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Orica, Un acuerdo de firme la Porte?
Sorry for the linguistic pun but thought it was interesting.
Who else might it be?
Not Wiggo......
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It'll be Rohan Dennis!
I doubt it'll be Wiggins. His settled family life notwithstanding, he's targeting Rio as part of the GB team. At his age that will be a stretch, so I doubt he'd want to rock the boat by leaving what is effectively GB cycling's road racing team.
So while we're speculating wildly, how about Bauke Mollema?
Millar captained the GB 2012 road race team whilst at Garmin though?
Besides I'd think it would be the ITT he was looking at with only a possible domestique role in the Road Race(if that!!).....he only needs one medal of any colour to go No1 all-time British medallist.
enrique mate, its obvious admin are cracking down on anyone who is "gobbing off" by muting them so by pasting the comments by vvv73 (who appears to be the latest to be muted) is sort of defeating the purpose don you think
From an article dave posted on the other thread...
I listened to white talk live to Tomalaris and Henk Vogels, last night....LOVE HENK
He said Iam chasing GCrider for next year, will know in 4 to 5 weeks..SO excited, especially with yates and chavez as well. Damien Howson, Caleb Ewan.
Post this one again, too, V...
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Porte has been sick and injured all year....HE IS THE BEST DOMESTIC in the WORLD. ask Wiggo and Froomy.
Also talk Wiggo could be the man, my money is on someone younger, whyo knows Chavez might have an influence on one of these young Colombians, betancur and co. Smile
We looked after chavez after his fall when nobody else wanted him.
I doubt anyone had the money to buy out Porte contract and then pay him wages. Porte has proven he is a GC contender. How fast you people forget last year when he was given the chance to lead. He prob could have been top 5in TDF last 3 years!!!!!!!!!!! if he was leader and looked after.
He WON paris -nice as leader, 2nd to froome im crit. inter, THEN 2nd in Paris Vaesco TO QUINTANA, beating in GC HENAO, CONTADOR, SPILAK, BETANCUR, PERAUD....but you right he is a GC contender LOL.
AND this year 4th in TDU behind 3 of the FORM riders in the world this year, GERRANS, EVANS, ULISSI that looks pretty good form, BEFORE HE GOT SICK.
str8 after that 2ND to VALVEVERDE in Veulkta Andalucía, also the form rider in world ATM..beat Mollema , Lois Leon, kangert, Navarro, leaders or future leaders.
I like to know why people don't think it will be wiggo ?
He is very unhappy at sky and is Half Aussie, who wouldn't want to come to live and train in Australia it's Awesome.
Heh heh...
I think calling Thomas a GC contender may get you prosecuted under Trades Descriptions. He may be if he could stay on his bike for more than 1/2 stage.
I tend to agree that Evans is a little on the craggy side for OGE to be investing in if they are serious about GC. Dennis is a good choice, one for the future and they would have time to build a team around him. Thomas has said he was looking at offers, but I doubt if he gives them anything more than they might already have, In the same vein Slagter always goes well down under. Thinking outside the box, perhaps a Columbian? Betacur is still very young. I really think that Porte would be the best fit, and the outstanding candidate though.
Porte is an odd one, in theory he could be a GT contender but he strikes me as a perennial top ten rather than real threat. Certainly he'd be a big coup for Orica and I can see why he'd leave Sky, much like Uran he may want to be top dog in the biggest races and not just a super domestique.
Evans is having a good Giro but I can't imagine it'd make financial sense to sign him, he'll be expensive and this could possibly be his last good year, surely only a team desperate for World Tour points would throw him a big contract now.
Dennis may be tempted, he's definitely GC material (much like TJVG) and I can see why he might want a team built around him at Orica rather than being one of a few good GC guys at Garmin (Danielson, Acevedo, Hesjedal, Martin). Moving to Orica should get him a Tour leaders spot earlier than with Garmin.
The question is, which of them is out of contract this year?
I'm not sure Old Man Cadel would be the right fit for OGE. Dennis might, but is he out-and-out GC? More of a Wiggo-lite.
Porte would do well, though. And I reckon they could fashion a pretty strong team around him, strong enough to challenge in a grand tour GC in a couple of years' time - the Yates brothers, Weening, Durbridge, Impey... all strong guys.
They'd have to give up on their usual stage-hunting though, which would be a shame. Even without parking buses on finish lines, they do liven up the races and bring their own character to them.
I thought teams weren't allowed to conduct transfer business during the first half of the season. If they are making an announcement within the month it would have to be a rider currently unattached to another pro team.
I'm not sure one of the really big GC names would go to Orica as they don't really have the team to help win a mountainous Grand Tour. They must want an Australian GC rider in the team, but at the moment the best ones; Evans, Porte, Rodgers and Dennis are in other teams.
my money is on Evans, BMC are in a bit of turmoil at the mo with who is and who isnt GC riders, too many cooks as the saying goes.
Porte has made it perfectly clear he wants to go for GC in one of the GT's but do Orica have the team to back him up ? i seriously doubt it at the mo as they are more for stage wins.
Talk is that Orica have said they will make an announcement within the month of a big GC name. Could be Evans I suppose or Rodgers but Porte has been awfully quiet recently Enrique,
Porte has been sick and injured all year....HE IS THE BEST DOMESTIC in the WORLD. ask Wiggo and Froomy.
Also talk Wiggo could be the man, my money is on someone younger, whyo knows Chavez might have an influence on one of these young Colombians, betancur and co.
We looked after chavez after his fall when nobody else wanted him.
I doubt anyone had the money to buy out Porte contract and then pay him wages. Porte has proven he is a GC contender. How fast you people forget last year when he was given the chance to lead. He prob could have been top 5in TDF last 3 years!!!!!!!!!!! if he was leader and looked after.
He WON paris -nice as leader, 2nd to froome im crit. inter, THEN 2nd in Paris Vaesco TO QUINTANA, beating in GC HENAO, CONTADOR, SPILAK, BETANCUR, PERAUD....but you right he is a GC contender LOL.
AND this year 4th in TDU behind 3 of the FORM riders in the world this year, GERRANS, EVANS, ULISSI that looks pretty good form, BEFORE HE GOT SICK.
str8 after that 2ND to VALVEVERDE in Veulkta Andalucía, also the form rider in world ATM..beat Mollema , Lois Leon, kangert, Navarro, leaders or future leaders.
I like to know why people don't think it will be wiggo ?
He is very unhappy at sky and is Half Aussie, who wouldn't want to come to live and train in Australia it's Awesome.
opps, Porte is also one of the top TTers in the world , gee he is terrible value and overated. PFFT.PLEASE
He was also 2nd last year to froom ein Dauphine beating , Conta, valve, beta and who ever else was warming up for TDF...looks good GC form to me.
Adivino que el Orica esta interesado en Richie Porte?...
??
Exactly
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