Kwiatkowski not doing Tour Down Under is bad news for us florists. Don't know what's up there. Maybe just a team decision. I would have picked him anyway regardless of whether he was going to do the Tour Down Under, so it won't matter that much. Still, would have been nice to get some easy points. At least now there's no risk of him messing up his spring campaign. Kristoff has said that he felt weak for half a year after his only participation in the TDU.
I think he is going to Gran Canaria with Froome this next week or two so I don't think there's necessarily a problem, just a change in program.
The key IMO for Kwiatkowski is that even on that stacked Ineos roster, there's no-one else really to turn to for the Ardennes even if he's not in his very best shape, so although he will almost certainly fall into a team role in other races he still gets chances in April.
I'm also anticipating a different program (i.e no TdF) with the Olympics to go for.... I have just noticed however that his last "bad" season was 2016, with Olympics to aim for and no TdF....