Training 27.4.2022:
Paul Poudrier Abfahrt: -1
Paul Poudrier Zeit: -1
Paul Poudrier Sprint: -1
Gaspard Gagneux Berg: -1
Giacomo Gerbi Berg: +1
Casper Catteau Berg: +1
Florent Faber Berg: +1
Pavlo Poulnikov Berg: +1
Pavlo Poulnikov Flach: +1
Oleksandr Outschakov Flach: +1
Oleksandr Outschakov Abfahrt: +1
Gerbi 61-87, he is motivated for the Giro.
Catteau and Faber, up to 69-80 and 69-79... they want to make my Giro decisions difficult... and there is training on 5 May, too...
Poulnikov and Outschakov both double training, good.
So, Giro... we have booked rooms for...
- Vittore VESPA (LBL winner, Italian and trained well to 74-78)
- Aldo ABBIATI (Italian and trained well to 72-81)
- Giacomo GERBI (Italian and trained well to 61-87)
- Gaspard GAGNEUX (RVV winner and 55reg)
- Oleksandr OUTSCHAKOV (young, cheap and 57reg)
- Famara FAYE (cheap downhill hero)
damn, seems we should hire more Italians as they train well in our team? Remember Fabio Fonda 80-70 was also good training...
Anyway, 3 slots left... big question of course is Pagie/Lootens... 85-59/80-63... just not a very impressive duo as they refuse to train... which would be O.K. normally as we are used to riding with inferior climbers and in fact two climbers already give you more options than one... the problem is that I will also miss some stages, no matter whether I ride afternoon or evening,... so a Giro with inferior climbers would be ok.... missing some stages of Giro would be OK... but riding with inferior climbers AND missing stages is really not ideal...
what are the alternatives?
- Go cheap... take Poudrier, Poulnikov + Fischer, then we'll have fun attacking every day and it doesn't hurt as much to be offline some days
- Go sprint... take VVG + 2 helpers, would give us a chance on flat stages, even if 82 sprint is not perfect
- Go stage hunting... take Catteau, Faber + another helper, would give us many options to attack on hilly stages
- Other ideas?