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[Red Rick]

Lopez is going to the TdF.
Kruijswijk can really benefit for the 3 leaders thing. He can attack from distance, get a nice advantage and then try to defend till the Paris. Still, given that he's usually the best in the 3rd week and the parcours till then doesn't really suit him I don't think getting an advantage will be possible.

Kruijswijk is never gonna be in a move without a stronger Ineos rider. It's either Thomas, or Sivakov or maybe He Who Must Not Be Named himself.

 

[topt]

all board the TD Rogla train

 

[ppanther92]

Kruijswijk is never gonna be in a move without a stronger Ineos rider. It's either Thomas, or Sivakov or maybe He Who Must Not Be Named himself.

Which would still make for good racing though.

 

[Red Rick]

Which would still make for good racing though.

I fear for 15 months of hype to this Tour and then it turns out Ineos somehow has the 2/3 best climbers in the race when it really matters.

 

[Red Rick]

Just saw the finish. Did Dumoulin really do a leadout and then get 4th cause almost nobody could get past him in the end?

 

[jaylew]

Kruijswijk is never gonna be in a move without a stronger Ineos rider. It's either Thomas, or Sivakov or maybe He Who Must Not Be Named himself.

Don't think Sivakov or Froome are likely to be stronger. Kruijswijk has finished 3rd, 4th, and 5th his last 3 GTS, two of them the TdF. Put some 'spect on his name!

 

[Lequack]

 

[johnymax]

Impressive performance in Tour de l'Ain. To be honest I kinda expected that. The only one who really surprised me with his level was George Bennett. I've never seen him climbing so well. Although he tends to be inconsistent as he's shown in Burgos recently. Good thing there's also a guy named Sepp Kuss who'll be ready to do the work on the climbs.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Just saw the finish. Did Dumoulin really do a leadout and then get 4th cause almost nobody could get past him in the end?

I expevt him to be the strongest JV rider in the 3rd week. I hope they'll allow him to ride his own race, if he's still in striking distance and stronger than Roglic.

 

[Big Doopie]

Big Tom and G look like they are sharing a laugh.

 

[bajbar]

These Tignes training camps must be doing wonders. Last year Wout turned into a TT and sprinting expert after it, Kruiswijk got himself on the Tour podium, the team got 4 stage wins and was among the top 3 teams of the race, if not second best to Ineos. This year, everyone coming from Tignes has been absolutely flying. I followed the rides they were doing on Strava from Gesink, and they were doing rides with almost 6000 meters of climbing.

A funny comment was made under one of the Gesinks posts, where he posted a rest day run around the lake, but someone commented that he has seen a Jumbo rider on Iseran that day. So Gesink responded that it must have been Primož, since the mere mortals (meaining the rest of the squad) need to have their rest days, but Roglič still goes up the Iseran as light practice haha.

Another interesting thing is that both team managment and the riders were surprised how Van Aert was going. Kruiswijk said it was impossible to drop him uphill, even after a full day of HC climbs and Bennet said he was getting dropped by Wout on the climbs, which is pretty insane if you think about in what shape George is in at the moment.

Lastly, they are having another training camp in Tignes right after the Dauphine. So... other teams, beware!

 

[topt]

have to say, massive respect to JV for not playing nationality favorism, I was wrong

 

[topt]

I expevt him to be the strongest JV rider in the 3rd week. I hope they'll allow him to ride his own race, if he's still in striking distance and stronger than Roglic.

JV has the power data, TD is Dutch, you dont think he would be the leader if his data was better than Roglic, come on...

 

[CyclistAbi]

Superior performance on Tour de l'Ain.

P.S. Hope they can keep it up for another month, or so.

 

[Mayomaniac]

JV has the power data, TD is Dutch, you dont think he would be the leader if his data was better than Roglic, come on...

I mean durning the Tour, not right now or when the race starts.

 

[inthepink]

its all the ketones which some teams have banned as not good for you

I like all the JV riders but I am not a fan of another SKY like train

 

[topt]

I like all the JV riders but I am not a fan of another SKY like train
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well, what do you suggest they should do to compete with SKY

 

[topt]

I mean durning the Tour, not right now or when the race starts.

I dont know but he did lose 5 min on stage 2, if he can improve that in 3 weeks than sure.
I thought JV gave him a rest day but he said he just had a bad day.

 

[Earns1985]

According to this article, Jumbo will ride the tour with only one captain.
https://www.radsport-news.com/sport/sportnews_121071.htm

Who it will be (Roglic is the obvious choice), they will decide after the Dauphine!

 

[Red Rick]

Bit weird to announce it. Maybe mindgames + getting some Dutch media pressure off might be the idea.

 

[Earns1985]

Bit weird to announce it. Maybe mindgames + getting some Dutch media pressure off might be the idea.

Also my first reaction. Why they already announce this now and why they don´t wait until the end of the Dauphine with this announcement?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

According to this article, Jumbo will ride the tour with only one captain.
https://www.radsport-news.com/sport/sportnews_121071.htm

Who it will be (Roglic is the obvious choice), they will decide after the Dauphine!

They already said who it will be: Primoz. The two Dutchies will also be leader, but below Roglic.

Maandag hakt Jumbo-Visma knopen door: "Eén kopman, twee schaduwkopmannen"

Hoe verhouden Primož Roglič, Tom Dumoulin en Steven Kruijswijk zich ten opzichte van elkaar in de Tour de France? “Het is niet de bedoeling om met twee of drie kopmannen op gelijke voet naar de Tour te gaan”, klinkt het. “Maandag hakken we knopen door op een ploegleidersvergadering.” “Primož...

www.wielerflits.nl

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

They already said who it will be: Primoz. The two Dutchies will also be leader, but below Roglic.

Maandag hakt Jumbo-Visma knopen door: "Eén kopman, twee schaduwkopmannen"

Hoe verhouden Primož Roglič, Tom Dumoulin en Steven Kruijswijk zich ten opzichte van elkaar in de Tour de France? “Het is niet de bedoeling om met twee of drie kopmannen op gelijke voet naar de Tour te gaan”, klinkt het. “Maandag hakken we knopen door op een ploegleidersvergadering.” “Primož...

www.wielerflits.nl

Almost certainly true, but it doesn't say that. They said Roglic is currently ahead. They will decide on Monday ...or so they say. Course, everyone and their grandma knows it's gonna be Primoz. He's miles ahead of the other two.

LOL also that Jumbo makes no mention of Kruijswijk. They know he isn't podium material in this Tour, regardless of his shape , considering the field and the fact that there's no TTT.

Looks like he was only named as a leader to keep him in line. Still think it would have been better to take De Plus instead (regardless of his departure) and Amund G. Jansen instead of Gesink.

But maybe I'm totally wrong here and Kruijswijk will go the extra mile for Roglic on the Tour climbs. Would be a first.

 

[topt]

De Plus leaving is probably the reason he is out but yes i agree he should be there

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

De Plus leaving is probably the reason he is out but yes i agree he should be there

It's frankly a bit too much, that De Plus isn't allowed(?) to race at all, until TA. He hasn't raced and has nothing on his schedule. Supposedly because he got sick 2 months ago, or was it a hip problem... (shady communication, just when he supposedly signed with Ineos). I can only assume they must not be paying him nearly enough, or they would not kick him to the curb like they are doing now.