Exactly, Gerrans always seemed to get a free pass in riding for himself, now they lose Matthews who is going to win an absolute hatful of races. Mad by OBE, unless they are shedding sprinters as they transition to a GC team.
I think they've put their sprinting money on Caleb Ewan, Kluge was also acquired to complete their sprint train for him.
So perhaps they hope to get one or two more years out of Gerrans to let Ewan mature a bit whereas they would have had to hang on to Matthews for much longer.
Exactly, Gerrans always seemed to get a free pass in riding for himself, now they lose Matthews who is going to win an absolute hatful of races. Mad by OBE, unless they are shedding sprinters as they transition to a GC team.