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Lequack said:
It's good that they are animating the race a bit instead of the usual duo of Sky versus Movistar.

Not just animating the race. They have won two sprint stages with Groenewegen and they have two riders in the top 10. For me, next to Sky and Quick-step the best team so far this year in the Tour... And of course those two teams have much bigger budget than LottoNL Jumbo.
 
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Lequack said:
Apparently they bring in their own mattresses and curtains to the hotels, in giant bags:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RFLpOeQZS8&feature=youtu.be

Thanks for linking to these videos. It's nice that they make them - you get to know riders a little better that you not normally see outside the races.

I especially enjoyed the video of Roglic' Mende stage. His accent is top notch with his constant "Ah" and I loved his little conversation with Kruijswijk after the stage.
 
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tobydawq said:
Lequack said:
Apparently they bring in their own mattresses and curtains to the hotels, in giant bags:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RFLpOeQZS8&feature=youtu.be

Thanks for linking to these videos. It's nice that they make them - you get to know riders a little better that you not normally see outside the races.

I especially enjoyed the video of Roglic' Mende stage. His accent is top notch with his constant "Ah" and I loved his little conversation with Kruijswijk after the stage.

Yeah I love them as well, obviously Michelton Scott have set a real standard with the backstage pass, so I really like this backstage view into what happens in the Lotto Jumbo team as well.
 
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Leinster said:
Now they’ve signed van Aert, they seem to be building up quite the versatile roster.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-aert-agrees-three-year-worldtour-contract-with-lottonl-jumbo/

Wtf, how did I miss this? Lotto nl suddenly getting a star roster.
All though roglic and groenewegen were risks when taken in they have become absolute top quality riders.
Van Aert is a rider everyone wanted to have so I'm really surprised they managed to get him on the team, if it's true.
 
They're getting really good. Tolhoek is also developing into a solid climber, Bouwman showed himself nicely in the Giro. I wonder if they can keep them all though, especially Groenewegen and Roglic will have contracts blowing up quite quickly.

Now with Van Aert signing, the only place where they sort of miss presence is in the Ardennes, somewhere where Roglic has loads of potential too probably.
 
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Red Rick said:
They're getting really good. Tolhoek is also developing into a solid climber, Bouwman showed himself nicely in the Giro. I wonder if they can keep them all though, especially Groenewegen and Roglic will have contracts blowing up quite quickly.

Now with Van Aert signing, the only place where they sort of miss presence is in the Ardennes, somewhere where Roglic has loads of potential too probably.

I think they're also missing a classics man like Sep Vanmarcke, who left to EF. I think Van Aert would be great for the job.
 
Well what a Tour they are having, three stage wins and two riders in the top 5. And the big news is Gesink extends contract for three year:
https://www.teamlottojumbo.com/cycling-news/gesink-extends-contract-for-three-years-with-team-lottonljumbo

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Also two new videos (with English subtitles).
Video: Our bus driver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SilRpyraIzQ

Video: Robert's new training method
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SypsESM6J7E
 
I think it's some critic on the TT bike.

Not that the Bianchi bikes are bad, on the contrary. After the debacle in the TDF a few years back, Lotto and Bianchi worked together really well with a lot of testing and windtunnel stuff and their guys all do pretty good time trials nowadays.
But I feel that advantage is slipping, Bianchi needs to develop something new again to compete with the TT machines of Sky and Sunweb. Maybe that is what Roglic was referring to