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Flamin

Flamin

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No Vandousselaere? Strange.

Btw, nice job you're doing in this thread, JRanton. Keep up the good work ;)
 
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movingtarget

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Ferminal said:
Goss was already terrible in the 6 months after his M-SR win. Last year he was very competitive (going from a #3 sprinter to #1 edit: on his team) but it's a lot harder to take the top step when you've got Cav and Greipel as opponents. This year speaks for itself though. Unless he can start going uphill as well as he did (or we thought he did) then he's heading for irrelevancy pretty soon. The idea of a sprinter as the leader of your team is a terrible one when you have Cav/Greipel/Kittel to contend with, not to mention the burgeoning second tier of improving talent like Bouhanni/Demare/Coquard - Goss even at his best may not be good enough to consistently beat them.

The team is heading in the right direction if it's moving away from Goss, and big sprint trains more generally. With the likes of Gerrans/Albasini/Impey/Keukeleire they are already getting as many wins from harder sprints and Matthews/Yates/Ewan can add to that. Unless one of them starts looking like Cav there shouldn't be too much committed to the big sprints either in terms of support riders or wages.
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Yes they are winning some good stages and races and Weening also did well at the Tour of Poland not to mention their ability in the team time trials. The team is more diverse now. But like the Carrots discovered, trying to maintain a team with mainly one nationality does not work too well. The need to think beyond that and they have. I think it will become even more diverse in the future. Goss should forget bunch sprints and aim more for the classics at least the ones that suit his abilities. He will never win a green jersey in a GT.
 
hrotha

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movingtarget said:
But like the Carrots discovered, trying to maintain a team with mainly one nationality does not work too well.
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It worked for 18 seasons, and it would still work if the management hadn't actively chased away a good portion of Basque talent.
 
Cimber

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Riis just simply extending contracts :(
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The team is strong enough regarding quality climbers for the GTs (Contador, Rogers, Majka, Keruziger, Roche, Jesus), but of course I wouldnt mind seeing Sanchez on the team.

But what the team truly needs is a stronger cobbles squad. Breschel isnt enough.

Btw: Mads Christensen is leaving Saxo and signs with Team CULT
 
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