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wtf is a “verbal preliminary agreement “?
I’m sure there must be something we’re not being told about the Bennett situation. And I’m still trying to work out a way that this doesn’t come back to Sam having done or signed something very recklessly at some point. And the team has been great for him for several years now, so you can understand a reluctance on either side to part ways.
But even allowing for all that, Bora still look like *** for basically benching him/putting him in the B team for the full season, and then turning around and saying “no you can’t go.”
Is it as simple as “don’t go to Quickstep”? “There’s an offer from Trek for you, Sam. And Astana have no sprinters, they’d love to have you. Cmon, we’ll release you to anyone, just not Quickstep.”