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Team Ineos Discussion thread

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So I wasn't expecting that. No Birtish rider at all for the Tour de France team, no Geraint and no Froome. The Movistar patended "the three amigos" strategy is no more.

The Brit amigos are out of shape but if you look closely they are given another chance while Carapaz was demoted to gregario and basically stripped of any chance to double up on a Grand Tour win this year.
 
This forum will explode if G wins the Giro, Bernal wins the Tour and Froome wins the Vuelta.

More likely that none win their GT.

I don't understand Ineos's reasoning here. Carapaz looks more likely to win the Giro than Thomas at this point, so it seems Ineos is gambling that Carapaz will make the difference between Bernal's winning the Tour and not. Maybe exclusively as a dom, maybe as another card to play, maybe as a backup if Bernal falters. Gambling away a Giro win, IMO, just to improve their chances of a Tour win.

If the team really thought Thomas and Froome were good enough to win another GT, why in the world wouldn't they want their support in the Tour, extra cards to play, backup for Bernal's back? Either one could go on to the other GTs, anyway, if all they did in the Tour was dom duty.
 
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Not sure about this decision, as likely such team will lack some much needed experience. On the other hand, they likely admitted it is not just about managing the peak form differently, they are in trouble, regarding the current form. Anyway, they likely selected the riders that are in best shape ATM. From this point of view they should offer more resistance to TJV.

We'll see, Tour is just around the corner.
 

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