Team Ineos Discussion thread

[silvergrenade]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

Luke Rowe was training in Isola2000 and on the cobbles with Castroviejo and Bernal.

so maybe he takes Van Baarle´s place?

Him taking someone's place would mean it wasn't his in the first place.

 

[rick james]

Rowe is the road captain so I’d say he was always in.......if he is actually In the squad :razz:

 

[Robert5091]

The lineup is crazy strong for TTT.

Sky's main aim for week 1, me thinks. Nice buffer before the cobbles and when it gets lumpy.

 

[pastronef]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

Luke Rowe was training in Isola2000 and on the cobbles with Castroviejo and Bernal.

so maybe he takes Van Baarle´s place?

Him taking someone's place would mean it wasn't his in the first place.

Rowe´s recovery went better than expected, the plan wasnt the Tour though. let´s see how it goes.

 

[skippo12]

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Rowe is the road captain so I’d say he was always in.......if he is actually In the squad :razz:

This...Sky always takes Knees or Rowe. They are Froomes bodyguards and work horses for the first half of the stage. Knees did the Giro...so Rowe will do the Tour. No reason for them to try something new.

 

[dacooley]

I remember froome saying rowe has a bestial flair of a possible mass crash and knows how to lead out really safely on flats at some interview. probably, that's the argument why he's so welcomed.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

Giro squad was announced just one week before start of the race. So maybe today everything will be clear.. maybe on Monday..

 

[pastronef]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

La Gazzetta prints Sky's Tour team: Froome, Poels, Thomas, Moscon, Kwiatkowski, Rowe, Castroviejo & Bernal with Puccio on standby as a sub

 

[Tim Booth]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

dutch lad confirms he is not starting
http://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/371777/dylan-van-baarle-niet-naar-tour-de-france-ontzettend-balen.html

 

[silvergrenade]

Just heard ASO moving against Froome...
Not good.

 

[Robert5091]

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Just heard ASO moving against Froome...
Not good.

Gee must be having mixed feelings.

 

[Vasilis]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

dutch lad confirms he is not starting
http://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/371777/dylan-van-baarle-niet-naar-tour-de-france-ontzettend-balen.html

What the hell :surprised: He's been super strong, it's crazy they (presumably) take Rowe over him.

 

[Vasilis]

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Just heard ASO moving against Froome...
Not good.

I thought Prudhomme specifically said that they wouldn't.

 

[tobydawq]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

dutch lad confirms he is not starting
http://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/371777/dylan-van-baarle-niet-naar-tour-de-france-ontzettend-balen.html

What the hell :surprised: He's been super strong, it's crazy they (presumably) take Rowe over him.

Rowe can do things we don't see on the screen. He was capitaine de route at 24 years of age. They are not not taking him.

 

[dercuforever]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

This looks good for my 200/1 bet on Wout Poels.
Even if Froome can not participate, Sky roster is still sooo stacked.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Just heard ASO moving against Froome...
Not good.

I thought Prudhomme specifically said that they wouldn't.

Smokescreen

 

[DNP-Old]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

dutch lad confirms he is not starting
http://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/371777/dylan-van-baarle-niet-naar-tour-de-france-ontzettend-balen.html

What the hell :surprised: He's been super strong, it's crazy they (presumably) take Rowe over him.

Van Baarle may be the better rider, but Rowe is the better helper. Since we're talking about an eight and last spot here, and not the role of leader, I took would take Rowe over Van Baarle in a heartbeat. Rowe has won races for Sky by simply putting his leader in his back pocket. Think of Henao winning Paris-Nice last year. Van Baarle is yet to do something like that. Rowe would also be vital in a potential echelon stage.

 

[Vasilis]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

dutch lad confirms he is not starting
http://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/371777/dylan-van-baarle-niet-naar-tour-de-france-ontzettend-balen.html

What the hell :surprised: He's been super strong, it's crazy they (presumably) take Rowe over him.

Van Baarle may be the better rider, but Rowe is the better helper. Since we're talking about an eight and last spot here, and not the role of leader, I took would take Rowe over Van Baarle in a heartbeat. Rowe has won races for Sky by simply putting his leader in his back pocket. Think of Henao winning Paris-Nice last year. Van Baarle is yet to do something like that. Rowe would also be vital in a potential echelon stage.

Well Van Baarle hasn't had the opportunity to the job that Rowe has done in the past regardless of whtether he can. In an echelon stage I think Van Baarle can do exactly the same job that Rowe would be doing. And Van Baarle doesn't even seem to be a reserve...

 

[Escarabajo]

Froome not starting. They can take Van Baarle if they want to now.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

Let's wait till Wednesday.

 

[pastronef]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

Gazzetta said Puccio is a reserve. let´s hope Van Baarle is in the reserves too. would be nice to see him race if Froome doesnt start. important man for the TTT and cobbles

 

[Rollthedice]

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Froome not starting. They can take Van Baarle if they want to now.

Michelle says he'll start. The delay in announcing the team is probably because they want to register a bodyguard as the eight rider.

 

[pastronef]

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Froome not starting. They can take Van Baarle if they want to now.

Michelle says he'll start. The delay in announcing the team is probably because they want to register a bodyguard as the eight rider.

thay already have: Moscon

 

[bambino]

Re: Team Sky Discussion thread

dutch lad confirms he is not starting
http://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/371777/dylan-van-baarle-niet-naar-tour-de-france-ontzettend-balen.html

What the hell :surprised: He's been super strong, it's crazy they (presumably) take Rowe over him.

Van Baarle may be the better rider, but Rowe is the better helper. Since we're talking about an eight and last spot here, and not the role of leader, I took would take Rowe over Van Baarle in a heartbeat. Rowe has won races for Sky by simply putting his leader in his back pocket. Think of Henao winning Paris-Nice last year. Van Baarle is yet to do something like that. Rowe would also be vital in a potential echelon stage.

Well Van Baarle hasn't had the opportunity to the job that Rowe has done in the past regardless of whtether he can. In an echelon stage I think Van Baarle can do exactly the same job that Rowe would be doing. And Van Baarle doesn't even seem to be a reserve...

Selecting riders for important races is more than just looking their capabilities and the captain aiming for the win has lot to say as well. Rowe has been important liutenant for Froome in 3 last Tdf's thus is not going to be the first one CF replaces.

Look at Bahrain, there are potentially more capable riders for the job of 40y old Pellizzotti, but Nibali still wants spesifically that guy next to him in the starting line.

 

[Nirvana]

Pellizotti is underrated in this forum, he was fifth on the Angliru last year literally taking Nibali to the line, the only one in the team that could do something similar is Pozzovivo.
He's not only his lieutenant but also his last man on the mountains.