The Caleb Ewan Thread

[Wyndbrook]

Not sure of his current fitness level, but they have two months to get him to a level to climb the cipressa and poggio and he has as good a chance as the other contenders.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Ganna/Tarling/Turner/Thomas/Fraile/Kwiato/Castro/De Plus/Swift/Swift/Watson

He won't be short of support, his legs are the question mark.

 

[Salvarani]

Ganna/Tarling/Turner/Thomas/Fraile/Kwiato/Castro/De Plus/Swift/Swift/Watson

He won't be short of support, his legs are the question mark.

Maybe Jungels also I could see.

 

[Rob5091]

I wish him well, but going on past endeavours I would not expect great things from him.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He won't be short of support, his legs are the question mark.

And his head as well. He won't win anything if he doesn't wanna fight for it.

 

[YavorD]

I think he's one of the better Ineos' transfers recently.
Assuming he comes on a very low wage he is low risk-high reward option and if it works well that could prompt more sprinters to move to Ineos.

 

[yaco]

He's going to INEOS of all places

Geen einde carrière, wel een transfer: Ineos Grenadiers gooit Caleb Ewan een reddingsboei toe | sporza

Ineos Grenadiers heeft Caleb Ewan (30) en Jayco-AlUla van elkaar verlost. De Australische sprinter zat bij zijn vaderlandse werkgever volledig op een zijspoor, maar wordt opgevist door de Britse ploeg. Daar hadden ze nood aan een sprinter en was er na het vertrek van Tom Pidcock nog een plaatsje...

sporza.be

As predicted by me. Ineos was always a likely destination as they have the riders to get him to the finish. Anyway, Ineos needs to keep Ewan away from altitude.

 

[theyoungest]

The trajectories of Caleb Ewan and Team Ineos are remarkably similar: going down and no one is quite sure what's going on. In that sense it's a perfect match.

 

[postmanhat]

The trajectories of Caleb Ewan and Team Ineos are remarkably similar: going down and no one is quite sure what's going on. In that sense it's a perfect match.

Agreed, both in seemingly terminal decline. Ewan's issue are also similar to Hayter's in being too reluctant to get involved in a sprint melee, combined with general bad positioning/awareness, leading to a lot of crashes.

Ineos would have better off altering their calendar/strategy so as not waste resources supporting a dud sprinter, and giving the support riders more opportunities..

 

[StryderHells]

Agreed, both in seemingly terminal decline. Ewan's issue are also similar to Hayter's in being too reluctant to get involved in a sprint melee, combined with general bad positioning/awareness, leading to a lot of crashes.

Ineos would have better off altering their calendar/strategy so as not waste resources supporting a dud sprinter, and giving the support riders more opportunities..

I think it makes sense, I’m guessing he’s signed for a lower wage but high bonuses if he performs. I think he might have lost a little speed but it’s not a physical thing with Ewan, it’s a mentality issue which sometimes happens with sprinters after they have a kid, it’s a high risk side of the sport. If it works then great but if it doesn’t then it’s no big deal for Ineos as at this last stage it’s not like they were going to be signing anyone else of significance.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ganna/Tarling/Turner/Thomas/Fraile/Kwiato/Castro/De Plus/Swift/Swift/Watson

He won't be short of support, his legs are the question mark.

Why should Ganna, a guy who can get over the Poggio with MvdP and Pogacar, ride for him? if both of them are still there after the Poggio/just a few sec behind a solo rider than sure, but having him as the clear cut leader from the start would be a bit strange.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Ganna ride for Ewan???

 

[Tim Cahill]

Why should Ganna, a guy who can get over the Poggio with MvdP and Pogacar, ride for him? if both of them are still there after the Poggio/just a few sec behind a solo rider than sure, but having him as the clear cut leader from the start would be a bit strange.

Ewan won't be there near the front in San Remo unless they've discovered the UAE food app in the winter, I imagine they are signing him on a one year prove it deal in the hopes he can clear up some stages in the Tour of Outer Mongolia against Tim Dupont and Yacine Hamza and get a bit of good feeling back into the team.

Ganna has shown he is fine with helping position washed sprinters like Viviani and Hayter before, he seems to have given up sprinting for himself like in Summer 2023 even though I think it had potential.

Here he is not three months ago for example, I think with that leadout Ewan wins this sprint;

 

[KZD]

Given Ineos lack of wins in the last seasons this transfer actually makes sense as Ewan should have quite a low wage and the upside high.