennett is not in top condition so I doubt he will be competitive on a finish that hard. Ewan is a better bet if a sprinter manages it.
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I do not dispute that Jakobsen has so far in their careers been better than Hodeg by a margin. That’s quite obvious. What I’m surprised by is Hodeg and Jakobsen being sent to the same races rather than having entirely distinct programmes, with Jakobsen’s featuring bigger races. There are enough races for three, particularly when there is a clear hierarchy (Bora’s problem is not that they have too few races but that they have no natural hierarchy). Hodeg seems a bit young to be relegated to be given up on and relegated to support duties, but also not fast enough to alternate with Jakobsen.
As for whether Jakobsen is already faster than Viviani, I don’t think it’s clear. He might be faster, and if he isn’t, he is at least already close. What he certainly isn’t is better than Viviani. Viviani is not the fastest in raw physical terms of the top tier, but he wins the most. Jakobsen at this point gets by on raw speed and the DQS train. In two years, when he knows what he is doing, he will be terrifying.
Akuryo said:
I do not dispute that Jakobsen has so far in their careers been better than Hodeg by a margin. That’s quite obvious. What I’m surprised by is Hodeg and Jakobsen being sent to the same races rather than having entirely distinct programmes, with Jakobsen’s featuring bigger races. There are enough races for three, particularly when there is a clear hierarchy (Bora’s problem is not that they have too few races but that they have no natural hierarchy). Hodeg seems a bit young to be relegated to be given up on and relegated to support duties, but also not fast enough to alternate with Jakobsen.
As for whether Jakobsen is already faster than Viviani, I don’t think it’s clear. He might be faster, and if he isn’t, he is at least already close. What he certainly isn’t is better than Viviani. Viviani is not the fastest in raw physical terms of the top tier, but he wins the most. Jakobsen at this point gets by on raw speed and the DQS train. In two years, when he knows what he is doing, he will be terrifying.
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7 man break has 4 minutes over the peloton after 46 km -
Mauricio Moreira (Caja Rural), Lucas De Rossi (Delko), Liam Bertazzo (Neri), Emerson Oronte (Rally), Thimo Willems (Vlaanderen), Ricardo Mestre (W52) and Halil Doğan (Turkey) are today's breakaway.
Mauricio Moreira (Caja Rural), Lucas De Rossi (Delko), Liam Bertazzo (Neri), Emerson Oronte (Rally), Thimo Willems (Vlaanderen), Ricardo Mestre (W52) and Halil Doğan (Turkey) are today's breakaway.
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