Agree. But then who do you pick from the current roster to be another domestique then?Would only pick one out of Haller/Van Poppel. Denz should be able to do most of the bodyguard duty on the flat stages. I don't think additional sprint/leadout guys would help Roglic on flat stages because it is still up to him to hold onto their wheel. More teammates in front of him won't solve the positioning issue.
Looking back at the last few years one of Jumbo/Visma's big advantages was the climbing ability of their big engines. Really helps when you don't have to rely on 63kg climbers to pace a reduced peleton. Jungels and Denz should be able to do that.
Palzer, Higuita and Zwiehoff didn’t show good form recently.
I think Aleotti is cooked from the Giro…he was basically a no show the last few mountain stages.
Not sure about Martinez and whether he is fresh enough. He went „all in“ compared to Pogacar.
Lipowitz out because he was sick.
Kämna…well…get well soon Lenny.
So this leaves me with Adria or Buchmann. Adria showed some nice form earlier this year but has never finished a GT.
Buchmann is in the middle of this soap opera but his form should be fine and he has experience.
So, whom do we pick?