If it’s not Sky I’ll be really suprised. All the current Sky riders are giving out quotes about how they’d be fine with it ‘if’ it happens and no other team seems to be getting a mention.
Just a hunch, and based on nothing more than my suspicions but I think it may be QuickStep. I don’t think he will go to Sky whilst they chase yellow with Wiggins.
I’d love to see Quickstep winning things again, they haven’t done that since Boonen went off the boil. They’re merging with Pharma Lotto next next year so that might make things interesting.
I think he’ll be pretty much as successful in any sprints he competes in. There might be more breakaways staying away without HTC pulling hard to bring them back, but we’ve seen Cav win without a huge leadout train before.
Renshaws gone to Rabobank but i can’t see him following, i don’t know why i don’t want him to go to sky, and i like sky! I’d like him to join Garmin, probably cause i like the kit!
It’d be nice to have a team built around him again, it was really impressive when HTC decided they wanted the stage and had 9 men at the front of the peleton setting the pace, looked much more organised and effective than any other team.
Renshaws gone to Rabobank but i can’t see him following
Was about to suggest Rabo, but checking the stories, Rabo are saying Renshaw will be their sprinter on the TdF next year and he’s talking about getting the chance to ride for himself, so it seems very unlikely.
Which ever team he goes too will upset someone. Omega Pharma Quickstep – Tom Boonen and André Greipel, Garmin – Tyler Farrar, Sky – Edvald Boasson Hagen, Wiggins etc, etc.
HE did say in the five live interview recently that one team offered one extra thing to all the others and that was what made up his mind.
I think Garmin. spending a lot of time with Millar and that team would suit him more than any other in that they are strong (or were strong) on spring classics, but had no real GC threat, so the main focus would be him in the grand tours.
There’s something fishy about this Cavendish/Millar bromance that’s been unfolding on Twitter.
Agreed that It is quite funny, but they’ve been getting on OK since the commonwealth games when it appears that Millar decided that Cavendish wasn’t quite the cock he previously thought he was. Cavendish seems to be training with the brits in general at the moment and given that Millar would probably take the Eisel role for the Brits during the world championships it makes sense to build a bit of understanding.
The bromance on twitter is all world champs male bonding
He’ll go to Sky – they can easily lead him out and look after Wiggo at same time, Geraint is as good a leadout as Renshaw, EBH can help out on flat stages and go for wins in classics style stages – they just need Bernie Eisel to do the other 150km of sprint stages and lead gruppetto.
Originally Sky was going to be built around Cav but Stapletons money and Wiggins 2009 tour changed that.
I just don’t think Sky could control the peleton like HTC did, i reckon he’d still get the stage wins, but it wouldn’t look as good or be as impressive as having the whole of HTC on the front, Sky’s leadout wouldn’t be as big i reckon
Millar is a cock. Renshaw will be about as good as greipl, or farrer, or any of the other 2nd rate sprinters.
Looking at the vuelta it seems to me that the new wave are coming through. Martin (tony and dan), french riders, sagan (granted he has been winning for 18 months but he is an infant)….
think cavs challenge will come from the likes of sagan , degenklob, howard. Evan Hausslers washed up since MSR.
think cav will win with a smaller train and other teams dont want to create trains becasue they know when it comes to it they dont have th sprinters that will deliver…..whereas cav will
does nobody think cav will enjoy higher status than twiggo.
sky is a publicity machine and I am not sure that there is a rider more in demand than cav ( and he has improved his PR side massively)
wont be massively keen on hearing smarmy dave b going on about how cavs success is down to his team / management
Nope he’s not allowed to ride TOB because he pulled out of vuelta and cant race untill the vuelta is over.However this rule can somtimes be over turned.
Believe there was a clause in the HTC contract of some of the riders that prohibited anouncements until 02 Sep, which has stopped a couple of others in the team confirming/denying scuttle.