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What is with him?? He can't handle the level in Europe? I was very hopeful for him when he came here... 
Ryo Hazuki said:I hope so but his itt has also been quite bad in last 2 years. I just wondered what happened. I think he said about last year that he was a little disapointed but wanted to improve this year only I haven't seen it, he may've been even worse than last year?
TRDean said:He did say that and I agree with you he is not riding up to his standards. His tt has been poor at best. It appears that his worlds result a couple years ago was a one off event. I love Svein, and want him to show better...but it does appear that isn't going to happen...prove me wrong Svein!
Libertine Seguros said:Though it's 2.1, 2nd at the Jayco Herald Sun Tour is not a big achievement for a ProTour rider these days. A few years ago quite a few major teams rode, but last year's had the following entry list:
TRDean said:He did say that and I agree with you he is not riding up to his standards. His tt has been poor at best. It appears that his worlds result a couple years ago was a one off event. I love Svein, and want him to show better...but it does appear that isn't going to happen...prove me wrong Svein!
shouldawouldacoulda said:So GRM have been using him as a workhorse. They don't want him in breaks, they want him to ride Tempo on the front for 80-100k. He's quite good at that.
131313 said:Maybe he needs to "accidentally" end up in the break more often, all Ryder-style!
"dude, I was just covering and ended up there! I didn't even roll through for the first 40k's..."