greenedge said:
Hopefully Vaughters can just focus on any young talents he has. Farrar is great and he can try get Haussler back on track. They should try more in the US next year as well. Hopefully Vaughters can also give Dan Martin more of a protected role. Sep V shall also emerge next year. They will still be strong in the classics, just not as strong as BMC, QSOP and Cancellara.
I wonder if Dan Martin could go well at a race like F-W/ Amstel Gold next year. This year he had the crash. Do his allergies affect him at that time of year?
Whether they like it or not, that's what they're going to have to do with. I don't expect them to get any big signings for 2012. I keep mentioning that the team will not live up the Tweet Vaughters put out that their takes will be better than their gives for 2012. So far, Rosseler and the other two from the Chipotle squad don't even stand up to the quality of Hushovd in my opinion.
For them racing in the states, they need to do something better than just a top 5 overall. The way I see it is that if Vaughters sees a rider in the top 5, he'll tell them to just make sure they keep that and not bother going any higher. Why do I think that? You're looking at the guy who stopped Tyler from riding his own race at Flanders and preferred to sprint for a 12th place.
Dan Martin is really Garmin's best shot at a big name rider. I mean in the Vuelta I saw he wasn't afraid of attacking, and it seems as if his attacks do cause something in the group as opposed to a Vandevelde or Danielson who just sit in the pack. Danielson said he'd attack in the Tour, but we never saw that. Garmin needs more riders like Martin. As for his allergies, he said he had some surgery done to alleviate his allergies prior to the start of the season.
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