Dodge wrote: » They did it last year in the Tour and distanced Sam and I think Sagan finished 5th on the stage Not to diminish his win yesterday but the Tour brings out a higher level of sprinter Sagan won a couple of green jerseys just because no one else tried for it. Last year even DQT didn’t aim for it until a couple of stages in. Maybe Ewan will fancy going for it this year. Who knows
corelokttikka wrote: » Looks like it with Sagan climbing very well. He knows he can’t beat Sam in a straight up sprint whereas Ewan can sometimes but I can’t see him climbing as good as Sam over 3 weeks.
Daroxtar wrote: » I have feeling the green jersey battle in the TDF will be a real humdinger. Sagan beginning to show good form, Ewan will be there in the sprints in the early stages at least, Demare too. Sam will have a real fight on his hands to get points.
on_the_nickel wrote: » Completely forgot about Almeida! The point still stands, maybe to a slightly lesser degree, DQS have morphed into more of a grand tour GC team over the last couple of years and they've got to back Remco.
Junior wrote: » Almedia is gone. Cavagna is out of contract, and has already been in talks with Cofidis. Sky as it was, had to have Irish and Italian Riders on the Roster as part of their marketing strategy. How that fairs out with Big Jim on board now I don't know.
wirelessdude01 wrote: » Point I'm making is that he won't be following whatever money trail Sam is following.
on_the_nickel wrote: » I wonder if Remco changes that. They've given him a contract like no-one's ever seen and Lefevere won't have done that without significant money coming in from Belgian backers. He's got to keep them happy, and he seems to have changed strategy lately, bringing in a lot of very decent climbers. There's already the makings of a GC team with Almeida, Masnada, Serry, Vansavenant, Cavagna, Knox, not to mention Alaphilippe, Asgreen, and Lampaert. It's hard to maintain a squad that can compete in the classics and grand tours, and carry a top quality sprinter and lead out without having a massive budget. I worry Sam might go to Ineos. He's good mates with Dunbar, McQuaid is cosy with Ineos management, and I think they like to have top Irish riders to lessen the sh!t they get from Irish people on social media (me included).
iffandonlyif wrote: » Didn’t people say the same about Mark Renshaw when he was leading out Cavendish? It didn’t exactly work out for him when he moved to Rabobank.
CramCycle wrote: » I would disagree as well because the simple fact is that Morkov on his own is a beast of a sprinter, and if he wasn't leading anyone out, he would be contending for the win in many scenarios.
Dodge wrote: » Morkov doesn’t win races so his *only* consideration is money He’s great at his job, but the idea he’s in for the love of his team mates winning and not money is ridiculous
wirelessdude01 wrote: » MK has signed a contract extension anyway so he won't be following Sam to wherever he is going for the money.
MrMojoRisin' wrote: » Wherever he goes, I just really really want to see Sam Bennett obliterate a perfectly composed DQS Morkov sprint train next year. There's a lot of annoying talk that Bennett only wins because of Morkov, and whatever sprinter has morkov is going to win
breezy1985 wrote: » It's not really just about Morkov it's the whole well oiled sprint train they have. They are also one of the very few big teams willing to fully back a sprinter in the TdF
Macy0161 wrote: » I wasn't even considering the weekends win to be honest. There's a new management team there since last year or the year before? As I understand it, the entire structure needed an overhaul/ modernisation.
breezy1985 wrote: » One win is not getting their stuff together. They have always been a very haphazard team but ide rather he end up there over one of the various Isreal/Bahrain/UAE human rights abusers.
Junior wrote: » DSM is an absolute horrible place. See Dumoulin, Kittel, Matthews, Hindley, Kelderman, et al for examples.
breezy1985 wrote: » One win is not getting their stuff together. They have always been a very haphazard team but ide rather he end up there over one of the various Isreal/Bahrain/UAE human rights abusers. Not sure if it would be any good win wise but I'm really starting to like Trek and DSM so wouldn't mind seeing that happen
Macy0161 wrote: » They got Vivani when he left DQS. I don't think money is really an issue there. tbf as well, the team is getting it's stuff together, it's just like turning an oil tanker after so many years.
