Now for something else. Does anybody have an idea what will happen to Hodeg? I'm sure he won't get a new contract at Quickstep, but what could be the options?
In Andalucia it seemed he had the speed, but was again afraid to get involved. He only really started his sprint when his way was free. If he has some serious issues with that, that makes bunch sprints damn hard... (I wonder if Jakobsen's crash had some mental impact on him in addition. He's never been good at positioning, but this looks worse.)
Now, what can he do? He clearly can't be a lead-out. Best for him would be a team with a fully dedicated train, my dream would be ISN.

I think if they worked as unquestioning for him as they do for Greipel, that should work well.
But if he doesn't get any results this season such a contract will be hard to get. What other options do you see? (If you say none I will put you on ignore.

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