Team Ineos Discussion thread

[Oliwright]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

New jersey for Sky at the tour is interesting!

I like the idea of a change!

 

[yaco]

Re: Re:

Viviani must be frustrated right now.

Could have saved Sky's Giro.

Doubt Viviani will stay with Sky, unless he is guaranteed one GT each year.

Contracted through 2018.

Ah - Hope they give him a decent schedule - There is no reason why he shouldn't ride one GC each year - He's likely to win a stage.

 

[del1962]

I guess the problem last year was Viviani got out of time limit at last years Giro, a GC focused team cannot afford that

 

[Oliwright]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

Sky's Tour Team 2017.

I love speculating about this and it's going to be interesting to see how it ends up, but for sure it will be very similar to 2016 and very strong again.

Sky Tour Team (guaranteed people)
1 Froome
2 Poels
3 Quiatkowski
4 Stannard
5 Rowe
6 Henao
7 Thomas

Other potential riders:
Kiri, Landa, Moscon, Nieve

Landa was pretty useless at last year's tour so I think he might skip it and target the Vuelta.
Moscon has been great this year, but with the racism issue, he will miss the Dauphine and Tour de Suisse.
I fully expect Nieve to go.
Kiri could go, he was good after the giro last year.

So I'd expect Nieve and Kiri.

 

[rick james]

Froome
Poels
Henao
Kwiatkowsk
Thomas
The King In The North
Knees
Rowe
Stannard

 

[pastronef]

Re:

Froome
Poels
Henao
Kwiatkowsk
Thomas
The King In The North
Knees
Rowe
Stannard

Riders in Tenerife now:

Froome Nieve Stan Rowe Knees Kwiato Poels

add Thomas and Henao

 

[Oliwright]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

Knees hasn't done the Tour since 2012 so I really doubt he's anything more than a reserve.

 

[May0maniac]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

Knees hasn't done the Tour since 2012 so I really doubt he's anything more than a reserve.

Yes, he was one of Bradley's boys, maybe that's one of the reasons why he's not part of Froome's team.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Im almost positive that Nieve will make the Tour and Vuelta squad.

 

[therealthing]

Froome
Poels
Thomas
Nieve
Henao
Kwiatkowski
Stannard
Rowe
Knees or Boswell.

 

[Poursuivant]

Is Poels still going to lead at TDS, Or is he still unavailable?

 

[Pricey_sky]

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Is Poels still going to lead at TDS, Or is he still unavailable?

Been at the latest Tenerife camp which finished yesterday so I'm sure he will race one of Dauphine or Suisse

 

[Red Rick]

Poels leading Suisse would be a very nice touch. He'd get to lead a decent race while prepping for his main duties this year.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I know its very bad mannered, but I hope Poels doesn't recover properly for whatever happened his problems are until after the Tour. Thats a ride that really, really can kill a race

 

[Billie]

Poels is so overrated. People were actually claiming he was the 2nd best rider in le Tour last July

 

[Pricey_sky]

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Poels is so overrated. People were actually claiming he was the 2nd best rider in le Tour last July

As a GT leader I agree, however he will be one of the strongest if not the strongest mountain doms in the Tour if he's recovered from his injuries, as he was last July.

 

[Billie]

Re: Re:

Poels is so overrated. People were actually claiming he was the 2nd best rider in le Tour last July

As a GT leader I agree, however he will be one of the strongest if not the strongest mountain doms in the Tour if he's recovered from his injuries, as he was last July.

He was one of the strongest in the mountains on only 2 or 3 days.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Re: Re:

Poels is so overrated. People were actually claiming he was the 2nd best rider in le Tour last July

As a GT leader I agree, however he will be one of the strongest if not the strongest mountain doms in the Tour if he's recovered from his injuries, as he was last July.

He was one of the strongest in the mountains on only 2 or 3 days.

But that's all Sky needs off him. If he's up there with the handful of GC riders on the 3/4 key mountain days Froome will be in a very strong position. He isn't needed for the flat/hilly days.

 

[silvergrenade]

Stage 12, Stage 15, Stage 17, Stage 19, Stage 20.
He was arguably the best domestique in all these 5 stages and arguably stronger than many GC rivals if we take these stages individually. Only MTF where he wasnt a part of was Andorra-Arcalis.

 

[Singer01]

While looking back on the Giro i ponder what the reaction would have been if Thomas and Landa hadn't crashed and had been in the Quintana/Nibali role on the sh1tgate stage. I imagine the hive mind would have reacted slightly differently.

 

[Nirvana]

Landa interviewed by Rai at the question "Do you ride the Vuelta?" said that he doesn't know because he could ride the Tour.

 

[offbyone]

Thomas quitting after a setback really disappointed me. He could have used the experience. It is absurd to think that you should win or compete for the podium the first time you try for GC in a grand tour. Weak.

 

[spalco]

It wasn't a "setback", he was hurt. Did you see the crash? Did you see what he looked like afterwards?

 

[offbyone]

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It wasn't a "setback", he was hurt. Did you see the crash? Did you see what he looked like afterwards?

I know he was banged up, but I saw him take 2nd in the time trial the next day. How hurt could he have been?

 

[rick james]

Re: Re:

It wasn't a "setback", he was hurt. Did you see the crash? Did you see what he looked like afterwards?

I know he was banged up, but I saw him take 2nd in the time trial the next day. How hurt could he have been?

he went all out to try and win that stage then suffered big time for the next stage