Evans to BMC
11-01-09, 02:00 PM
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Evans to BMC
it's official:
https://www.velonation.com/News/ID/21...ve-to-BMC.aspx
he needed a change, that's for sure!
https://www.velonation.com/News/ID/21...ve-to-BMC.aspx
he needed a change, that's for sure!
11-01-09, 03:35 PM
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11-01-09, 05:58 PM
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i think rihs has the money to make it happen though...what i'm curious about is if there was a guarantee that they'd pick up some climbers.
11-01-09, 07:01 PM
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I guess one of the weaker teams will be booted out in favor of BMC. Doubt that a team with the likes of Evans, Hincapie, and Ballan will miss out on a great tour. Anyhow, I'm pretty sure Evans has been sufficiently reassured by BMC that he'll have a shot at the GC in the TdF.
11-01-09, 07:08 PM
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I guess one of the weaker teams will be booted out in favor of BMC. Doubt that a team with the likes of Evans, Hincapie, and Ballan will miss out on a great tour. Anyhow, I'm pretty sure Evans has been sufficiently reassured by BMC that he'll have a shot at the GC in the TdF.
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11-01-09, 07:14 PM
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And it won't make sense for him to leave Silence if he didn't want a stronger team for a Grand Tour... which brings to mind the question: how strong is BMC now? Besides the three famous names.
11-01-09, 07:46 PM
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Haha, that will be a terrible cop-out. Didn't he say he was sick of getting second and wanted to actually win the thing?
And it won't make sense for him to leave Silence if he didn't want a stronger team for a Grand Tour... which brings to mind the question: how strong is BMC now? Besides the three famous names.
And it won't make sense for him to leave Silence if he didn't want a stronger team for a Grand Tour... which brings to mind the question: how strong is BMC now? Besides the three famous names.
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11-01-09, 08:01 PM
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11-03-09, 03:08 PM
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I think it's a great move. Look at Cervelo, they have done pretty well and are built similarly to BMC sans the sprinters. They have Evans, Big George, Ballan, Marcus Burghardt (Columbia-HTC) and Karsten Kroon. Louder and Bookwalter are no slouches. I think this team can make some noise and pretty much anything is better than Silence...they suck. They will get a Tour invite and will be at the ToC...seeing Evans battle with Levi in California is going to be sweet.
11-03-09, 07:38 PM
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I agree, Phillipe Gilbert said that w/o Evans, Silence-Lotto doesn't have a real grand tour team, they're just suckin wheel. BMC may not be a great team, but they can certainly provide him with more support than Silence-Lotto did.
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11-03-09, 08:06 PM
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I think it's a great move. Look at Cervelo, they have done pretty well and are built similarly to BMC sans the sprinters. They have Evans, Big George, Ballan, Marcus Burghardt (Columbia-HTC) and Karsten Kroon. Louder and Bookwalter are no slouches. I think this team can make some noise and pretty much anything is better than Silence...they suck. They will get a Tour invite and will be at the ToC...seeing Evans battle with Levi in California is going to be sweet.
https://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com...mon-lotto.html
BTW, notice the two guys behind levi.
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11-04-09, 02:32 AM
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I think it will be cool to see him on BMC. The guy did pretty good in all of the major tours he's entered and thats with a poor team. This one can't be any worse.
