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Thomas and Stannard both have the talent to win one, but need to be in the right move. But in my view they should be trying to sign Sep Vanmarcke as he looks like the rider most likely to dominate the next 5 years. They've lots of 3 star riders, but no 5 star one.
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Exactly.
Probably loathe to spend a sizeable chunk of their wage budget on a classics sepcialist though. Wasn't that the problem with Boom? He wanted more money than they wanted to pay..
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Do you see Vanmarcke dominating in the style of Boonen / Cancellara? He seems to lose more sprints than he wins and maybe doesn't have the raw power to ride away from everyone. I see Kwiatkowski and Sagan taking out more classics wins.
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^ they might have a decent squad of top 20 finishers for the classics, but they don't have anyone who looks like they might actually win one (with the exception of Stannard, but still.. he's hardly Boonen or Fab)