Originally Posted by
MinnMan
It's a tough game all around. I was sort of impressed that Carapaz pivoted so ably at the Vuelta from being a GC contender to hunting stages. Thomas, for being yesterday's news, hung tough this year to be a GC podium contender.
not a shabby "plan b" for carapaz at all. don't know how that actually played out on the team bus and in meetings with tgh, rodriguez and sivakov still high up on the
gc during most of the vuelta and with him going to ef next season. didn't watch as much of the vuelta as i wanted (just 5 min daily stage highlights with the occasional
30-min blast) so didn't get a chance to see it play out on the road with team body language/reactions/team cars speeding up to carapaz asking him what he was up to and
didn't see anything in the press. wondering if carapaz had a certain amount of "eff it" (no new squad pun intended) rogue attitude and went for it, knowing he'd have freedom to fly being
so far down and that the team/sponsors would still be happy with a win or three.
anyway, ef gets the realistic gc contender for the grand tours that they've lacked for a few years and ineos gets younger and can develop hayter along with taking their chances
with sivakov, tgh, tpiddy and arensman in the gt's.