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Well, if that's genuinely what he'll do, good for him. Nice to see riders focus on classics.
StryderHells said:
Well, if that's genuinely what he'll do, good for him. Nice to see riders focus on classics.
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Rabobank/Lotto Jumbo is generally pretty clueless when it comes to signing riders. They have the same budget as the Belgian Lotto team yet their results are far worse.
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lol, that is why most of their wins this season came from the new signings? Roglic, Groenewegen and Campenaerts?
And far worse is also an overstatement. Please don't let your hate for Lotto Jumbo cloud your objectivity.
El Pistolero said:
lol, that is why most of their wins this season came from the new signings? Roglic, Groenewegen and Campenaerts?
And far worse is also an overstatement. Please don't let your hate for Lotto Jumbo cloud your objectivity.
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well, Battaglin was Kruijswijks best dom in Giro, no reason to believe Lobato could be atleast as goodEl Pistolero said:
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That's a good signing, he can hopefully develop in the Classics (AGR/MSR) and should have a good team to support him. He can also help in the flat sprints.GP Blanco said:
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Yeah, it's not even close. The strange thing here though is that results probably flatter Lotto-Jumbo rather than the other way round. They have excellent riders who never look close to winning anything. They're notably improving on the cobbles, to be fair.
Billie said:
Yeah, it's not even close. The strange thing here though is that results probably flatter Lotto-Jumbo rather than the other way round. They have excellent riders who never look close to winning anything. They're notably improving on the cobbles, to be fair.
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I said it was an overstatement. Of course Lotto Bel has a lot more people who can win, this is cause their focus is more with one day races instead of the stage racing of Lotto NL. Before the Tour and Poland they were more or less equal in the WT ranking.
But in wins and cq points, i know Lotto Soudal will probably win all the time.
Billie said:
I said it was an overstatement
. Of course Lotto Bel has a lot more people who can win, this is cause their focus is more with one day races instead of the stage racing of Lotto NL. Before the Tour and Poland they were more or less equal in the WT ranking. But in wins and cq points, i know Lotto Soudal will probably win all the time.
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I agree, RK has voiced his desire to be THE TdF GC guy on a team, but signs with a team that is developing a very talented young GC guys (less than a minute from the win at GdI and ~20 seconds off the box at TdF). RK can ride well in the hilly spring races, but so can the Y brothers. I guess we'll see...Cannibal72 said:
RK might not have had that option offered from anywhere, or maybe he got a nice fat offer he couldn't refuse from the OBE folks.
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No. Kreuziger said that he was not looking for a team where he would be absolute leader and that he'd have no problem working for someone else but that he's to young to be a domestique full time so he hopes that in some races he would get a chance to go for his own results. Those races most likely are Liege, Tour de Suisse, Romandie.. Which is exactly what he'll be able to do at Orica.
He said during TdF when asked about his future and just read the article on the Orica teamsite and he basically says the exact same there.
jmdirt said:
No. Kreuziger said that he was not looking for a team where he would be absolute leader and that he'd have no problem working for someone else but that he's to young to be a domestique full time so he hopes that in some races he would get a chance to go for his own results. Those races most likely are Liege, Tour de Suisse, Romandie.. Which is exactly what he'll be able to do at Orica.
He said during TdF when asked about his future and just read the article on the Orica teamsite and he basically says the exact same there.
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it's all good
as per twitter, it seemed the only important thing was they would not sign for Sky. any other team was fine
TMP402 said:
it's all good
as per twitter, it seemed the only important thing was they would not sign for Sky. any other team was fine
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Hansen and Andersen was already pretty much known, but overall that's four nice signings.Walter Morgan said:
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“ORICA-BikeExchange was an easy choice for me when I started to consider my next team and my future as a rider,” Kreuziger said. “I really admire the ambitions they have going onwards, and I want to fully apply myself to help their young riders go for the ultimate success in the Grand Tours.”
“I think I’ll be able to fulfill that role both on and off the bike and at the same time try and go for a win myself in one-week races and some of the Classics where we will have several cards to play.
“I’m very thankful for being able to join one of the most promising and well respected teams in the peloton where I will also be part of what looks to be a fun environment to work in.”
I hope that is how he truly feels now because IMO he is a solid racer for "one week races and some classics", as well as "help(ing) the young riders in GTs".
After he signed a nice new contract he said:Billie said:
“ORICA-BikeExchange was an easy choice for me when I started to consider my next team and my future as a rider,” Kreuziger said. “I really admire the ambitions they have going onwards, and I want to fully apply myself to help their young riders go for the ultimate success in the Grand Tours.”
“I think I’ll be able to fulfill that role both on and off the bike and at the same time try and go for a win myself in one-week races and some of the Classics where we will have several cards to play.
“I’m very thankful for being able to join one of the most promising and well respected teams in the peloton where I will also be part of what looks to be a fun environment to work in.”
I hope that is how he truly feels now because IMO he is a solid racer for "one week races and some classics", as well as "help(ing) the young riders in GTs".
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