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Sky's business plan pretty much depends on them having a Brit as leader for the Tour. Everyone else they hire, if good enough, is destined to be a domestique at the Tour. Since they don't care too much about the other races, they keep their superstar domestiques happy by letting them lead other races from time to time. But they have so many stars in their team, even that would be too much to aspire to if you're a young rider.
Also, despite all the money they're known to throw around, Sky isn't really good at developing young riders. E.g., the younger Henao looked very promising a few years ago, where is he now? If anything he's regressed. Even the Yates brothers, who by virtue of being British would have had much better chances at Sky than Egan, decided to go somewhere else when confronted with a similar decision.
DNP-Old said:What's wrong with Team Sky?
Sky's business plan pretty much depends on them having a Brit as leader for the Tour. Everyone else they hire, if good enough, is destined to be a domestique at the Tour. Since they don't care too much about the other races, they keep their superstar domestiques happy by letting them lead other races from time to time. But they have so many stars in their team, even that would be too much to aspire to if you're a young rider.
Also, despite all the money they're known to throw around, Sky isn't really good at developing young riders. E.g., the younger Henao looked very promising a few years ago, where is he now? If anything he's regressed. Even the Yates brothers, who by virtue of being British would have had much better chances at Sky than Egan, decided to go somewhere else when confronted with a similar decision.