Post Ride Cafe - Ep022 from Post Ride Cafe

Top 10 classics riders on the market - Nils Politt (Israel 26), Terpstra (TDE 36), Philipsen (UAE 22), Jungles (DQS 27), Tuens (Bahrain 28), Valgren (NTT 28), Stuyven (Trek 28), Lampaert (DQS 29), Vanmarcke (EF 31)

https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/transfer-mechanics-top-10-classics-riders-on-the-market/

Bardet rumored to Sunweb - Confirmed he is looking to move on from AG2R

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sunweb-interested-in-signing-romain-bardet/

Lopez rumored to Bora -

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lopez-denies-links-to-bora-hansgrohe/

Trek signed Weening -

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/trek-segafredo-confirm-the-signing-of-pieter-weening/

Cycling News:

Lance Pt. 2

Topic of the Week:

Trek-Segafredo

Personal opinions of the team
2019 Stats
PCS Rank 11th (4949 pts), up 2 from 2018
11 Victories: 3 WT, 1 Classic (B Mollema - Il Lombardia)
2018 Comparison: 20 Victories, 4 WT
Team Identity: GC, Stages, Classics
Key Signings: V Nibali, Quinn Simmons
Key Losses: J Degenkolb, M Irizar, Fumiyuki Beppu, F Felline, J Pantano
Key Riders: R Porte, V Nibali, Giulio Ciccone, B Mollema, M Pedersen (WC BABY!)
Main Topics:
Is M Pedersens WC win a turning point for Trek? Will they have increased confidence? (Especially with Degenkolb leaving)
Nibali? Good pickup or bad?
Porte? Will he be competitive? Can he podium a GT?
Can Ciccone improve on last years performance in the Giro?
Young Riders
Quinn Simmons (19)
Men Juniors World Championships Road Race: 1st; Junior Gent-Wevelgem: 1st; Spattering of 2.1 races he got 1st on the back of the ITT
2020 Key Victories - Stuyven - Omloop
Porte - Stage and overall of Tour down Under
Better or Worse than 2019?

EF Education First

2019 Stats
PCS Rank 10th (5785 pts), Up 6 from 2018
17 Victories: 6 WT, 1 Classic (A Bettiol - Ronde van Vlaanderen)
2018 Comparison: 6 Victories, 2 WT, 2 GT Stages
Team Identity: GC, Stages, Alternate Seasons
Key Signings: N Powless, J Keukeleire, M Cort
Key Losses: T Phinney (Retired), J Dombrowski
Key Riders: R Uran, M Woods, S Vanmarcke, M Cort, H Carthy
Personal Opinions of team
Main Topics:
Will Uran go the distance in any GT this year?
Can Michael Woods continue to improve and find more consistent results?
EF and the classics. Picked up some good help
Young Riders?
Jonas Rutsch (21)
U23 Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften: 5th; U23 Gent-Wevelgem: 1st
Sergio Higuita (22)
Vuelta Espana 2.UWT: 14th GC & 1st Stage 18; 2019 World Championships: 4th Under 23 Road Race; Amgen Tour of California 2.UWT: 2nd GC, 2nd Place Stage 7 (Mt Baldy); Tour de Pologne 2.UWT: 4th GC

Daniel Martinez (23)
Tour de Colombia 2.1: 3rd GC, 1st Stage 1 TTT (14 km), Gree-Tour of Guangxi 2.UWT: 2nd GC Gree-Tour of Guangxi, Vuelta Espana 2.UWT: 10th Stage 10 ITT (36.2km), 4th Stage 1 ITT (13.4 km), Pan American Games: 1st ITT (37km), Tour Basque Country 2.UWT: 2nd Stage 1 ITT (11.3 km), Paris-Nice 2.UWT: Stage 7, 5th Stage 5 ITT (25.5 km),

Hugh Carthy (25)
Tour de Suisse: 1st Stage 9, 1st Mountains Classification, Giro d’Italia: 11th GC,16th Stage 1 ITT (8 km), 8th stage 9 ITT (34.8km), 2 Top 5 Stages

2020 Key Victories - Higuita and Martinez each with a stage in tour of colombia, Higuita Overall (Bernal, Henao, Chaves Aru). They both also won NC in RR (Higuita) and TT
Better or Worse than 2019?

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