The only thing he really cares about now is the TdF. That's his focus for 2024. He wants to maximize his chances so SQS better does that too or they will lose him.if he wins La Vuelta he stays, if he doesn't he leaves
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The only thing he really cares about now is the TdF. That's his focus for 2024. He wants to maximize his chances so SQS better does that too or they will lose him.if he wins La Vuelta he stays, if he doesn't he leaves
I must disagree with you Peterfin. Right now is all for La Vuelta. The Tour of 2024 will come when it comes....and Remco will be ready for that as well; he doesn't joke around. But right now all eyes on La Vuelta.The only thing he really cares about now is the TdF. That's his focus for 2024. He wants to maximize his chances so SQS better does that too or they will lose him.
Sure but I doubt that the outcome of the Vuelta changes his mind on the team.I must disagree with you Peterfin. Right now is all for La Vuelta. The Tour of 2024 will come when it comes....and Remco will be ready for that as well; he doesn't joke around. But right now all eyes on La Vuelta.
? Their men’s team isn’t going caput, only the women’sHugh Carthy....Cepeda....Powless...Padun...I'm just looking at their roster
oh man...sorry about that.? Their men’s team isn’t going caput, only the women’s
It would appear that Ineos is doing SOMETHING. by letting go of several riders while suddenly halting on bringing in those that had been planned.
They may not have the space to take on all of QS but they could have the room for Remco and the teammates he wants to bring over.
A little like Contador reported. Though I really hesitate to take him as a source.
Maybe “normally, yes” is also semantics if QS is being bought by Ineos. He will still be with QS only QS has been bought.
I never knew Pailheres could be linked with Port d'Envalira.OK, minor training ride...
oh my God! That's insaneOK, minor training ride...
Clearly super impressive, but someone like Aru was still doing sinilar training rides even in his final season when his engine was totally fried and his recovery pretty much gone (I remember him doing 8 hour rides). So it's not that uncommon among pros.oh my God! That's insane
That's an even weaker team than I expected. Why isn't Alaphilippe going? He isn't going to win anywhere in the meantime.. Guess we'll see some guys drop off at the start of the last climb because "they weren't needed anymore for the rest of the stage".
Well, as Patrick has always said, all you have to do is follow the wheels, in an inexorable game of attrition, and then beat them. Sometimes this fundamental rule of cycling is forgotten. Be the ace, the trump card that nulifies others strengths. Easier said than done, however, but that's what it boils down to.That's an even weaker team than I expected. Why isn't Alaphilippe going? He isn't going to win anywhere in the meantime.. Guess we'll see some guys drop off at the start of the last climb because "they weren't needed anymore for the rest of the stage".
I guess I sort of understand the absence of van wilder but it just shows the weakness that QS has in depth and why signing only Landa is not enough. Unexpected things happen, people crash or get sick.. And as Remco mentioned himself in the LR interview, there should be competition to get into the main GC team.
I hope that he will have at least someone to get some water bottles once in a while. Jesus.
I wonder...I'm wondering if EF Education has any riders that QS can sign to help Remco. Shout out to Logic if he's able.
Which is a lot easier said than done if you have ONE rival to follow, rather than two. It's going to be very difficult for Remco to compete with both Rog and Ving on the same team; hopefully he'll be able to forge some alliances on the road but Jumbo look so strong for this race, the antithesis of SQS.Well, as Patrick has always said, all you have to do is follow the wheels, in an inexorable game of attrition, and then beat them. Sometimes this fundamental rule of cycling is forgotten. Be the ace, the trump card that nulifies others strengths. Easier said than done, however, but that's what it boils down to.
It’s (SQS) strategy also depending on nothing going wrong, but as we know that’s rarely the case over three weeks. It’s when things go wrong that team strength can really make a difference. I don’t think Roglic would have won the Giro unless Kuss was there the day Rog faltered. Or having folks who stay close on climbs to help chase in the valley of a multi-mountain stage if gapped early on. Obviously there aren’t enough elite climbing doms for every team to have one. But to argue that it doesn’t really make much a difference is a weak rationalization to defend his team’s deficits.Which is a lot easier said than done if you have ONE rival to follow, rather than two. It's going to be very difficult for Remco to compete with both Rog and Ving on the same team; hopefully he'll be able to forge some alliances on the road but Jumbo look so strong for this race, the antithesis of SQS.
I know, I never said the theory was easy or the practice realistic, however, it's what Remco simply has to do under the circumstances. But if he pulls it off, he will ascend to the heights of Olympus.Which is a lot easier said than done if you have ONE rival to follow, rather than two. It's going to be very difficult for Remco to compete with both Rog and Ving on the same team; hopefully he'll be able to forge some alliances on the road but Jumbo look so strong for this race, the antithesis of SQS.
To the bolded, if you think that's what I was arguing, then you have totally missed the point. I was simply trying to look on the positive side of a bleak situation. On the other hand, with such a weak team what other rationalization would you give? Fold over?It’s (SQS) strategy also depending on nothing going wrong, but as we know that’s rarely the case over three weeks. It’s when things go wrong that team strength can really make a difference. I don’t think Roglic would have won the Giro unless Kuss was there the day Rog faltered. Or having folks who stay close on climbs to help chase in the valley of a multi-mountain stage if gapped early on. Obviously there aren’t enough elite climbing doms for every team to have one. But to argue that it doesn’t really make much a difference is a weak rationalization to defend his team’s deficits.