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He won Paris-Nice the year after, no?
Anyway, I understand the points you're making, I just think if a team could create an environment where he was focused he'd be one of the best riders in the world. I'm not sure Movistar is that team, but, equally, I don't know which team would be.
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He did indeed but there was no time trial or summit finish that year so you could argue it was a bit of a strange one. Also 8 day race does not a grand tour winner make...
I'm not disagreeing anyway-I think he's fucking talented but he's also an unstable buffet table of an individual and that's why his palmares are as erratic as his weight and I think most DS would look at Ag2R's experience with him as a cautionary tale as a result.
Mickie_Cricket
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other riders don't come with that baggage tho, and most have a lot more professionalism and discipline if not the potential-if he goes tits up at Movistar you've got to wonder who else will take him in the hope that he'll buck a four year trend because the longer it goes on a 5th place at the Giro looks like it'll be the high water mark of his career.