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Apparently they've got new helmets and wheels coming in soon, so they are working on improvements short term.Very poor ITT by the team today in Algarve, all-round.
Yeah, it seems it is going to be quite a poor season for this team.
Not sure what is expected of them but behind the first two it was fairly close so cut 15 seconds on Tratnik and Van Aert and they are 5th and 6th instead.Very poor ITT by the team today in Algarve, all-round.
I would expect to see good performances all around. Kuss was almost caught by Remco and nowhere near his good Vuelta TT. Tratnik with this shape should have been close to the podium as he is a good TT'er. Wout should have been much better. Hagenes is new to this so I didn't know what to expect and he seemed to have cracked a little after a good start.Not sure what is expected of them but behind the first two it was fairly close so cut 15 seconds on Tratnik and Van Aert and they are 5th and 6th instead.
"We shouldnt *** do nothing"
Fresh from the press: Merijn Zeeman to leave Visma, he will go to AZ.
It's not that surprising actually. Zeeman already had this role for about 10 years. In that time the team has developed from the worst to one of the best teams in the WT. And they're not going to get any better, they don't have unlimited money to spend like UAE do. So there's nothing to aim for anymore.Wow, big news. If it was yesterday (April 1st) I wouldn't have believed it.
He's basically second only to Plugge in the hierarchy & practically number one on the sporting side. He was the 'boss' so to speak of sporting decisions at Jumbo.
I always had a feeling Zeeman was very pro Roglič in Team Visma (and Plugge too). Niermann on the other hand was openly very pro Vingegaard. Maybe with Roglič leaving and team winning basically everything, some people in the team don't find it that interesting any more.It's not that surprising actually. Zeeman already had this role for about 10 years. In that time the team has developed from the worst to one of the best teams in the WT. And they're not going to get any better, they don't have unlimited money to spend like UAE do. So there's nothing to aim for anymore.
Zeeman always said that if he makes a move, it will be to a football club. He is from Alkmaar, AZ is his first love. And their general manager has just moved to Ajax (where he has already been suspended, but that's a different story).
It's not that surprising actually. Zeeman already had this role for about 10 years. In that time the team has developed from the worst to one of the best teams in the WT. And they're not going to get any better, they don't have unlimited money to spend like UAE do. So there's nothing to aim for anymore.
Zeeman always said that if he makes a move, it will be to a football club. He is from Alkmaar, AZ is his first love. And their general manager has just announced his departure.
Is the other way around, Zeeman was crearly very pro Vingegaard like Niermann, he was talking always wonders about him even before he started to show any results. Before that era, he was very pro Kruijswijk and very pro dutch in general with Groenewegen and the signing of Dumoulin.I always had a feeling Zeeman was very pro Roglič in Team Visma (and Plugge too). Niermann on the other hand was openly very pro Vingegaard. Maybe with Roglič leaving and team winning basically everything, some people in the team don't find it that interesting any more.
Haha, everyone puts their own spin on it, depending on who their favourite rider is, but in reality nobody knows who Zeeman really favours because he has never given any indication one way or the other. Yes, he is very pro-Kruijswijk, because that's one of the few riders he still coaches himself.Is the other way around, Zeeman was crearly very pro Vingegaard like Niermann, he was talking always wonders about him even before he started to show any results. Before that era, he was very pro Kruijswijk and very pro dutch in general with Groenewegen and the signing of Dumoulin.
He acting like a Primoz friend always seems quite fake to me, and during Vuelta last year and after Primoz departure this was becoming more evident.
Plugge yes, I truly believe he has so much respect for Roglic as a symbol of the team, but he was not taking most of the sporting decisions anyway.
I'm not underselling the importance, but you act like it's a massive surprise when it's really not. A coach needs a challenge, something to aim for, and other than Flanders or Roubaix they've won everything so there's not much left. Btw they did win Monuments under Zeeman's tenure, just not in the past two or three years.Maybe but let's not 'undersell' how much if a change this will be.
Zeeman for example built the classics team. He's responsible for the transfers of Van Baarle, Laporte etc. He'll be leaving the team with that item on the bucket list (i.e. monument victories) unfulfilled.
It's basically been a lot of change for Jumbo over six months, including the aborted Soudal merger.