Well it wouldn't be the first timeimagine he'd have a frame defect during the TT - now that would be a proper DRAMA
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Campenaerts doesn't believe Dennis is topfavorite for the WC, since he has never found his groove on a TT bike this year.
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But that was on the Merida bike. He is riding the worlds on a BMC bike...same he had when he became WC. Different situation. Was Campy not informed of this?
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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.
They could have at least published some generic PR garbage like "our bikes meet the highest demands of professional cycling and include the most advanced technology available" or so. But also maybe they just do not care so much, being that big and not that dependant on some Rohan Dennis, or as you said, concluded that the best strategy was to pretend this never happened.
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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..."
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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?
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We live in the post factual world. People can just pretend things never happened.
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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.
Uh-oh.
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We knew this already though? You even posted it two weeks ago in the Evenepoel topic iirc.
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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.
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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.
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So? That does not mean that it is inappropriate to this thread, and not everyone reads every thread.
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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.
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He would not be welcome in my team after what he did at the Tour, being World Champion or not!
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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.
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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,
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Find myself wondering if "Threat" instead of "Thread" in the title was intentional, prophetic, or both.
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I was bound to be right about something eventuallyFind myself wondering if "Threat" instead of "Thread" in the title was intentional, prophetic, or both.
Not the first that's been mentioned here!Find myself wondering if "Threat" instead of "Thread" in the title was intentional, prophetic, or both.
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.
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