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MADRAZO said:Given how well Simon did in the Giro it makes good sence for the team to go 100% for Adam also with the chance for Ewan to win a stage being slim in a very strong sprinterfield. And also if Ewan is leaving the team it makes extra sence since the experience Ewan gets from the race wont help the team now. But when the team has promissed Ewan and his helpers to go to TDF and be prioritized all year long, all that logic really does not matter, and its a really ugly decision.
The Hegelian said:MADRAZO said:Given how well Simon did in the Giro it makes good sence for the team to go 100% for Adam also with the chance for Ewan to win a stage being slim in a very strong sprinterfield. And also if Ewan is leaving the team it makes extra sence since the experience Ewan gets from the race wont help the team now. But when the team has promissed Ewan and his helpers to go to TDF and be prioritized all year long, all that logic really does not matter, and its a really ugly decision.
Yeah, I think that's right. My take on it is that A.Yates is putting out some great numbers, and so with the reduction in team size + TTT, MS has hatched a plan to get him on the podium. He's a good enough rider to commit a team too.
But for a sprinter the tdf is the pinnacle, and Ewan has shown more than enough over the last two seasons to totally deserve having a crack, at least with one or two lead out men. What would piss me off if I was Ewan is the fact that the Giro had a really weak sprint field - Viviani + Bennett took them all - which was something like 7 all up. He would have snagged at least a few of those, but was instead building for a non-existent thing.
MS are simply never going to sign Porte and pretty much everyone that half knows cycling in Australia knows this.yaco said:Zinoviev Letter said:I noticed the owner of Aquablue criticising Mitchelton Scott on twitter over this and thought Christ that guy never saw a row he didn’t want to get involved in. But it turns out Ewan is married to his daughter.
Expect a tweet soon from Richie Porte - NO love lost between him and MS - Yet Aussies are desperate for MS to sign Porte.
Its more about Porte and his relationship with CA. Porte never got much support from CA.dusty red roads said:What's the issue between Porte & MS?
Not necessarily. We know sometimes riders even only find out they're not selected once the lineup goes public. I doubt such an important decision is made just hours before the team is made public.yaco said:- Apparently Ewan found out a few hours before the press release, so it was a last minute decision - .
LaFlorecita said:Not necessarily. We know sometimes riders even only find out they're not selected once the lineup goes public. I doubt such an important decision is made just hours before the team is made public.yaco said:- Apparently Ewan found out a few hours before the press release, so it was a last minute decision - .
Valv.Piti said:So, will he ride the Vuelta? I assume not since it seems they will send the whole GC squad to La Vuelta, maybe he could even demand a mid season change?
At least he trained like he should ride it.Zinoviev Letter said:Not riding a GT for a year will screw with a youngish rider’s development too. They really couldn’t have screwed Ewan over more thoroughly if they’d set out to do so.
Add Ewan +2 others to that list and you’d have a pretty good stage-hunting squad going to a Vuelta that you’d have to reckon will be similarly light on sprinting talent to how the Giro was this year.yaco said:Valv.Piti said:So, will he ride the Vuelta? I assume not since it seems they will send the whole GC squad to La Vuelta, maybe he could even demand a mid season change?
No chance - The Vuelta squad will be interesting because there are a few talented riders like Mezgec/Verona/Kluge/Trentin/Albasini who have yet to ride a GT in 2018 -Ewan's schedule for the remainder of 2018 will be something like Tour of Poland, Tour of Britain, Ride London, Euro Eyes Classic, Bretagne Classic etc - Now if he has to ride the Tour of Utah he is then in the hen house.
claude cat said:Its more about Porte and his relationship with CA. Porte never got much support from CA.dusty red roads said:What's the issue between Porte & MS?
And MS and CA are very closely aligned. Basically the CA pathway to the WT is highly focused on giving MS first dibs on the best talent.
IMO
Leinster said:Add Ewan +2 others to that list and you’d have a pretty good stage-hunting squad going to a Vuelta that you’d have to reckon will be similarly light on sprinting talent to how the Giro was this year.yaco said:Valv.Piti said:So, will he ride the Vuelta? I assume not since it seems they will send the whole GC squad to La Vuelta, maybe he could even demand a mid season change?
No chance - The Vuelta squad will be interesting because there are a few talented riders like Mezgec/Verona/Kluge/Trentin/Albasini who have yet to ride a GT in 2018 -Ewan's schedule for the remainder of 2018 will be something like Tour of Poland, Tour of Britain, Ride London, Euro Eyes Classic, Bretagne Classic etc - Now if he has to ride the Tour of Utah he is then in the hen house.
Yeah, what a shame.SKSemtex said:What a pity. We could have not a full house but a royal flush of sprinters in this TDF.
Oldies against young guns. I really looked forward to that fight.