The Rohan Dennis thread

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Jumbo needs to use him differently to Martin - Judicious use on the flats with more use in the mountains.
 
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Looking at his calendar i was feeling something must be going on. Hence this announcement didn't came as complete surprise to me. It's ultimately up to the cyclist to decide when the time has come. To hang the bike on the wall. I still see a bit of motivation in his announcement. To still try and to do his best this season. Good luck.

Among some other things i will always remember on how he quit the Tour and came back to win the worlds ITT in the same year. Respect.
 
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Looking at his calendar i was feeling something must be going on. Hence this announcement didn't came as complete surprise to me. It's ultimately up to the cyclist to decide when the time has come. To hang the bike on the wall. I still see a bit of motivation in his announcement. To still try and to do his best this season. Good luck.

Among some other things i will always remember on how he quit the Tour and came back to win the worlds ITT in the same year. Respect.
wait... what is his calender? Have I goofed up putting him in my fantasy cycling team???
 
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Not a surprise. There have been stories going on about him being a pariah on Jumbo too. It is said he was axed from the TDF team. Not by management or staff, but the riders themselves.

In the end it comes down to (current) form. If the form is there he would/will race. Otherwise no.
 
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Some of theJumbo riders in Oz don't have calendars yet or only very early warmup races. Jos van Emden has no calendar either for example. Tim van Dijke inly has Algarve, Lennard Hofstede only UAE.
 
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wait... what is his calender? Have I goofed up putting him in my fantasy cycling team???
I can see him filling the gaps in the team in races like Romandie and Switserland where Jumbo aren't going for the win with Roglic or Vingegaard. Maybe mix in stuff like Benelux or stuff I don't know.

Wielerflits pod said he wasn't gonna get a GT this year.
 
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I still feel Rohan has one more GT in him. Where he can be a factor. We'll see.
He said he went to Jumbo because they had something the other teams didn't. His goals will be ITTs and Worlds ITT. If I were to guess he wanted to get knowledge of whatever the gains are he's saying Jumbo had that Ineos don't and target Paris 2024 without the road getting in the way.
 
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Currently there are no upcoming races listed on PCS. Hence likely not much if any racing at all in spring.
PCS schedules are only a database documenting what is reported through other sources. Not all riders announce their full schedules before the season. So this doesn't mean he is not scheduled for any races.

I'm more interested in this stories of him fleeing a training camp, now this is why I'm on the forum.

He managed to p*ss off the staff at Garmin, Bahrain and ineos so it wouldn't surprise me if he did it at Jumbo too. Don't know how he strung together 4 season at BMC
 
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@Ilmaestro99

I don't know about that. In my opinion there is more to it. But if he will do some races earlier in the season. Then good.

@samhocking

With riders like Dennis both sides need to invest a bit extra. And if that is done. It's worth it. Reading his announcement i feel that motivation is still there. Hence just focusing on ITT is a possibility. In my opinion there will be more racing involved than that. I guess best to wait and see.
 
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He said he went to Jumbo because they had something the other teams didn't. His goals will be ITTs and Worlds ITT. If I were to guess he wanted to get knowledge of whatever the gains are he's saying Jumbo had that Ineos don't and target Paris 2024 without the road getting in the way.
Yeah, I can easily see him preparing for the OGTT like the WCTT in '19.
 
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Almost certain that he will be in UAE Tour, dont know more but it is logical to think that he will doing others WT one week races during spring.
 
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When you have a bunch of nice people on the internet calling you names. Well. You likely had to do something right. Stelvio is something that cycling fans in general should respect. So my suggestion would be whatever you decide to do in 2023 season. Do it in a way only Rohan Dennis would do. And don't forget to enjoy every moment of it.