I don't think there's any good reason to write off Thomas. He's my favourite to win the Giro next year.So they have a big stable of top 5 contenders, but nobody who can win a grand tour (GT missed the boat, last year was his best chance)
I don't think there's any good reason to write off Thomas. He's my favourite to win the Giro next year.So they have a big stable of top 5 contenders, but nobody who can win a grand tour (GT missed the boat, last year was his best chance)
He's getting OLD.I don't think there's any good reason to write off Thomas. He's my favourite to win the Giro next year.
Valverde was 2nd in the Vuelta at 39 and he wasn't even a GT rider, people said.He's getting OLD.
But he is still their best GT rider. I think INEOS had hoped to find someone to replace him with by now, but alas.He's getting OLD.
Announcement of the Foss signing is conspicuous in its absence. Perhaps it's not going to get done. The last "news" I see about Foss signing with INEOS is from late September. With most teams full - or at least with a fully committed budget - Foss could be in a hard spot.So that’s Oscar Rodriguez confirmed for the next three years:
https://www.ineosgrenadiers.com/article/oscar-rodriguez-signs-with-the-ineos-grenadiers
Tobias Foss announced tomorrow?
Yeah, I’ve been surprised it hasn’t been announced yet but maybe next week. Ineos has made rider announcements on every day between Monday and Thursday for the last two weeks.Announcement of the Foss signing is conspicuous in its absence. Perhaps it's not going to get done. The last "news" I see about Foss signing with INEOS is from late September. With most teams full - or at least with a fully committed budget - Foss could be in a hard spot.
It'll be a shock if it's not Foss.So confirmation that Plapp is joining Jayco. One more place available for a new signing.
Froome to return to reclaim his Tour crown.
Did INEOS need a slot? I had understood they had several open places already. PCS shows 26 contracted riders without Plapp and no Wurf (about whom I've heard no rumors). INEOS has plenty of room, but unless they buy out some contracts for other riders, I don't see anything particularly tasty on the unsigned market. Very puzzling roster management.So confirmation that Plapp is joining Jayco. One more place available for a new signing.
A big Budget Cut seems Like the only reasonable explanation.Did INEOS need a slot? I had understood they had several open places already. PCS shows 26 contracted riders without Plapp and no Wurf (about whom I've heard no rumors). INEOS has plenty of room, but unless they buy out some contracts for other riders, I don't see anything particularly tasty on the unsigned market. Very puzzling roster management.
The Norwegian cycling journalist Magnus Aarre said in a podcast just a couple of days ago that Foss to Ineos is just waiting to be announced and that “everyone know he’s going there”.Announcement of the Foss signing is conspicuous in its absence. Perhaps it's not going to get done. The last "news" I see about Foss signing with INEOS is from late September. With most teams full - or at least with a fully committed budget - Foss could be in a hard spot.
Milesi would be an interesting signing. I’m expecting one or two more young riders to be signed from the U23s/Juniors as well.Did INEOS need a slot? I had understood they had several open places already. PCS shows 26 contracted riders without Plapp and no Wurf (about whom I've heard no rumors). INEOS has plenty of room, but unless they buy out some contracts for other riders, I don't see anything particularly tasty on the unsigned market. Very puzzling roster management.
I think there may be a new Pinarello TT bike coming in the next few weeks. Just a hunch but if that’s the case I wouldn’t be surprised if Foss is announced at the same time, maybe Milesi as well.The Norwegian cycling journalist Magnus Aarre said in a podcast just a couple of days ago that Foss to Ineos is just waiting to be announced and that “everyone know he’s going there”.
Normally him and Jarle Fredagsvik knows exactly what’s going to happen with the Norwegian pros, they have direct lines to them at all time it seems, so I will be extremely surprised if it doesn’t happen.
Maybe but they’ve handed out plenty of contract extensions to the likes of Bernal, Pidcock, Ganna, Carlos Rodriguez, Hayter, Turner, etc over the last two years that will have involved substantial pay rises.A big Budget Cut seems Like the only reasonable explanation.
The fact that they were in the market for Evenepoel and in the market for Roglič suggests that a budget cut has not been demanded by the Plastic Emperor, who is still getting cheap advertising for his failing Range Rover knock-off.A big Budget Cut seems Like the only reasonable explanation.
Profit and loss! This bike racing.The fact that they were in the market for Evenepoel and in the market for Roglič suggests that a budget cut has not been demanded by the Plastic Emperor, who is still getting cheap advertising for his failing Range Rover knock-off.
But with so few win bonuses to pay out they've already had a big budget cut.
Which may hint at why they've chosen to stop publishing their P&L these last two years after having been so transparent for so long. I guess you only brag about the size of your endowment when you've got the biggest endowment in the peloton![]()