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Could be as much a cultural thing as an athletic one.
See our portly friend Senor Betancur and his travails at AG2R for reference. Or Sagan at Tinkoff. Or Gilbert at BMC. Or Quintana even who is getting the life humped out of him in some kind of post-colonial hangover at Movistar it would seem.
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Who knows. EBH was very good in his first few years at Sky, then he just stopped winning in 2013 and 2014. Perhaps it was because Sky were a bit crap at the classics, perhaps because Sagan emerged as an even better all-round talent. Some athletes are phenomenal when young and then just seem to lose their way.
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Oh and it may have been Kimmage: he flat out asked Brailsford in 2013 or 2014 in front of EBH at a press conference why someone who once was described as the new Merckx was crap now.
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I heard the argument made, can't remember who, that Sky not only didn't use EBH to his best advantage, but furthermore that they had sort of broken him due to over-use. It's true he was doing poorly for a season or two before the switch to DD, but does it warrant a claim of a 'they shoot horses don't they' attitude towards the rank and file?