Team Ineos Discussion thread

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GT confirmed for the Giro, it really is a no brainer, 70km of TT should pretty much guarantee him a podium if he can maintain last years tour form and doesn't crash out.
I have no belief that he can beat Remco or Roglic without a bit of luck, but who else would finish above him of likely starters?
Thomas has shown that he's pretty good in cold, rainy weather (if he stays on his bike), that could help him a bit in the Giro.
 
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Pretty disappointing performance in Omloop. I wonder what Ratcliffe thinks about the team having a huge budget but ultimately with no riders amongst the elite…
All they have to do is stop the Plastic Emperor finding out that Van Baarle no longer rides for them and then it's a very successful day for Little Jimmy's boys and the sponsorship money will keep on rolling in.
 
Turner out with a fractured elbow. Huge blow to Ineos’ classics team.
What's the recovery time?
Losing Turner early didn't help, but I agree the team was a bit disappointing. Most of all they just waited for other teams to make the race and were never on the attack.

It has to be said Ineos didn't start last year's classic camping particularly well either but from Harelbeke they were a lot better. Perhaps Sheffield and Kwiatkowski will peak later.
 
What's the recovery time?
Losing Turner early didn't help, but I agree the team was a bit disappointing. Most of all they just waited for other teams to make the race and were never on the attack.

It has to be said Ineos didn't start last year's classic camping particularly well either but from Harelbeke they were a lot better. Perhaps Sheffield and Kwiatkowski will peak later.

It depends on how bad it is but a fracture should be a few weeks at least, I guess.

Very unlucky timing for him.
 
Pretty disappointing performance in Omloop. I wonder what Ratcliffe thinks about the team having a huge budget but ultimately with no riders amongst the elite…
Pidcock was certainly disappointing. In a race with none of the extraterrestrials at the start you'd expect one of the more talented humans to come to the fore, but he didn't. Except for one little dig on the front I didn't really see him.
 
Pidcock was certainly disappointing. In a race with none of the extraterrestrials at the start you'd expect one of the more talented humans to come to the fore, but he didn't. Except for one little dig on the front I didn't really see him.

If this was some indication of what to come Pidcock is in for a disappointing season. Jumping the CX WC, showing some form in previous races and several of the best one day riders not attending one might assume that he should have been more visible and been able to make a mark. Any interviews with him post race?
 
Ganna, Plapp and TGH have been great this year.
Pidcock won Strade Bianche and seemed on a good roll before his concussion.
Turner won Murcia but then had a few crashes to cut his spring campaign short.

I'm a bit disappointed in their classic squad, Sheffield in particular was invisible in pretty much any one day race so far.

But stage races are the real problem: Martinez, Rodriguez, Arensman, Thomas, Tulett... all of them not performing at the expected level.
 
Ganna, Plapp and TGH have been great this year.
Pidcock won Strade Bianche and seemed on a good roll before his concussion.
Turner won Murcia but then had a few crashes to cut his spring campaign short.

I'm a bit disappointed in their classic squad, Sheffield in particular was invisible in pretty much any one day race so far.

But stage races are the real problem: Martinez, Rodriguez, Arensman, Thomas, Tulett... all of them not performing at the expected level.
Yeah, but I expect Pidcock to be up there in the Ardennes classics. The big mystery to me is Dani Martinez.