Teams & Riders Søren Kragh Andersen AKA "Mr. Andersen"

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tobydawq

tobydawq

Nov 16, 2013
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Yeah, a downright fantastic performance from him. He really put Pogacar, Van Aert and Van der Poel in the hurt locker at the top of the Poggio. Who else can ever have claimed to have done that to those three at the same time?
 
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Samamba

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tobydawq said:
Soo, apparently he will not be selected for the Tour with the start in Denmark and he will not extend his contract with the team after this year.

I'm not his biggest fan but that is just cruel. And stupid.
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I genuinly hate teams who do that. I get that you might chose someone who's staying over someone who's leaving if they're both at the same level, but SK Andersen is one of the only DSM riders that's actually decent. And then indeed, just when the Tour starts in Denmark. Horrible team. Hope they completely fail the next few months and all the other teams miracously get enough points to get them relegated.
 
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yaco

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DSM will not be the first team or the last team to pull this stunt - Kragh Andersen has been with the team for the seven years so it is time for a change.
 
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The press release from DSM is beyond arrogant. "We have seen in the past how important it is to have a fully committed team for the biggest goals. The team we have selected are motivated to go all towards the same goal."

Come on, SKA has been sacrificing himself for Matthews, Benoot, Degenkolb and even Cees Bol.
 
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Bolder

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I agree that it's a really bad look, but we don't know how the split went down. I would have hoped that whatever each side's feelings toward the other were, that they could have presented a united front in public, bc as noted this would have been great publicity for DSM and a great way for SKA to finish his career there. Then again, if the guy's not going to be on the team, why not give another rider who will be a chance to ride the Tour?

I'm not Danish so I don't follow the ins and outs of SKA's career but he often seemed to be in the mix even if didn't win much. And he had a semi-legendary 2020 Tour with the rest of Sunweb.
 
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postmanhat

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Didn't he leave the TDS due to Covid? Might his omission be due to that? If not, then it's a pretty horrible decision.

Wonder if it's too late for him to ride the nationals now?
 
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Bolder said:
I agree that it's a really bad look, but we don't know how the split went down. I would have hoped that whatever each side's feelings toward the other were, that they could have presented a united front in public, bc as noted this would have been great publicity for DSM and a great way for SKA to finish his career there. Then again, if the guy's not going to be on the team, why not give another rider who will be a chance to ride the Tour?

I'm not Danish so I don't follow the ins and outs of SKA's career but he often seemed to be in the mix even if didn't win much. And he had a semi-legendary 2020 Tour with the rest of Sunweb.
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It is very difficult to argue that Hamilton and Tusveld are better candidates and SKA has been on the team 7 years, one of the best riders in the spring and it starts in Denmark. I an Danish and very biased, but there is no way you can defend this decision considering the rest of the riders. He has said he is completely free of covid (Leknessund caught it a week later) and you couldn't find a more motivated rider on the team, so there: "We have seen in the past how important it is to have a fully committed team for the biggest goals. The team we have selected are motivated to go all towards the same goal." makes it even worse.

If they just were honest and said: "The second a rider doesn't extend his contract with us, he is air to us, even after 7 years. They are a joke...
 
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Didinho said:
Read somewhere that he was in contact with Alpecin. Would love to see this
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I think that would be a perfect fit for both parts, really.

Alpecin would gain a very strong co-leader to VdP for the classics (and the kind of rider he's been missing, tbh, either to send in the attack or to close gaps in the end in something like MSR) and SKA would had the chance to be the main rider of the team either in some of the classics VDP wouldn't start (like the Ardennes, for example) or even in 1-week stage races for which the team don't have any kind of similar rider).
 
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Kazistuta

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DSM continues to handle riders leaving poorly... From a marketing and sporting perspective it's a major own goal. Surely SKA will open a treasure chest of bad feelings somewhere in the future.
 
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tobydawq

tobydawq

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So, he will forfeit the World Championships in two weeks' time because of saddle sores, yet he is set to line up in Québec tomorrow.

Hmmm... What is happening?
 
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Samu Cuenca

Samu Cuenca

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tobydawq said:
So, he will forfeit the World Championships in two weeks' time because of saddle sores, yet he is set to line up in Québec tomorrow.

Hmmm... What is happening?
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Maybe they're giving him a particular rough saddle for that race, so he knows he won't be able to compete afterwards?

But I can't really see why he would be following their instructions at this point.
 
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