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[Red Rick]

Jumbo's speedskating team is gonna use a new, much hyped skinsuit at the Olympic qualifiers in a few days. Will be interesting to see the results and if that has any bearing on the time trial skinsuits of the cycling team

 

[Lequack]

Nice drone footage of their HQ

https://twitter.com/x/status/1477263343425671169

View: https://twitter.com/JumboVismaRoad/status/1477263343425671169?s=20

 

[Anas]

Tom Dumoulin will probably ride the Giro next year !

Ganna, Colbrelli e Caruso andranno al Tour e non al Giro: «Scelta illogica delle squadre»

La Ineos per Ganna e la Bahrein per Caruso e Colbrelli hanno dirottati tutti e tre sul Tour. Damiano è stata la sorpresa del Giro del 2021, il vincitore della Roubaix manca dal 2016

www.corriere.it

 

[Red Rick]

Tom Dumoulin will probably ride the Giro next year !

Ganna, Colbrelli e Caruso andranno al Tour e non al Giro: «Scelta illogica delle squadre»

La Ineos per Ganna e la Bahrein per Caruso e Colbrelli hanno dirottati tutti e tre sul Tour. Damiano è stata la sorpresa del Giro del 2021, il vincitore della Roubaix manca dal 2016

www.corriere.it

Kinda hilarious that the only Olympic champion of their mens cycling team also did the winter Olympics first.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Nice drone footage of their HQ

https://twitter.com/x/status/1477263343425671169

View: https://twitter.com/JumboVismaRoad/status/1477263343425671169?s=20

Probably in the news next week, major bike theft, with this publicity.

 

[Nirvana]

Tom Dumoulin will probably ride the Giro next year !

Ganna, Colbrelli e Caruso andranno al Tour e non al Giro: «Scelta illogica delle squadre»

La Ineos per Ganna e la Bahrein per Caruso e Colbrelli hanno dirottati tutti e tre sul Tour. Damiano è stata la sorpresa del Giro del 2021, il vincitore della Roubaix manca dal 2016

www.corriere.it

The *** I've just read?!
This article is madness from the first to the last word, the paragraph on Caruso could literally hurt the mental sanity of the reader.

 

[Mayomaniac]

The *** I've just read?!
This article is madness from the first to the last word, the paragraph on Caruso could literally hurt the mental sanity of the reader.

The decline of talian sport's journalism (f you still wanna call it like that) is obvious, but what kind of a donkey would write something like that?

 

[noob]

Nice drone footage of their HQ

https://twitter.com/x/status/1477263343425671169

View: https://twitter.com/JumboVismaRoad/status/1477263343425671169?s=20

Satisfying watch! Love how it was made!

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Tour squad:

Roglic
Vingegaard
Van Aert
Dennis
Kruijswijk
Kuss

No surprises. Last 2 spots to be decided.

Roglic basically demoted in the team hierarchy. Vingegaard will be an equal leader at the Tour, according to the team. They "have a lot of faith in him. "

Could be all talk, but I don't think so. Will be interesting to see how they'll manage the egos

Van Aert to only get a free role.

It could work for Roglic and Vingegaard, as Dennis counts for 4 doms. If Dennis crashes out, though....


Foss to race the Giro.

 

[KZD]

These six riders are basically the ones that we were expecting but it will be interesting to see who is going to complete it. My choice would probably be Benoot and one of Teunissen/Laporte although Van Aert will probably want the latter two to form a mini-sprint train and Dumoulin and Gesink have nationality and experience on their side. Nonetheless, I am sure their team will probably be the strongest overall.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Jumbo-Visma has ended their training camp in Spain after a COVID case.

Dennis (obviously), Vingegaard & Dumoulin did not take part in the camp

 

[BlueRoads]

If the testing and quaranting rules don't change in the spring we will never have a decent calendar. It's ridiculous right now with athletes dropping out of sports competitions everywhere, makes it so much of a lottery.

 

[yaco]

By the time we arrive at the key parts of the season COVID will be less of an issue.

 

[dusty red roads]

Let's hope so (ie and that no new variant comes and spoils the party)

 

[tobydawq]

Let's hope so (ie and that no new variant comes and spoils the party)

That doesn't seem too likely, fortunately. Unless governments continue to panic as soon as something gets a new Greek letter, of course.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Probably should have taken opinions on this before the CQ game closed, but what is the sprinting hierarchy at JV now?

It shouldn't be a question for the team that has the most recent Champs Elysees winner, but he is a superman that can sprint rather than a sprinter.

So Kooij then Mick van Dijke, with Laporte kept back for hillier routes? Or is Dekker ahead of MvD. Tim the twin and Teunissen as leadout only?

Or what?

 

[Jumbot]

I would say:
WvA>Kooij>Laporte>Dekker>Teunissen
Van Dijke twins are classic guys with a solid TT, not sprinters, good for leadout

 

[noob]

Tour squad:

Roglic
Vingegaard
Van Aert
Dennis
Kruijswijk
Kuss

No surprises. Last 2 spots to be decided.

Roglic basically demoted in the team hierarchy. Vingegaard will be an equal leader at the Tour, according to the team. They "have a lot of faith in him. "

Could be all talk, but I don't think so. Will be interesting to see how they'll manage the egos

Van Aert to only get a free role.

It could work for Roglic and Vingegaard, as Dennis counts for 4 doms. If Dennis crashes out, though....


Foss to race the Giro.

Vingegaard and Roglič ego? Maybe if the contest was in humility I'd worry more about the ego in everyone else before those two

 

[Mayomaniac]

Vingegaard and Roglič ego? Maybe if the contest was in humility I'd worry more about the ego in everyone else before those two

This, those 2 are fine with working for eachother if one is clearly stronger, I hope they made it clear to Wout that going for stages is fine, but going for Green is not.

 

[ciranda]

Who will be given the start number 11?

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Vingegaard and Roglič ego? Maybe if the contest was in humility I'd worry more about the ego in everyone else before those two

Roglic is (obviously) likeable, but has a huge ego. Ask Gino Mäder.

If Vingegaard proves to be better it will be a problem. Will Roglic bury himself for Vingegaard the way Kwiatkowski would for Bernal? I'm not so sure. He could DNF and focus on the Vuelta instead. He's a leader, not a dom.

Vingegaard on the other hand hasn't shown any leadership traits. No argument there. If Roglic proves to be the best I have no doubt that Jonas will fall in line and support the team 100%

 

[Red Rick]

This, those 2 are fine with working for eachother if one is clearly stronger, I hope they made it clear to Wout that going for stages is fine, but going for Green is not.

Rumor was the one guy saying at training last year that Vingegaard could win the Tour was Roglic.

 

[noob]

A bit curious about how they talk about Jonas tricking Pog tbh (since if they say it out loud how would Pog not know it ) and why isn't Jonas interviewed? They do sound serious about him. Also interesting that they are discussing Sepp as a future GC rider. Also you gotta enjoy Wout resting *** face.

Dennis doesn't appear to be even remotely close to his negative rumour, but a bit weird that he talks bad about Ineos in that way.

Rogla seems almost shy? Is he still not comfortable with talking English? <3

Not that I understood half of it so I skipped all the Dutch parts

 

[Mayomaniac]

Rumor was the one guy saying at training last year that Vingegaard could win the Tour was Roglic.

I can totally see that, Roglic seems to be one of the classiest guys among thee gc riders and he and Jonas seem to have a great relationship.

 

[RedheadDane]

Rumor was the one guy saying at training last year that Vingegaard could win the Tour was Roglic.

Oh, yeah. And then Zeeman told Roglic to relax, so he wouldn't put pressure on Vingegaard.