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Pozzovivo

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Netserk said:
Who is the cheapest domestique who was as great an asset in the Tour this year as Moscon was?
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This debate is not worth taking on as it will inevitably be a subjective assessment of who did what when the TV camera was focused on the peloton, and it is impossible to know what difference it really make to the end result?

I can of course mention tons of riders who did way more than Moscon and is never talked about or signed by big teams. Chris Harper for instance.

How do you know his salary and should only this years be considered? I obvisouly referred to him being overrated by people in general and have been making big money for years without offering much in return. Lefevere probably gave him what he is worth.
 
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Pozzovivo said:
This debate is not worth taking on as it will inevitably be a subjective assessment of who did what when the TV camera was focused on the peloton, and it is impossible to know what difference it really make to the end result?

I can of course mention tons of riders who did way more than Moscon and is never talked about or signed by big teams. Chris Harper for instance.

How do you know his salary and should only this years be considered? I obvisouly referred to him being overrated by people in general and have been making big money for years without offering much in return. Lefevere probably gave him what he is worth.
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His one-year contract with QS was at the WT minimum wage.
 
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Netserk said:
His one-year contract with QS was at the WT minimum wage.
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Yeah, as I said, Lefevere probably gave him what he is worth.

I take his enourmous fall in value to mean that he was very overrated for many years. Was there a worse investment than Moscon in the Astana years? Even at Sky/Ineos he was very highly touted, but delivered so little.
 
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A possibility to sign Moscon can be the contract length. A domestique that rides for a small wage and sign a one year contract (?) with huge experience in stage races and cobbled classics, and he is not blocking space in the squad for 2026 - sounds good to me.
2024: Mailand San Remo, Ronde, Roubaix, Tour de France
2023: Roubaix, Amstel, Fleche Wallone, Giro, Tour de France, Il Lombardia

In total 8 Grand Tours, and 25 classics - riders like Pithie, Lazkano, Herzog, van Dijke x2 can learn a lot from him in the classics and maybe he can deliver a result on his own.

All in all not that bad as it sounds first. You can´t sign only super talents or top riders.
 
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Movitrain said:
After doing next to nothing in his first season with Movistar, Rémi Cavagna and the team seem to end the contract (running through the 2026 season) mutually. It is rumored that he will sign with Groupama-FDJ.

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I think we all knew that was not going to go well at Movistar for the TGV of Clermont-Ferrand. He's a quality rider who wasted enormous amounts of energy in futile breaks in WT races. He should go back to basics and win a few French cup races with FDJ or Cofidis/Total/Arkea.
 
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