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I certainly didn't expect to be handing out one of these cards for the use of this former team name. That said, I did like the name back then.
I certainly didn't expect to be handing out one of these cards for the use of this former team name. That said, I did like the name back then.
Please refrain from using anything from this misgonynstic copycat. Worst of Twitter.
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hahaha okokok. Then. here: https://procyclinguk.com/what-are-the-budgets-of-the-worldtour-cycling-teams-in-2023/
same result
Why wouldn’t I dislike a team that has twice the budget just because they have moneybags sponsors? It doesn’t mean they are more committed to winning, they just happen to have more to commit to that task. It’s especially lousy if you’re already a supporter of another team that doesn’t have those resources. The huge budgets not only buy top riders they also buy influence. I don’t believe Froome would have escaped a doping penalty except for the multiple attorneys and science experts Ineos could afford to hire to defend him.
To turn the phrase on its head: what’s not to dislike
If those budget figures are true, I don't know what Ineos are doing with their budget. They haven't put a rider inside top10 UCI ranking since 2021 and their biggest signings in the last 4 years were Arensman and Foss. They've lost so many quality riders since 2022 and a lot of their younger riders have stalled. I thought they weren't spending as much anymore.
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Ineos Grenadiers is the main client of the Granadier jeep and no one is going to convince me otherwise.
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Like I said a week back, I rather have him out now than him being annoying and acting like a brat for years and bringing the vibe down within a team. He was going to leave at some point anyways with his talent. It's obviously sad as everyone wants a supertalent, but you also have to be realistic, a team like Lotto would have thourble "handling" him in modern cycling. In the end I think Lotto has way bigger things to worry about right now than a spoiled kid. I'm looking forward to him having his tantrums at another team. I'm glad it's one of the superteams, now I can pray on his downfal without mixed feelings.
No seriously, I don't really mind supertalents leaving for better and for money. It's just modern reality sadly. Definitely with kids that have been told they are special from a young age, and kids that have managers that only care about the money. What I don't like about him is that he goes to the press, makes some stuff up about Lotto being a problem after he was literally praising them ("I need a family, I need my friends with me, Lotto is perfect for this bla bla bla") only a few weeks back and given the fact he was already talking to Bora before Avenir. This whole "im overraced" sounds more like an excuse to "break" (not really break if he has a release clause his contract, knowing that the cycling world doesn't really like riders who do stuff like that.
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As per usual, Eusebio Unzue puts in an absolute masterclass and loses out on just about every talented Spaniard amongst the juniors. Hector Alvarez and Trek and Adria Pericas to UAE have been known for a year, and this article links Marc Zafra to Q36.5, Marco Martin to Red Bull, Marcos Freire to UAE and Roger Pareta to Israel.
Let's see if he can be bothered to go after Benjamin Noval, Javier Cubillas, Enrique Maranchon, Enaut Urkaregi or Jaime Torres next year. My prediction? Nah.
Let's see if he can be bothered to go after Benjamin Noval, Javier Cubillas, Enrique Maranchon, Enaut Urkaregi or Jaime Torres next year. My prediction? Nah.
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I think we found Novo Nordisks only fan on this forum
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That's what happens when you're one of the only ones without a proper devo team.
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Unzue when he sees a young gc prospect: meh
Unzue when he sees a young, strong rouleur:
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Respectable. I didn't know he got that rep and it was that bad with him. Should still be interesting to follow!
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Imogen Wolff and Viktória Chladoňová will ride for Visma for the next three years. Wolff will also be a stagiaire for rest of the season and will be making her debut in GP Fourmies tomorrow. It sounds like they will both continue to ride CX, but Chladoňová's MTB career might be about to end/put on hold.
View: https://x.com/visma_lab_women/status/1832313067364839551
View: https://x.com/visma_lab_women/status/1832313067364839551
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The one I am linking to in the post you're quoting.
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Benjamin Noval has been retired for a decade and wasn't very good, so I can understand if they don't sign him.
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I was thinking, knowing Unzué he'll hear that Benjamin Noval is a prospect and sign Contador's old tag-along...
Yeah, Visma - the team where MTB careers end.
Alpecin seem to have missed out on a few young multi discipline talents recently......
Well I am sorry…at least I can’t see any link in your post
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the "this" is the link to the article. It's a bit difficult to see
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Ah wow now I got it 🤣.
Well I didn’t see it because it wasn’t marked as a linked on my phone.
Thank you
Ineos are interested in Pablo Torres, who apparently hasn't signed a contract yet. Could just be journalist speculation/chatting s*it though, some talk on twitter but I think someone has taken an offhand Brailsford comment and ran with it.
View: https://x.com/bvdecape/status/1832126326452433096
I would like to register my interest in 1980s Madonna wish me luck hopefully it works out for me thanks great analysis.
View: https://youtu.be/6p-lDYPR2P8?si=BC4OaC-UBHp_h21A&t=87
View: https://x.com/bvdecape/status/1832126326452433096
I would like to register my interest in 1980s Madonna wish me luck hopefully it works out for me thanks great analysis.
I can think of one MTB career that has ended there, Milan Vader's... and that's not because of his team. Okay, Van Empel isn't doing any MTB anymore either, but she never really had an MTB career.
I actually think it's reassuring that by signing these two talents they at least seem to be fully embracing cyclocross, as one of the few WT teams to do so.
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