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Jayco AlUla thread
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Israel have the dollars and O'Connor being available is why Greenedge want an answer. Whether Ben is worthwhile is hard to say, his TT at the Giro has been really good but he has cracked on the climbs to guys he probably shouldn't be cracking to and he has had good support there. His age fits in well as there is a group of Aussies in the juniors looking pretty promising, Lucas Stevenson the top one but he is still only 16.
2 sprinters in the squad hasn't really worked and it's obvious Caleb has the lost the support of the team as he did at Lotto with his post race interviews blaming the lead out when the problem is him. If he doesn't retire at this end of this year, next year might be pretty awkward for re-signing a few others who have been there a while and have been very good for the team.
2 sprinters in the squad hasn't really worked and it's obvious Caleb has the lost the support of the team as he did at Lotto with his post race interviews blaming the lead out when the problem is him. If he doesn't retire at this end of this year, next year might be pretty awkward for re-signing a few others who have been there a while and have been very good for the team.
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Its important to note the S.yates and O'Connor decisions are not linked as Jayco can fit both into the roster. Jayco gave up on Ewan after stage 13 and he will ride one day races and smaller stage races. Ewan is likely to retire. Jayco is interested in Groves if Ewan leaves. There will be minor changes in 2024 but the big changes will be in 2025.
Jayco may have given up on him. Unfortunately, that didn't stop the SBS commentary team from obsessing over him, every single time there was a sprint finish.
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Should be into Emu if they can get him.
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It'll be an interesting balance between Zana, Dunbar, Plapp and O'Connor. Even Harper to an extent. The thing about Yates is that he was clear cut in the second tier of GC riders, whereas these guys are all third tier. O'Connor clearly the best of the four currently but is he good enough to have more than one climber to support in a two sprinter team?
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Plapp is happy to work for somebody. O'Connor at 29 next year is at his peak. He's consistent, so you could be confident of top 5 at whatever GT he did. Yates is no doubt more talented but results wise doest really justify why you would pay him a lot more to achieve the same thing.
Just watched ep 3 of Le Tour Unchained, the sprinters episode, and was shocked to see Caleb within half a wheel of Japser on two of the three stages. I didn’t remember that at all!
How much difference a year makes. He couldn’t get near it at the Giro.
How much difference a year makes. He couldn’t get near it at the Giro.
This article suggests that Jayco are looking at signing triathlete Kristian Blummenfelt, who has ambitions of winning the TdF in 2028. Blummenfelt is apparently a cardio monster, with an unprecedented VO2 Max of 103 mL/kg/min, which is (apparently) 10% higher than that of Greg LeMond at his peak - and one of the highest ever recorded by anyone.
https://velo.outsideonline.com/road...-blummenfelt-plans-to-win-the-tour-de-france/
https://velo.outsideonline.com/road...-blummenfelt-plans-to-win-the-tour-de-france/
Reading the article, I get the feeling that he's left the move a few years too late. He's 30 now, and would be 34 by his target challenge in 2028. Not many riders win the Tour that late in their careers.
But hey - no risk, no reward!
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What a season from Simon Yates...
Close the door on your way out.
Close the door on your way out.
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So we've signed O'Connor, Bouwman, Patrick Gamper from Bora and Paul Double from Polti Kometa, and Hamish Mackenzie as a promotion from Hagens Berman Jayco. Add Kristian Blummenfelt that's 6 additions very early in the transfer season.
Yates is out. Craddock has retired. I suspect Alessandro De Marchi will as well. Grondahl Jansen likely to go to Uno-X. Leaves at least two of Mezgec, Durbridge, Hamilton, Harper, Scotson, Pena, Maas, Quick and Porter out.
Mezgec might retire, from a few whispers. I'd be surprised if Harper, Scotson, Pena or Maas were cut. Leaves one or two of Durbridge, Hamilton, Quick or Porter.
Yates is out. Craddock has retired. I suspect Alessandro De Marchi will as well. Grondahl Jansen likely to go to Uno-X. Leaves at least two of Mezgec, Durbridge, Hamilton, Harper, Scotson, Pena, Maas, Quick and Porter out.
Mezgec might retire, from a few whispers. I'd be surprised if Harper, Scotson, Pena or Maas were cut. Leaves one or two of Durbridge, Hamilton, Quick or Porter.
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Now signed Bob Donaldson from Trinity who came second at Roubaix jnrs. Wonder what his team mate who is U/23 national champ and has beaten Pithie (who everyone has massive wraps on) this year is thinking. The rest of the signings this year appear to be cheap, domestique types who won't win or gain points and a GC rider who gives his best but has limitations. If they can offload Ewan to Astana they should do it. Not sure why Harper is unsigned, would have thought he was a priority. If Blumenfelt happens I think it will be a disaster, there is no way he is losing enough weight to be a TDF contender and that doesn't include whether he can learn how to ride in a bunch at WT speeds.
