@sanchez_seand @InsideOut2912 And red bull have poor TTers like roglic, remco, DFM, Thornley, FFB & Cattaneo.
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@InsideOut2912 Lmao.
They are performing good because they have very good timetrialist (Ganna, Tarling, Vauquelin, Arensman, Sheffield), not because INEOS did something special in their trainings.
Or did you forget how they ended up in ITT in vuelta last year?
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Meanwhile, INEOS win today’s TTT at Paris–Nice after finishing 1st, 2nd, and 4th in yesterday’s prologue at Tirreno–Adriatico 🙇🏽♂️
I’m curious to see what they’ll do with Remco's TT 😊
Domestique@Domestique___
🇬🇧 Bigham quits his role at @INEOSGrenadiers ❌ 🗣️ "How I want to do performance is not aligned with how Ineos wanted to go. [...] I feel that a lot of perfomance we're leaving on the table and that frustrates me, It's clear we should be doing things better." (The Telegraph)
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@gothamhiphop @_AndrewLong Was that not west side gun at the beginning of the song from the trailer? You can hear the boom boom boom booom booom in the background
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@JoaoWalker79 @dnlbenson Yeah and none of them have a win above .1 level this year 😭😭😭
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@dnlbenson EF has 4 potential sprinters now, I hope they have a good program for each
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Luke Lamperti: I loved Quick-Step but everything at EF is something I look forward to 🇺🇸
Exclusive interview with the 22-year-old, who becomes the first new signing for the American men's team
dnlbenson.substack.com/p/luke-lampert…
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@bsirnik The tadejs knee story from wellens just sounds sus to me.
Like if it's so bad and he was still that good, ignoring his standard level, how tf did he stay good enough during that.
Are they making up injuries or did he get something to recover that quickly.
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@faustocoppi60 @BenjiNaesen Yeah, a lot of them end up going through different routes to avoid Portuguese conti teams - see almeida and morgado at Hagen's.
Then again Bahrain probably are a little less bothered by it
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@BenjiNaesen Yes I was pleasantly surprised Eulalio was picked
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Imagine me as a scout for the big teams LOL. Alarcon, Antunes, Rodriguez, Brandao, Carvalho...pretty much all the leaders of the ultra-mythical W52-FC Porto team have now been banned by UCI. What a team spirit, nobody is left behind! 🫡
Mihai Simion@faustocoppi60
If I don't see Toni Carvalho and Amaro Antunes next year in World Tour, I might cry. They deserve a chance. #VoltaPortugal
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@CyclingEve @Tratnikstan Nah it was before that, vuelta 2019 was an insane level, COVID break is just an easier explanation
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@Tratnikstan Add to that the year 2020. After the Covid break, a changed peloton came back, with age-old (dopers´) climbing records falling like dominoes. I first thought it was bc riders were well rested&super eager to race&show their sponsors in public so as to keep them, but....who knows!
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Speaking about Lazkano case, I've yet to see any journalist or anyone talk/ask about why riders made a big performance leap into 2023 (and include vuelta22 here) and another huge leap into 2024.
Like why SPECIFICALLY these years..?
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@cyclingtakes It also feels like caja has something to do with this.
So much dodgy shit going on there that keeps getting covered up.
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The more I think of the Oier Lazkano case, the more it smells. These different elements just don’t add up.
Convinced that there’s a lot more to this than the public is informed about.
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@BenjiNaesen Wrong @BenjiNaesen. It means there’s a risk they could be downgraded (to ProTeam) or not have the full WorldTour rights. They are still a team and still have contractual rights over the riders depending on their contract terms.
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Considering Jayco-AlUla and Liv-AlUla-Jayco failed to deliver their application on October 15th, I guess that means their riders are technically free to sign elsewhere.
Which Jayco-AlUla rider would you like to see riding for a different team? What team and why? ⤵️
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@wihanski @Tratnikstan Considering his age if he's in the files, he's definitely one of the victims.
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@Tratnikstan AWP - Great prospect
Söderqvist - good
Nys - stick to cyclocross💀
Ayuso - good but should be better
TTT - mid indeed
Vacek - future goat (unbiased opinion)
Simmons - I don’t think he's in the files so I'll say decent
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Fraud, decent, fraud,
Underrated, mid, good, will turn back to a flop once they release the Epstein files
Velon CC@VelonCC
The future looks bright at Lidl-Trek 🤩 Lidl–Trek’s 2026 roster is packed with young talent, featuring seven riders under 25 following the arrivals of Juan Ayuso from UAE Team Emirates-XRG and U23 time trial world champion Jakob Söderqvist from Lidl-Trek Future Racing.
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@Tratnikstan Nys has one ability, and it's to hit a like 1km steep climb.
He might just be the new benwah
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@dnlbenson Would be interesting to get an article on Bora staff changes.
They seem to be constantly hiring and firing staff, seems tumultuous.
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@alistairCX @dnlbenson Not management.
He's not listing every staff member.
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@Cyclingbottle I think Filippo only joining the CX team though. I'm guessing they may give him a spot on aevelo if they do anything.
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Interesting that EF explicitly mentions a new cyclocross project in both this post & their article.
I'm curious how that will look like. Currently in the team this Mattia Agostinacchio and Letizia Borghesi & Nina Berton have experience in this discipline.
#cycling #CX
EF Pro Cycling@EFprocycling
2025 world junior cyclocross champion Mattia Agostinacchio is joining EF Education-EasyPost! Mattia will begin racing in our new cyclocross program (👀) this season before stepping up to the WorldTour in 2026. Let's get to racing! Meet Mattia: explore.efprocycling.com/MattiaAgostina…
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@Otismotisss @Tratnikstan I think he's a good rider, but I don't think you can call him a brilliant stage hunter, at least not before he wins a road stage.
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@Tratnikstan Another brilliant stage hunter reduced to train wagon.
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Don't really see the vision with this, I guess he is supposed to be the Benoot/van Baarle/Valter replacement for stage races
Probably isn't expensive and will be happy as a pure domestique so i'm fine with it
Team Visma | Lease a Bike@vismaleaseabike
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧! 🇫🇷 Powerhouse Bruno Armirail will wear black and yellow in 2026 and 2027! 💪🏼🐝
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@EchelonsHub Quantum Pacific is an Israeli business that owns 43% of abarca sports - the holding company of the movistar team.
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A group of people yelling 'murderers' to the Movistar car in 2025 was not on my bingo list
Lukáš Ronald Lukács@lucasaganronald
Protests again at Vuelta. #LaVuelta25
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@propmarx @BenjiNaesen If there's no other interest fine.
But I think he's done it for classics leadership, and I'm sure he'd have had a bunch of other interest.
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@Alchas65 @BenjiNaesen It’s really hard to blame someone. Cycling is hard and if you have a contract… well you’re not guaranteed another. It’s hard to blame someone, but also I am glad that people who have the ability are leaving the team.
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@propmarx @BenjiNaesen Yeah, I was heartbroken seeing askey sign a 3 year deal there.
Like it's one thing doing it 2 years ago, but come on.
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@BenjiNaesen i hate that one my favorite riders is at genocide premier tech. i hope he gets to leave and can go to a team that can support his gc ambitions better
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