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  • It's nice they're giving Elissonde a start I also keep forgetting him; seems like he's not done much with Sky/Ineos over the last few years. I didn't realise he was relatively so young as he's been around for years. This is his 9th full season in the world tour and he's only 27.

    Warren Barguil is a bit of a disappointment. Pissed off to Arkea Samsic because he wasn't allowed to freelance on Sunweb and had some sort of belief that he'd be romping to KoM jerseys or high GC placings all over the place. Then he had that shit-fit at Look which was rumoured to have been less about the bikes he was riding and more because he wanted his bike shop(s?) to be the only Look dealers in the area and they declined.

    As for Bardet, it does seem he is doing a Schleck and refusing to learn to TT well enough to sustain a GC bid.

  • Barguill’s problems ran a bit deeper than him being a diva, I recall. He was homesick and isolated at Sunweb. I don’t think he’s ever learned to cope with the pressure.

    I’ll try and find the article where I read this.

  • Didn't they even let him train close to home as well to help that?

  • Didn't he go to Sunweb in the first place because he didn't want the pressure of being on a French team ?

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