I'm not sure they will, either. That said, the UK deserves a WT team. I'd be happy to see a mid-budget team that featured UK/Irish riders, much like Uno-X does. They have plenty of very good riders and if not for covid and Rodriguez's shocker of a Tour (I thought he might be fighting for 3rd) you wouldn't necessarily be pessimistic about the team's fuurDavid Walsh did an article on Ineos which sums up what everyone can see in terms of their decline and hints at the owners losing interest and cutting costs, with comments from insiders such as (on Del Toro): “Do you not think we realised that?” an Ineos insider said. “We tried to recruit him but were told we didn’t have the budget and he ended up going to UAE Team Emirates.”
What's amusing is, after all the talk of not being relevant or lacking the top talents, about how the "generation change" has transformed the sport, he suggested Cav could bring back the glory days. Somehow I don't think a recently retired sprinter managing the team would turn them around but hey, there would be some fireworks.
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Personally, I'm not sure Ineos will still be around in a couple of years.
They might have to have a sit down with Pidcock after this year and ask him if he really wants to be a road rider. He has the talent but not the focus (understandable since he's so good at XC.