I think Lefevre has ample evidence that a good sprinter combined with the train he builds for them does well at DQS but take away the train and they’re screwed. Cav, Gaviria, Viviani have all gone right off the boil when they left.
Obviously if they can find someone to pay a big salary they are probably fine with not winning as much given how short a normal sprinter career is but Patrick can probably replace Sam Bennett and keep winning.
I wouldn’t necessarily include Cavendish in that list. His 2016 was extremely successful, and Epstein Barr took him out for the following years.
He was better before Quickstep and briefly after.
I think Lefevre has ample evidence that a good sprinter combined with the train he builds for them does well at DQS but take away the train and they’re screwed. Cav, Gaviria, Viviani have all gone right off the boil when they left.
Obviously if they can find someone to pay a big salary they are probably fine with not winning as much given how short a normal sprinter career is but Patrick can probably replace Sam Bennett and keep winning.