Decent haul and decent start so far. Cant complain.Lineup for TDU
PLAPP Luke
VINE Jay
JOHANSEN Julius
TORRES Pablo
PESCADOR Diego
VAN BAARLE Dylan
BRENNAN Matthew
GLOAG Thomas
WITHEN PHILIPSEN Albert
BAGIOLI Andrea
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Decent haul and decent start so far. Cant complain.Lineup for TDU
PLAPP Luke
VINE Jay
JOHANSEN Julius
TORRES Pablo
PESCADOR Diego
VAN BAARLE Dylan
BRENNAN Matthew
GLOAG Thomas
WITHEN PHILIPSEN Albert
BAGIOLI Andrea
Ya, that has never given extra CQ points in any competition, not even the GTs. After all if the young rider is far enough up in the standings they get points anyway for their finish so adding extra for BYR it would be like giving double points for the same result.Oh... so BYR is the only jersey you don't get extra points for?
I see that Gloag will be into profit as well with TdU GC points as the 3rd rider both for me and for you but who's your 4th rider?Four riders in profit now. Reasonably content with TDU, though I am slightly disappointed that Onley didn't score better. So is he according to CN.
Ya, that has never given extra CQ points in any competition, not even the GTs. After all if the young rider is far enough up in the standings they get points anyway for their finish so adding extra for BYR it would be like giving double points for the same result.
Philipsen, Brunel, Tjotta adn Gloag.I see that Gloag will be into profit as well with TdU GC points as the 3rd rider both for me and for you but who's your 4th rider?
Ya, might be a significant mistake to not even consider Morgado this year. Just a matter of how big of a mistake.
A promising start with Buitrago today also. Hopefully bodes well.Decent haul and decent start so far. Cant complain.
He could clean up in Mallorca for starters in this form... and be close to profit already for his managers.Had him last two years. My worry is that he'll spend a lot of the season as UAE's engine room. But he does look to be even stronger.
McNulty did two GTs on domestique duty that year which helps explain the dropoff (and is IMO also simply not quite as talented as Morgado). Don't think it's a great comparison.We have seen young riders have great starts before though and then fizzled out a bit. Not the same type of rider but McNulty had a big start in these early Spanish races before. He had 532 points after P-N already, ended the season on 731 points in 2022.
Wasnt a comparison, just an example.McNulty did two GTs on domestique duty that year which helps explain the dropoff (and is IMO also simply not quite as talented as Morgado). Don't think it's a great comparison.
Yes with Hirschi, Fisher-Black and Ulissi three riders, who rode these races, left UAE this year.I underestimated effect of departure of 2k+ Hirschi's points from UAE. Nice Morgado pick for his owners. Also Covi's pick came year earlier for me it seems.
Narvaez, Morgado or Christen will likely compete in a number of one-day races.Yes with Hirschi, Fisher-Black and Ulissi three riders, who rode these races, left UAE this year.
Thought, that Narvaez would mostly fill this gap, but it seems that he will most likely be used in the bigger one-day races together with Pogacar.
So potential for Morgado and J. Christen is really pretty high this year, although I read somewhere, that J. Christen will also try a bit GC in stage races this year and is scheduled for the vuelta. Will be interesting, if they also let Morgado ride a GC this year, if he continues to be that good. Until now, he is not scheduled yet, I think.
I watched the last few km of Sharjah today and was almost fooled into thinking Taaramäe was winning, because Josh Kench's Li Ning kit resembles an old Cofidis jersey with Estonian NC bands.