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You see, the Danish national team almost exclusively races outside Denmark, so I've never seen their exact setup. ;)
And what you describe would certainly be a better support than what the Team Post Danmark (national selection at Post Danmark Rundt) normally get, at least the part you see at the race.

My point is, most Danish cycling talents stay in their comfort zone during their junior and U23 years.
Bennekou's description of small rooms in Luxembourg, spaghetti & ketchup may be a bit drastic, but in my opinion things like these (living and racing abroad at a young age) will only benefit you later.
Martin Mortensen went to VC Roubaix, and it didn't do him any harm.
Thomas Kvist rode for Beveren 2000 for several years, but he got mononucleosis while at Quick Step, who knows where he'd be now otherwise.

A setup like the British Cycling Academy in Quarrata would be good for Danish cycling, but at the moment I don't see it happening.
 
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all the huge talents in denmark have failed in gls setup. a rider that broke through was chris anker who never went through the danish national teams and gls. rabo had the same problem when they had a junior team and also tt3 team. they were too professional and didn't have much left as a pro, also mentally of course
 
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all the huge talents in denmark have failed in gls setup. a rider that broke through was chris anker who never went through the danish national teams and gls.

You're right. But there is one exception:

Matti Breschel who did ride for GLS (Team PH). His father was in charge of the team.
 
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breschel is correct indeed but imo he hasn't really broken through yet either. and I think his knee problems are chronical and I think he will soon be end of career although 100% if he was without injury he would've been a big rider he seem exception indeed. like thomas dekker was with rabo
 
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It seems that Di Luca confirmed today to have signed for Acqua&Sapone while at Cycle Mode in Japan.
 
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Michele said:
It seems that Di Luca confirmed today to have signed for Acqua&Sapone while at Cycle Mode in Japan.

Looks like he will finally pull in a pay check now that he's served his time in the Russian Jail system.
 
Happy that Durbridge and Hepburn are moving to GE. they are both good ITTers one more exceptional. Hepburn also has quite a handy sprint and is good enough to last in a break.

Both hopefully stars of the future.
 
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skidmark said:
cq, in its team transfers section, says Betancur is leaving Acqua & Sapone, and has his transfer team as 'Elite-2'. I can only assume this is a mistake, as I thought he was confirmed a few weeks ago, but does anyone have definitive light to shed on this situation?

Masciarelli himself said he does have a contract with them.
 
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just some guy said:
Good to see him make it seems him and Johnnie Walker were the 2 that got screwed the most this time last year.

Anyone know Johnnie Walkers plans for new year ?

Plenty of whisky
 
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Ryo Hazuki said:
breschel is correct indeed but imo he hasn't really broken through yet either. and I think his knee problems are chronical and I think he will soon be end of career although 100% if he was without injury he would've been a big rider he seem exception indeed. like thomas dekker was with rabo

How are crashes related to being injury prone? Fair, if his knee problems continue to occur you have a case but in both cases so far it was due to crashes. He looked sharp in the beginning of the Vuelta just before the latest crash.
 
Johnnie Walker had a pretty bad season this year or did I miss something?

He did have a nice 2010 though very aggresive and in many breakaways and some nice results at the end of the season somewhere in China.
 
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