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[greyclouds]

I think they are simply better of outside WT with auto WC's than in the World Tour and they realise that.

It's so depend on their investment capacity and their recruitment pool, if they continue to stick with Nordic-only riders, which I don't think would be compatible with a mildly-successful WT team.

They could have a long-shot option of targeting Skjelmose for 2027 (if he doesn't renew meanwhile), but they would need a strong GC support team to convince him and I can't see that happening.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

It's so depend on their investment capacity and their recruitment pool, if they continue to stick with Nordic-only riders, which I don't think would be compatible with a mildly-successful WT team.

I don’t think they are far away from being a good WT-team.
The squad (27 riders) have today with the addition of Pedersen, Skjelmose and a random Norwegian like Foss or Træen + Lund Andresen as a replacement for Kristoff would’ve made them a top 6-8 team on the UCI-ranking I believe.

 

[yaco]

I don’t think they are far away from being a good WT-team.
The squad (27 riders) have today with the addition of Pedersen, Skjelmose and a random Norwegian like Foss or Træen + Lund Andresen as a replacement for Kristoff would’ve made them a top 6-8 team on the UCI-ranking I believe.

Do you think they could afford these riders? I doubt it!

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Do you think they could afford these riders? I doubt it!

The question was regarding the possible recruitment pool with only nordic (only Norwegian/Danish riders), not about the money.

 

[greyclouds]

The question was regarding the possible recruitment pool with only nordic (only Norwegian/Danish riders), not about the money.

I mentioned investment capacity on my previous message. Of course you could think about Vingegaard, M Pedersen, Skjelmose and others but I don’t think they have the money to even get close to Skjelmose or Mads. Others like Foss, Asgreen, I just don’t think they would be a good investment - too much cv/salary for what they can actually deliver at this stage of their careers.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

I mentioned investment capacity on my previous message.

Indeed, but investment capacity doesn’t depend much on the strategy of signing only Norwegian/Danish riders. Of course they will never become a top WT team with a budget on around 20-25m. That would still be the problem with an open recruitment pool.

So basically, the recruitment pool is not at all a limitation to become a good WT team. The budget is.