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They need to bring Groenewegen, maybe if hes lucky Bouhanni will bowl a strike while he slips through and takes a stage win.
He was hailed like a champion here because: He was the best on GC of those without a previous GT win. Well isn't that *** great.Valv.Piti said:6th last year and attacking on Pierre Saint Martin, that was very impressive.
But I agree, more or less whole their squad will be a waste of peloton space by the looks of it (thank god Echoes isn't here).
I don't blame him for targeting the Tour at all, especially since they have Kruijwijk for the Giro. I don't wanna be harsh at Gesink - after what he went through he did exceptionally well last year, well beyond expectations.Red Rick said:He was hailed like a champion here because: He was the best on GC of those without a previous GT win. Well isn't that **** great.Valv.Piti said:6th last year and attacking on Pierre Saint Martin, that was very impressive.
But I agree, more or less whole their squad will be a waste of peloton space by the looks of it (thank god Echoes isn't here).
Bad news, he wasn't selected for the Olympics and the team forces him to ride for GC, his moral is probably not very high.classicomano said:And its sad that Gesink originally planned to hunt stages here but is being forced to take on GC duties as they realized Keldermonfort is a total shambles.
Yeah, he should totally go, which would be great for everyone involved. LottoNL want to fail, if they let Kruijswijk go, they surely get to failDekker_Tifosi said:They will probably lose Kruijswijk as well. Kruijswijks manager says he is open to other teams and is on the radar of a lot more teams since the previous Giro. He could earn as much as 2 million a year. I don't think Lotto can afford that
Well, the two million is probably just a number leaked to the media to get more out of the negotiations. Can't imagine any team paying that much for Kruijswijk tbh. But if it is true, there is not much Lotto can do, 2 million would be a significant amount of their budget, at least 30-40% I would say. There is no way they'll spend that on one rider, given that they already have on of the smallest budgets of the entire worldtour.Red Rick said:Yeah, he should totally go, which would be great for everyone involved. LottoNL want to fail, if they let Kruijswijk go, they surely get to failDekker_Tifosi said:They will probably lose Kruijswijk as well. Kruijswijks manager says he is open to other teams and is on the radar of a lot more teams since the previous Giro. He could earn as much as 2 million a year. I don't think Lotto can afford that
They have a budget of 14.5 million euros. About 80% of that goes to the cyclists on their team.Domulec said:Well, the two million is probably just a number leaked to the media to get more out of the negotiations. Can't imagine any team paying that much for Kruijswijk tbh. But if it is true, there is not much Lotto can do, 2 million would be a significant amount of their budget, at least 30-40% I would say. There is no way they'll spend that on one rider, given that they already have on of the smallest budgets of the entire worldtour.Red Rick said:Yeah, he should totally go, which would be great for everyone involved. LottoNL want to fail, if they let Kruijswijk go, they surely get to failDekker_Tifosi said:They will probably lose Kruijswijk as well. Kruijswijks manager says he is open to other teams and is on the radar of a lot more teams since the previous Giro. He could earn as much as 2 million a year. I don't think Lotto can afford that
Sucks for him, but on the bright side he could show up fresh at the Vuelta and only ride the Vuelta for gc just like he wanted.CheckMyPecs said:Robert Gesink's Tour de France in doubt after crash and head trauma
http://www.teamlottojumbo.nl/cycling-news/update-robert
Hopefully LottoNL's obsession with the Tour won't make them bring a still recovering Gesink to the race.Mayomaniac said:Sucks for him, but on the bright side he could show up fresh at the Vuelta and only ride the Vuelta for gc just like he wanted.CheckMyPecs said:Robert Gesink's Tour de France in doubt after crash and head trauma
http://www.teamlottojumbo.nl/cycling-news/update-robert