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Didn't I just say that?Forever The Best said:Come on,you should admit that Contador should have told it to Paulinho that he couldn't get a spot for him.I mean,I am a Contador fan,but that was wrong by Contador.
If Alberto really didn't tell Paulinho Trek refused to sign him, then yes, that's not great
Yeah haters gonna hatestaubsauger said:Is there really a discussion over 2 pages going on because Contador made a stupid mistake in behavior? I mean Lance would've called Paulinho to tell him: “FU, you're dismissed!“
Sorry,didn't see it,my badLaFlorecita said:Didn't I just say that?Forever The Best said:Come on,you should admit that Contador should have told it to Paulinho that he couldn't get a spot for him.I mean,I am a Contador fan,but that was wrong by Contador.
If Alberto really didn't tell Paulinho Trek refused to sign him, then yes, that's not great
Bye Bye Bicycle said:Saramotins is the key classics domestique Sagan was lacking so far. Good signing. McCarthy's qualities are obvious as well. I'm not too sure about Pelucchi, he's kind of limited in his abilities. On a good day he can compete with the best sprinters on pan-flat courses, but lately these good days have been rare. And I can't see him either being part of a sprint train for Sagan, Bennett or even Ackermann.
I'm surprised to not see Paul Voß in the 2017 squad - this was his best season so far, I'm curious were he will end up next year.
BalearicBeats said:WheelofGear said:BMC's classics team for Flanders and Roubaix finalised: GVA, Oss, Elmiger, Ventoso, Drucker, Quinziato, Küng, Schar
No Dillier if he's in good form?
It's an insanely strong team tbh.
qwerty16 said:Bye Bye Bicycle said:Saramotins is the key classics domestique Sagan was lacking so far. Good signing. McCarthy's qualities are obvious as well. I'm not too sure about Pelucchi, he's kind of limited in his abilities. On a good day he can compete with the best sprinters on pan-flat courses, but lately these good days have been rare. And I can't see him either being part of a sprint train for Sagan, Bennett or even Ackermann.
I'm surprised to not see Paul Voß in the 2017 squad - this was his best season so far, I'm curious were he will end up next year.
I doubt Saramotins will feature in the (pre-)final of any classic to help Sagan. Burghardt will be the strongest helper for Sagan, they should have picked up Elmiger.
Try to imagine the situation. You are in role of Paulinho, unsure on what your at least one future year will be. Whether you will go on with bike racing, which was promised to you by Contador, or whether you will need to earn your money elsewhere. That's usually pretty important in one's life. Now Cotador knows he won't take you with to the new team, but doesn't make a call for weeks. Maybe because embarassed, I can understand that, but still jerk behaviour. I'm sorry, I don't believe it is not "in your town".BigMac said:Kokoso said:And just that is callled jerk behaviour. I can understand your explanation, but even than it doesn't make it look like non-jerk behaviour.BigMac said:He might have been embarassed or ill-at-ease to tell Sergio that, afterall, he'd not be going with him.
WT or not WT material; that probably doesn't have context anyway.
Not in my town, it's not.
I don't think it's about this; it's about Contador not being able to make phone call for weeks. Future of other human being may depend on that phone call, so it sounds quite important, doesn't it?LaFlorecita said:Not sure you can blame Berto for Trek refusing to sign his (ex-)friends.
jens_attacks said:contador announced that instead of paulinho he will bring benjamin noval with him.
everyone happy.
Ricco' said:Ondrej Cink (from Multivan - Merida MTB team) to Bahrain - Merida.
TMP402 said:Ricco' said:Ondrej Cink (from Multivan - Merida MTB team) to Bahrain - Merida.
That seems a bit random, no?
TMP402 said:qwerty16 said:Bye Bye Bicycle said:Saramotins is the key classics domestique Sagan was lacking so far. Good signing. McCarthy's qualities are obvious as well. I'm not too sure about Pelucchi, he's kind of limited in his abilities. On a good day he can compete with the best sprinters on pan-flat courses, but lately these good days have been rare. And I can't see him either being part of a sprint train for Sagan, Bennett or even Ackermann.
I'm surprised to not see Paul Voß in the 2017 squad - this was his best season so far, I'm curious were he will end up next year.
I doubt Saramotins will feature in the (pre-)final of any classic to help Sagan. Burghardt will be the strongest helper for Sagan, they should have picked up Elmiger.
And yet Saramotins has more Paris-Roubaix top 10s than Burghardt.
pastronef said:Jani Brajkovic rumored to Bahrain-Merida
Zinoviev Letter said:pastronef said:Jani Brajkovic rumored to Bahrain-Merida
This is the weirdest transfer season rumour so far. I can only assume that some Bahraini princeling used to watch cycling four or five years ago and hasn't bothered to check what Brajkovic has been like since.
UHC is a good place for riders to find a second chance, but Brajkovic has been terrible.
Ricco' said:Zinoviev Letter said:pastronef said:Jani Brajkovic rumored to Bahrain-Merida
This is the weirdest transfer season rumour so far. I can only assume that some Bahraini princeling used to watch cycling four or five years ago and hasn't bothered to check what Brajkovic has been like since.
UHC is a good place for riders to find a second chance, but Brajkovic has been terrible.
It's called Gorazd Stangelj and his search for slovenian riders.