UAE had a bit of bad luck (De La Cruz and Formolo crashed) and made a bad choice (bringing Aru to the Tour). They could have picked Conti instead of Aru, who has shown that he's able to finish top 15 on the gc in the Dauphine and TdS , he was even working as a domestique in the former.
Things do look better for the next years, McNulty will ride his first gt with the Giro and Dombrowski could play a Poels role (grupetto on most of the stages and up with the best in the high mountains), not to mention that Ardila has tons of potential. No idea about Covi, he could be one of those guys who has raced with Colpack for too long...
With CCC folding as a WT team they should throw some of the money that they have at Hirt, with Aru leaving there should be more than enough money to get 1 or 2 climbing superdomestiques.
Things do look better for the next years, McNulty will ride his first gt with the Giro and Dombrowski could play a Poels role (grupetto on most of the stages and up with the best in the high mountains), not to mention that Ardila has tons of potential. No idea about Covi, he could be one of those guys who has raced with Colpack for too long...
With CCC folding as a WT team they should throw some of the money that they have at Hirt, with Aru leaving there should be more than enough money to get 1 or 2 climbing superdomestiques.