The Rohan Dennis threat

[42x16ss]

There is hardly anything Merida can say to make this situation any better other than pretending this never happened.

Edit: Well they could blame it on the helm/wheels but no legitimate company would ever do that.

If Merida are smart, they had their design guys sit with Dennis, ask what he does and doesn't like about the bike and go back to the drawing board.

It's not like manufacturers haven't done this in the past, and they can even turn it to their advantage - "The new Merida Warp TT. Co-designed with World TT Champ and TDF Stage winner Rohan Dennis..."

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

It will be really interesting for sure, if Dennis were to get his ass kicked on the WC ITT by Evenepoel, Campenaerts, Roglic etc... on his BMC bike. I wonder how the "lousy bike" story will get spun should that happen. Maybe in that case, it will be an off-day on a good bike?

 

[SafeBet]

It will be really interesting for sure, if Dennis were to get his ass kicked on the WC ITT by Evenepoel, Campenaerts, Roglic etc... on his BMC bike. I wonder how the "lousy bike" story will get spun should that happen. Maybe in that case, it will be an off-day on a good bike?

We live in the post factual world. People can just pretend things never happened.

 

[Red Rick]

Don't know, and surely the bike will make a difference, but you have to wonder, if the fact that he was only able to take a handful of seconds on Bernal in TDS, was all because of the bike. Personally, i don't buy it. At this point, i'm thinking the bike will make a bigger difference in his head, than on the road.

I mean, he lost one second per km on Lampaert. Not on van Aert or Roglic. Unless he loses 2sec per km due to the bike, i'm not buying it.

Fatigue of stage race

 

[DNP-Old]

While every other rider in the field will be racing on the bikes they use with their trade teams throughout the season, Dennis is heading off-piste. Cyclingnews spotted a blacked-out BMC Timemachine at Cycling Australia’s hotel in Yorkshire, which is the bike he rode to the world title 12 months ago.

Uh-oh.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

While every other rider in the field will be racing on the bikes they use with their trade teams throughout the season, Dennis is heading off-piste. Cyclingnews spotted a blacked-out BMC Timemachine at Cycling Australia’s hotel in Yorkshire, which is the bike he rode to the world title 12 months ago.

Uh-oh.

We knew this already though? You even posted it two weeks ago in the Evenepoel topic iirc.

 

[DNP-Old]

We knew this already though? You even posted it two weeks ago in the Evenepoel topic iirc.

Indeed, but at the time it was just something I heard without being able to get the rumour confirmed. Argon 18 (mostly known for their Astana bikes) was also being named, since it's Australia's official supplier.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Sacked?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1176471360081674240

View: https://twitter.com/MeridaProRoad/status/1176471360081674240

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Sacked?

Already posted in the WC topic.
I'm assuming they didn't want to mention him because he isn't riding one of their bikes.

By the way, karma dictates that Dennis will lose tomorrow due to a mechanical on his BMC.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Already posted in the WC topic.

So? That does not mean that it is inappropriate to this thread, and not everyone reads every thread.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

So? That does not mean that it is inappropriate to this thread, and not everyone reads every thread.

Don't think i said that, but ok. Simply informed you that it was already posted, hence that there are already people that replied to it in another topic. Should you be interested in reading the discussion there.

 

[RedheadDane]

So... gonna spend some time in the lab with the Merida bike manufacturers?

 

[Blanco]

So... gonna spend some time in the lab with the Merida bike manufacturers?

He would not be welcome in my team after what he did at the Tour, being World Champion or not!

 

[RedheadDane]

He would not be welcome in my team after what he did at the Tour, being World Champion or not!

Rohan Dennis plans to stay with Bahrain-Merida next season, but will ride unmarked time trial bike at Yorkshire World Championships - Cycling Weekly

Rohan Dennis still expects to ride for Bahrain-Merida next season, despite his surprise withdrawal from the 2019 Tour de France.

www.cyclingweekly.com

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So, interesting fact; (reported both today, and during the Vuelta): Rolf Sørensen mentioned that he and Dennis Ritter actually saw Dennis at a restaurant the day he abandoned, but decided not to tell anyone.

 

[spalco]

He would not be welcome in my team after what he did at the Tour, being World Champion or not!

Absolutely. It's got to be a insta firing offense.

And if I were DS of any other team I wouldn't hire him either after this,

 

[Brullnux]

Absolutely. It's got to be a insta firing offense.

And if I were DS of any other team I wouldn't hire him either after this,

What was the reason that Dennis suit though? Did we ever find out?

 

[Yingge]

I guess that Tokyo is the next target now.

 

[red_flanders]

Find myself wondering if "Threat" instead of "Thread" in the title was intentional, prophetic, or both.

 

[Red Rick]

Find myself wondering if "Threat" instead of "Thread" in the title was intentional, prophetic, or both.

I was bound to be right about something eventually

 

[Bolder]

Find myself wondering if "Threat" instead of "Thread" in the title was intentional, prophetic, or both.

Not the first that's been mentioned here!

What an interesting case. What will he do next year? Here's a guy who can dominate TTs and hang in the mountains, at least in a one-week race...and yet...maybe BMC can rebuild their team around him since he's the best salesman for their bikes!

I'm pretty sure he'll be riding in the WT next year. Being a repeat world champion offsets a lot of other stuff.

 

[Mayomaniac]

One also has to say that he never caused any problems at BMC, he's not easy to deal with, but he can be a great asset for a team in the right environment. He strikes me as a guy who's a hothead and usually has his focus on a single goal, after reaching that goal he needs some time to reset mentally. I also get the feeling that he doesn't like changing plans at the last minute.

 

[johnymax]

He is in his own league as far as ITTs go. Congrats.

 

[dastott]

Would make a great transfer target for Dimension Data (BMC bikes and desperate for results) or CCC (the old BMC team and also needing better results).

 

[Cance > TheRest]

There is Rohan and then there are all the others. If he had been a couple of years younger, I think he might have had the possibility to challenge Cancellara and Martin as the best modern day time trialists.

It looked like he was wearing a KASK helmet today. Isn't Bahrain Merida wearing Rudy Project normally? Also, I assume the black bike was a BMC?

 

[Danskebjerge]

He sure was a threat today