I have Evanpoel & Groenewegen in my Squad.
Do we like Yates this year? He’s definitely going to be punchy and there’s not as much depth in the GC contender list this time.
I reckon Bernal cracks again.
My observation is that the big GC contenders don’t really have monster teams behind them this year. In the years that, for example Sky won, they had two or three domestiques that could have won the race outright themselves in support. Its not just going to be down to the form of the leader, but how well their less well known chums step up to a new level… and that’s where Yates is a bit exposed.
Yates is a strange one. Great at week long races, best finish over a GT is 5th I think.
I like him, he may just be coming into his prime.
Didn’t Almeida pretty much do it himself last year. I don’t recall DQ being overly great at playing the Ineos/Jumbo role. Same with Kelderman and Hindley.
Could even open for someone like Martin who’s used to being out on his own, surfing the other GC teams and contenders, though he’s not shown any particularly bright form so far.
He won La Vuelta in 2018.
I personally really like both Yates brothers and think they come across well on TV. They ride aggressively, a bit like Contador which makes me like them even more as it provides lots of entertainment. They don’t tend to have a team with masses of super domestiques so have done pretty well with their resources.
Damn those twins. They’ve fooled everyone, the world thought that was Simon…
ah yes, wrong Yates. We think. Could be an elaborate ruse though.
I’m confused now!
Simon won the vuelta right. And he’s racing the giro. Adam now at Ineos as a super dom, but now in great form himself!
oh, I assumed I’d got it wrong and it wasn’t Simon racing the Giro… so… i was right after all!
You would think it would be easier now they are on different teams!
Apparently Adam’s nickname at Ineos is… Simon.
Absolutely love that!
I’m in. TucknGo and GoGoGo (I’m original me)
Reading through all of that in one go, I was also head scratching!
Right, I’ve got a team. Never done it before. Probably spent more time selecting a jersey
19 teams in the league. Nice.
Must be some lurkers hiding in there
Some names I don’t immediately recognise for sure
Last minute very rusged entry for me, first time doing one of these.
Just put a team in.