Sam Bennett - no same day spoilers

mr spuckler · 29-04-2019 09:18AM

getting some climbing into his legs before the Giro?

Junior · 29-04-2019 10:06AM

mr spuckler wrote: »

getting some climbing into his legs before the Giro?

If he's going anywhere he'll get the Tour.

harringtonp · 29-04-2019 10:39AM

Looking around at soccer the whole Bennett/Giro thing is been handled well on both sides. The team is in a predicament with sponsor etc, sam understands that and hasn't said more than he needs to and doors are been left open.

Finnrocco · 29-04-2019 12:15PM

Seems there are three stages that might suit?
Just from route description, havent seen profiles though.

Finnrocco · 29-04-2019 01:54PM

Looked at the profiles for Tour de Romandie, it seems they are all quite lumpy/tough stages.

Weds there are 5 cat 2s, Thursday there's a 20k cat 2 in middle of stage, and a cat 3 30 k from home.
Friday there's a few cat 2 & 3 climbs, with an uphill finish.

Saturday is the queen stage with all that entails and Sunday is a 16 k tt.

The following are sprinters I can see listed, some of them for lumpy / uphill stages :

COLBRELLI Sonny
MARECZKO Jakub
VIVIANI Elia
BLYTHE Adam
ALBASINI Michael (I know hes not a real sprinter but is good on an uphill finish / tough stage)
NIZZOLO Giacomo
SWIFT Ben (same as Albasini)
CONSONNI Simone
PASQUALON Andrea

I back Sam for one stage.

neris · 02-05-2019 09:13PM

2nd in Romandie today after a breakaway rider took what should have been a sprint finish

02-05-2019 09:28PM

I hadn't realised the Tour of Croatia had been cancelled at a weeks notice, they mentioned it in commentary. So likely why the likes of Sam and Viviani are here this week.

Shame that race was cancelled and the reasons for it , sponsors not coughing up what they agreed because it did a really good job of showing off the country as a place to visit.

neris · 03-05-2019 02:12PM

Looks like Sam's pulled out of TDR

TheBlaaMan · 13-05-2019 11:06AM

If it wasn't already there, Ackerman winning at his first GT opportunity is a further nail in the coffin of a prolonged career for Sam at Bora. Talk of the cycling podcast last night of rumours that a mid-season transfer to Katusha is being spoken of for him to replace Kittel. This would allow him to ride the 2019 Tour for Katusha. Good move? or not? Hard to see the existing sprint train being tuned for a new sprinter this late, but perhaps it is best in the long run. Alternatively it looks unlikely he will have much in the way of high-level opportunities for the rest of the year......he then waits till next year for a new team?

marvin80 · 13-05-2019 11:14AM

No idea if a move to Katusha would be good or bad but be great to see him in the Tour.
If he had the right team around him he'd give the green jersey a good crack.

Macy0161 · 13-05-2019 12:21PM

In fairness, Katusha have invested in the train for Kittel. I'd bite their hand off, unless he had something much better to go to. The other team mentioned was Trek, who are supposedly getting Nibali, so they'll be GC focused. Similarly EF. So it's someone else's train now, or wait and maybe no train at all.

1bryan · 13-05-2019 01:16PM

Weepsie wrote: »

He can't transfer til August though no? Wouldn't be able to ride the tour.

if it's by 'mutual consent' he can. Remember Rohan Dennis doing the same thing one year.

13-05-2019 02:41PM

Archbold did it only a matter of weeks ago didn't he?

jimbobaloobob · 13-05-2019 02:41PM

Icant see that happening. Archibald is only back in the frame and they work well together I think where ever Sam goes Shane will go too. There's only one space at Katusha. Besides I think Sam is focused and professional to follow what set out plan is in place for this year. DS will be looking at his results and his willingness to fit into a team structure. Nobody wants the dramas of the Bouhannis type to tend to.

jimbobaloobob · 13-05-2019 02:45PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Archbold did it only a matter of weeks ago didn't he?

Archibald had a contract agreement that if opportunity rose to re enter a world tour team a lower division team would agree to it.

RobFowl · 13-05-2019 07:11PM

I think Bora has been an excellent team for him but would like to see him at Trek next year. Think the lack of a sprinter there and no 100% GC focus would benefit him no end.

North of 32 · 13-05-2019 07:15PM

RobFowl wrote: »

I think Bora has been an excellent team for him but would like to see him at Trek next year. Think the lack of a sprinter there and no 100% GC focus would benefit him no end.

Haven't they been pretty awful this year?

13-05-2019 07:23PM

One win I think and that wasn't at WT or HC level.

TheBlaaMan · 13-05-2019 09:39PM

RobFowl wrote: »

I think Bora has been an excellent team for him but would like to see him at Trek next year. Think the lack of a sprinter there and no 100% GC focus would benefit him no end.

Does Degenkolb not have a contract for next year? He's been with Trek since 2017 so is presumably in yr1 of a 2 year extension ? But he's only 30. In any case, perhaps Sam could work with Degenkolb á-la Gaviria and Kristoff (who is nearly 32) at UAE ?
In any case, Katusha or Trek would seem like decent options; good as they were for him, Bora no longer are.......

13-05-2019 09:44PM

Nibali is probably going to Trek next year so that's a pretty packed roster of leaders if Degenkolb is still there too. Along with Mollema, Porte and Stuyven. Though I don't know what their contract situations are like.

13-05-2019 10:02PM

Trek are an odd one, they have some quality riders but they a not a good team these days. Which suggests changes needed in the back room staff.

jimbobaloobob · 13-05-2019 10:09PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Trek are an odd one, they have some quality riders but they a not a good team these days. Which suggests changes needed in the back room staff.

What sort of changes to back room staff?

They have diverted a lot of their attention into Womens pro racing.

eeeee · 13-05-2019 11:41PM

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

What sort of changes to back room staff?

They have diverted a lot of their attention into Womens pro racing.

The women's team is a totally separate entity so not impacting on the men's team at all.
You may as well say the DH teams they run are costing the men's road team- they're completely separate. Also the investment in women's road racing is much, much less than the men's equivalent.
They haven't produced the results of the kind the calibre of riders on their roster would suggest, for while, so I'd say it's pretty safe to say something's rotten in the state of Denmark.

carltonleon · 14-05-2019 07:09AM

So with all that in mind Katusha seems the best fit for Sam. He must be so frustrated this year with the lack of opportunities in GTs

Finnrocco · 14-05-2019 08:52AM

Looks like Sagan is back, but you never know, anything can happen between now and the Tour.

Sam has to stay ready and focussed.
I think he rides better when fresh i.e. seems to be able to go off for a month with no racing and come back and pick up his form straight away.

I also like the way he generally doesn't win the first one or two stages (of the bigger races against the top guys) but seems to be able to work out a way to beat them after a few misses.

Also, he's professional and just does his job when asked - that's what a manager appreciates - look for example at Origi and Moura last week as prime examples in another sport - the big stars out and the next in line steps in and does the job.

cunavalos · 11-06-2019 02:51PM

Feel like this thread deserves a bump

happytramp · 11-06-2019 02:59PM

cunavalos wrote: »

Feel like this thread deserves a bump

Yep, can only mean one thing when you see this thread bumped.

neris · 11-06-2019 03:23PM

https://twitter.com/procycletrumps/status/1138461053078167557?s=19

godtabh · 11-06-2019 05:21PM

Be interesting to see who he ends up signing for. Couldn’t be having a better season

neris · 12-06-2019 12:35AM

Hinting at a switch but no names given

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sam-bennett-strongly-hints-at-switching-teams-after-dauphine-stage-win/

Sam Bennett - no same day spoilers

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