Martinez ok, clearly not the intended for this race.
Blackmore has (thus far) disappeared. I presume DNF.
Blackmore has (thus far) disappeared. I presume DNF.
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He did have a crash early in the stage so perhaps he finished without a transponder.Martinez ok, clearly not the intended for this race.
Blackmore has (thus far) disappeared. I presume DNF.
He did have a crash early in the stage so perhaps he finished without a transponder.
He did have a crash early in the stage so perhaps he finished without a transponder.
Now I'm kicking myself. I was very close to picking Rick Pluimers - he was the last rider I decided to lay off the team as he was just a bit too expensive to fit into my line-up with five guys combining for about 5300 point.
Then I was really surprised when he wasn't picked at all and I thought that I might have overestimated him and was a little relieved - he also never featured in any discussions in the thread.
Now I'm just annoyed - also because my team really is taking its sweet time in getting going in general.
Okay, I didn't check again, but the point still stands.Pluimers was actually picked by @Mountain Newts.
You have anything extra to go by other than his results for this prediction? Cuz I noticed him in Renewi Tour, and I did of course see his name when looking through Tudor, but I didn't really ever consider him as a CQ pick. His record so far doesn't really scream points machine to me and he was expensive. But team and age are of course on his side, and he could benefit from a good calendar I guess. And not being out for four months, as it looks like he was last year.Okay, I didn't check again, but the point still stands.
I think he can go 800+.
You have anything extra to go by other than his results for this prediction? Cuz I noticed him in Renewi Tour, and I did of course see his name when looking through Tudor, but I didn't really ever consider him as a CQ pick. His record so far doesn't really scream points machine to me and he was expensive. But team and age are of course on his side, and he could benefit from a good calendar I guess. And not being out for four months, as it looks like he was last year.
I’m not thrilled with Ganna losing out on some guaranteed points from the Besseges TT.
He probably wont be lacking offers from other teams as well.With the way Söderqvist is riding right now it's surprising that they didn't make him part of the WT squad for this year. Would have been interesting to see him at Roubaix this year.
Ya, that as well. Keeping him at the devo team, you'd think they'd do the Visma thing and have in the contract when he is set to move to the WT team. They seem to be treating him well by bringing him to pro level races so chances are probably good he'll sign a new contract with them if they offer one soon but they can't really drag their feet.He probably wont be lacking offers from other teams as well.
Remi Cavagna showing why he was an almost default pick this year. 31 points right away after a year where he only collected 5 pointers for finishing WT races and 30 points in the National ITT.
Just goes to show what a change in environment can do for a rider. Similar vibe to when Markus Hoelgaard came back to Uno-X last season.
Still 44 teams that didn't pick him.
Ah, the first GC that appeared on PCS had him at 11th overall. So ya 25 points. Still far better riding in the last 2 days than anything he did last season. Mind also that he lost over 1.5 minutes on the first 2 easy stages so without that he would have been top 3 in the end which probably would have been good enough for perhaps a top 10 with everyone still in the race.While I did end up picking Cavagna and always expected him to be able to improve his score this year, he obviously wouldn't have collected 25 points, I believe it is, in this race under normal circumstances.