Eldron Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 All the transfer and sponsorship news is not looking good for DD...add the UCI world rankings and it's diabolical. Time to start winning boys! Goooo DD!http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chris-froome-climbs-worldtour-ranking-after-giro-ditalia-victory/ Geronimo, karma and Cycle East 3
andreas17777 Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 All the transfer and sponsorship news is not looking good for DD...add the UCI world rankings and it's diabolical. Time to start winning boys! Goooo DD! http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chris-froome-climbs-worldtour-ranking-after-giro-ditalia-victory/Do they have a game plan? not competing in sprints, breakaways, kom or any other part.
Meezo Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 Came here for the expert opinions. on your new hairstyle? Pieterlab1, BaGearA, Pah Bear and 7 others 10
Eldron Posted May 30, 2018 Author Posted May 30, 2018 Do they have a game plan? not competing in sprints, breakaways, kom or any other part. They had Ryan giving the sprints a go and he managed a few top 10s. It was strange not to see Berhane trying for mountain points - perhaps he was supposed to help Maincheese then O'Conner but by the time they realised Maincheese was lacking form and O'Conner crashed out it was too late. They will probably get "worst luck" award for 2018!
Gen Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 Quickstep showing everyone how it's done.Very hard for anyone to beat them..but that doesn't stop the rest from contesting for the remaining points available. DDD and Katusha in heaps of trouble down at the bottom..won't be long until it effects sponsorship. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
Cheese Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 They had Ryan giving the sprints a go and he managed a few top 10s. It was strange not to see Berhane trying for mountain points - perhaps he was supposed to help Maincheese then O'Conner but by the time they realised Maincheese was lacking form and O'Conner crashed out it was too late. They will probably get "worst luck" award for 2018!Their eggs were in the basket of LM and O'Connor.They would have opened the gap to 230 points ahead of Katusha if Ben did not fall. But surely they need to score points all over in the next few races and hope Kittel stay in the form he has been so far this year with Ilner Zikarin also not doing well. They can get some points in the TDF with sprints if Cavendish/Boasen Hagen get some sprint points , but for that they need to be in Top three of stages.Then Serge can perhaps get some GC points, Maybe LM can try again , with O'Connor going for Vuelta. This will of course affect their signings for next year as Ben might not want to sign if they will not be World tour next year.
medicnick83 Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 Dimension Data have lots of money man. Don't worry.
Eldron Posted May 30, 2018 Author Posted May 30, 2018 Their eggs were in the basket of LM and O'Connor.They would have opened the gap to 230 points ahead of Katusha if Ben did not fall. But surely they need to score points all over in the next few races and hope Kittel stay in the form he has been so far this year with Ilner Zikarin also not doing well. They can get some points in the TDF with sprints if Cavendish/Boasen Hagen get some sprint points , but for that they need to be in Top three of stages.Then Serge can perhaps get some GC points, Maybe LM can try again , with O'Connor going for Vuelta. This will of course affect their signings for next year as Ben might not want to sign if they will not be World tour next year.Good summary!
Gen Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 This will of course affect their signings for next year as Ben might not want to sign if they will not be World tour next year.Going to be hard to hang on to O'Connor, regardless of the World Tour Issue, DDD have said they wants to keep Cavendish and his support riders...then their is Meintjes and the Classics guys.. so not sure how much space their will be for Ben to really develop? Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
shaper Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 Going to be hard holding on to a lot of their best guys if rumours true about loosing sponsors http://road.cc/content/tech-news/242008-tech-rumours-giant-replace-bmc-and-dimension-data-lose-deloitte-sponsor Gen 1
cadenceblur Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 Did Nicholas Dlamini not win KOM in a tour not too long ago?
Schmorglebot Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 Did Nicholas Dlamini not win KOM in a tour not too long ago? Is Dlamini in the TdF squad? It would be great to see him have a crack at the KOM jersey
Ttocs Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 Dimension Data have lots of money man. Don't worry.Word on the street is there is a exit clause in their DD contract. If they don't achieve World Tour status DD walks. Maybe time to rethink a couple of their big name signing that have provided less points than most Interconti riders.
karma Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 Word on the street is there is a exit clause in their DD contract. If they don't achieve World Tour status DD walks. Maybe time to rethink a couple of their big name signing that have provided less points than most Interconti riders. Source of information? (don't say The Street, please)
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