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Yeah, Castroviejo is the key piece that has been lost. With him, the TT level could've been more or less sustained with the progression of youngsters and 1-2 signings.
Valv.Piti said:Yeah, the loss of motors are quite frightening in that aspect. While Olivera and Sutterlin are good motors, they are really not in the class of Castroviejo, Malori, izagirre etc. That team they send to the 2015 was pretty awesome in that aspect, they were super close to the win. Dowsett hadn't made the team anyways with 8 guys. Theoretically, they could include Soler and Amador, Erviti and the 3 captains along with Oli and Sutterlin which would make for a very good TTT-team. But I doubt both Amador and Soler are going to ride - Amador is riding the Giro and Soler I have no clue about. Bennati is most likely riding, and then you have guys like Rojas, Rosón and Anacona who all also are good enough to be taken into consideration. I would be surprised if a rider I hadn't mentioned here would be selected.
Yeah, Castroviejo is the key piece that has been lost. With him, the TT level could've been more or less sustained with the progression of youngsters and 1-2 signings.