Vuelta a España 2019 Rumours

[staubsauger]

Which domestique ends up being stronger than Fabio Aru this Vuelta? Only Pogacar or even Henao!?

 

[tobydawq]

They did select Poels.

And not de la Cruz.

 

[Northerner]

Ineos: Poels, Geoghegan Hart, Doull, Elissonde, Henao, Kiryienka Puccio, Stannard

 

[Red Rick]

Hide your knees. Hide your team leaders.

 

[wansteadimp]

Potential destruction testing of the new forum - will it survive if Poels wins the Vuelta???

 

[staubsauger]

Ineos: Poels, Geoghegan Hart, Doull, Elissonde, Henao, Kiryienka Puccio, Stannard

Why did Rosa dissappear though!?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Ï dont get that at all from Ineos, what a downright horrible team considering their roster. Poels and Tao will be interesting, but the rest of the team literally cannot perform on their own. It looks like they have selected a bunch of pure domestiques for no apparant reason. Unless they obviously believe either Poels or Tao can win the race....

In the NBA and the NFL, you get the highest draftpicks the next year for sucking. This is tanking on purpose without any reason for it.

 

[Koronin]

Yes, a great honor for a rider! It's a pity he didn't do the Giro, cause they also wanted to give him number 1.
I guess you know you're a true legend, when things like this start to happen.

Agreed. I'd have preferred he raced the Giro to the Tour this year anyway. They did want to honor him. I think it shows he's not just a legend but well respected as well.

 

[staubsauger]

Ï dont get that at all from Ineos, what a downright horrible team considering their roster. Poels and Tao will be interesting, but the rest of the team literally cannot perform on their own. It looks like they have selected a bunch of pure domestiques for no apparant reason. Unless they obviously believe either Poels or Tao can win the race....

In the NBA and the NFL, you get the highest draftpicks the next year for sucking. This is tanking on purpose without any reason for it.

I would've gone stage hunting with Poels, Rosa, Elissonde, Stannard and even Dunbar!

 

[bminchow]

I don't see who can beat Roglic in the vuelta

I am thinking his teammate.

 

[bajbar]

I am thinking his teammate.

Oh dear. The last stage race where they both competed and Kruiswijk eneded up better than Roglič was Volta a la Communitat Valenciana. In the begining of 2017. At that Point Primož did not have any GC wins to his name. Since then (so 2 and a half years) Roglič has always finished ahead of Kruiswijk

 

[bminchow]

1 Rogla
2 Bala
3 Martinez

I don't know what a Bala is.

 

[bminchow]

Ineos: Poels, Geoghegan Hart, Doull, Elissonde, Henao, Kiryienka Puccio, Stannard

Poels. Crap. I just put all my money on Hart. I need to check this out. My rumour mill had Ineos all in for Teo, so now I am all confused. But watching Poels at the Tour makes me feel a little better. Did he convince them that he has turned it around?

 

[Koronin]

I don't know what a Bala is.

Bala is Alejandro Valverde's nickname. Bala is the Spanish word for bullet.

 

[bminchow]

Oh dear. The last stage race where they both competed and Kruiswijk eneded up better than Roglič was Volta a la Communitat Valenciana. In the begining of 2017. At that Point Primož did not have any GC wins to his name. Since then (so 2 and a half years) Roglič has always finished ahead of Kruiswijk

uh oh. it's on now! I love Roglic but I'll be waking up early to watch Kruiswijk be the man. I wonder who Jumbo will let take the red jersey on saturday? Will they give it to a GC guy or Tony Martin?

 

[Koronin]

Got the nickname as a young child due to his speed in sprinting.

 

[del1962]

uh oh. it's on now! I love Roglic but I'll be waking up early to watch Kruiswijk be the man. I wonder who Jumbo will let take the red jersey on saturday? Will they give it to a GC guy or Tony Martin?

i think they should give it to Tony.

 

[Leinster]

I would've gone stage hunting with Poels, Rosa, Elissonde, Stannard and even Dunbar!

Dunbar rode the Giro and is 22. It would be unusual, to say the least, for a team to ask such a young rider to ride 2 GTs.