Originally Posted by
Iride01
I don't know. Cav only has to get one more stage win at the TdF to be alone in number of stage wins. Then he needs to finish the TdF in order for many of us to not just call his being there just for the gimmick.
I suppose it comes down to how much is that worth to the team and it's sponsors to have someone that has more TdF stages than anyone in the near and foreseeable future will ever have.
And it's not like they couldn't also have their GC person well supported too. Assuming Cav doesn't need a lot of help in the mountains to make the time cuts.
I agree with
surak finishing means nothing, absent green which is unlikely.
I dunno that the doors will be so wide open for a spot on the roster just for a shot at #35.
Speaking of which, the first part of getting on that roster was getting on the team. It seems that's finally done, almost, sort of.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mar...vinyl-in-2022/
In semi-related news, it was interesting to see Deceunick's boss take a swipe at Lefevere while jumping ship to Alpecin-Fenix to sponsor a woman's team...
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dec...alpecin-fenix/
...and then see Lefevere jump into the lady pond separately, here.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pat...ent-team-nxtg/