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Amazing list of names but that team only had 9 wins in 2019. 3 of them were by sprint superstar Cees bol!2019 Sunweb, a far cry;
Just a Chris Hamilton-appreciation post.
Hopefully some bigger team now signs Kiko.
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Sometimes I stare out into the ocean and think about Martin Salmon.
I think about the possible re-boot «Carter Jones In The Fast Lane» a lot.
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What are the terms of the one year WorldTeam licence? Is it purely financial, or is their competitiveness also up for scrutiny at the end of the coming season?
Financial. They met the sporting criteria in the last relegation cycle.
Three retirements, all three of them Australian riders:
Michael Hepburn (Jayco)
Alex Edmondson (Picnic)
Miles Scotson (Arkea)
Michael Hepburn (Jayco)
Alex Edmondson (Picnic)
Miles Scotson (Arkea)
I am staggered that Miles Scotson could not get a gig, less so, the other two.
Finally confirmation that Louis Barre has joined Visma on a three year deal.
Yes, it’s unfortunate. Just too many riders on the market and not enough spaces available, particularly after Arkea’s collapse and the Lotto/Intermarche merger. PCS still lists 25 World Tour riders from 2025 with no future settled for 2026.
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he has had too many bad years, I'm afraid. His last good race basically was the 2023 Tour of the Alps.
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a return to Caja Rural could make sense, I guess, especially if they get a Giro wildcard.
Would be interested to know what went wrong there. Was he just lucky earlier in career to get in at a time when the Froome/Contador/Nibali/Valverde etc were declining and Pogacar/Vingegaard yet to ascend and have done big performances like Angliru?
Why so bad in the last 3 years while still relatively young?
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Vuelta is the perfect race for one hit wonders. Nozal in the early 00s, Peter Velits in 2010, Horner in 2013, Carthy in 2020, etc.
Anyways there's obviously a non-disclosed issue with Carthy, given he did not race since June. He was also supposed to be contracted until 2026, the team did not post any farewell content (which you should expect given he has raced for EF / Cannondale for almost 10 years).
Anyways there's obviously a non-disclosed issue with Carthy, given he did not race since June. He was also supposed to be contracted until 2026, the team did not post any farewell content (which you should expect given he has raced for EF / Cannondale for almost 10 years).
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Horner had a better career outside of his one Vuelta than the other three combined. Given that Kuss, Haig, Kashechkin and Pérez also exist, he somehow struggles to make a top-10 of randomly great Vuelta GCs this century...
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In fairness to Haig, he's had 3x top 5 in the Dauphine, 4x top 10 in Paris-Nice and a top 10 in his only feature in Tirreno-Adriatico. Top 3 in the Vuelta is obviously an outlier but he does have good GC palmares.
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