kempus Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 6 minutes ago, kyle21121 said: The tour definitely needed more mountain top finishes. The length was definitely too short if you wanna keep a 22km final TT I wouldn't mind having the second TT mid tour either Team or not and possibly a mountain TT. Yeah, this years race had a lot of Meh stages and nowhere near enough Wow stages. Led to a great tour, though haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/froome-going-to-vuelta-a-espana-with-a-sense-of-mission/ Froome is pumped for the Vuelta. Clearly had this as a main goal this year. Also, Froome confirmed that Nieve is off to Orica-Scott. That's certainly a blow for Sky, even if he hasn't been at his best this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 http://www.velonews.com/2017/07/news/transfer-rumors-quintana-sky-aru-uae-sure-not_444186 From a week or so ago, but a very decent transfer news round up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle21121 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 5 hours ago, kempus said: http://www.velonews.com/2017/07/news/transfer-rumors-quintana-sky-aru-uae-sure-not_444186 From a week or so ago, but a very decent transfer news round up. Lots of interesting stuff. Who knows what will happen. Would love UAE to go all out and try and be a rival super team if you will to sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 18 minutes ago, kyle21121 said: Lots of interesting stuff. Who knows what will happen. Would love UAE to go all out and try and be a rival super team if you will to sky. They have the cash, apparently. It will be hard to match Sky over on offsesason, though. Sky was built over a few season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle21121 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 2 minutes ago, kempus said: They have the cash, apparently. It will be hard to match Sky over on offsesason, though. Sky was built over a few season. Very true but if they added Aru and Martin to go along with Mentjas it would be a great start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 2 hours ago, kyle21121 said: Very true but if they added Aru and Martin to go along with Mentjas it would be a great start. Yeah, that woukd be a powerhouse team. Aru and Martin are legit GC threats and Meintjes is one of the top young guys. I don't buy that rumour of Quintana to Sky. No way he's happy to take a back seat to Froome. Only way I see that happening is next off season where his contract runs out. They may promise him leadership at Giro and Vuelta with a view to him being the TDF leader the following year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jungels-signs-three-year-contract-with-quick-step-floors/ Jungles resigns with Quick-Step. He's a rider with a lot of potential in the GTs. Good move for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTexans Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 22 hours ago, kempus said: I don't buy that rumour of Quintana to Sky. No way he's happy to take a back seat to Froome Yeah me neither. Not a move I would see Sky pulling off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 40 minutes ago, texans_uk said: Yeah me neither. Not a move I would see Sky pulling off. I think Quintana is under contract until next offseason anyway. If Froome struggles or is looking like he's on a downward slope, they may make a move. I think they'd be more inclined to go for Bardet or Barguil, though. Sky could definitely do with some good will in France haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTexans Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I think with the ethos of Sky to promote British talent I have a hard time thinking they would sign a leading non-British talent when there is an absolute dearth of young British riders coming through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, texans_uk said: I think with the ethos of Sky to promote British talent I have a hard time thinking they would sign a leading non-British talent when there is an absolute dearth of young British riders coming through. True enough, but if they can't get either of the Yates brothers there's nobody else out there who could be a GC guy. Thomas is only a year younger than Froome and I'm not convinced he is a true GC leader. Sky would prefer British, but I think winning trumps all if a British rider isn't available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTexans Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/40800367 Interesting. Sounds like he'd like to go for some stage victories. For sure he isn't a GC contender and will likely have to support Sagan in any major event. More of a classics specialist IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempus Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 4 hours ago, texans_uk said: http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/40800367 Interesting. Sounds like he'd like to go for some stage victories. For sure he isn't a GC contender and will likely have to support Sagan in any major event. More of a classics specialist IIRC. The massive news there is Batguil leaving Sunweb. It's kind of a logical move if he wants to be a GC guy, though. Dumoulin is definitely the main man at Sunweb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTexans Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 8 minutes ago, kempus said: The massive news there is Batguil leaving Sunweb. It's kind of a logical move if he wants to be a GC guy, though. Dumoulin is definitely the main man at Sunweb. Didn't actually see that. Interesting. You think either of those have a shot next year? I think the organisers need to remove a ITT and include more climbs TBH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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