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@nikolai_pott @BenjiNaesen 75% of their WT wins are from Jonas; outside of him Brennan is underperforming, they lost Yates and Kooij, and their signings this year have been weak

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@BenjiNaesen yeah I felt the same way; you'd hope internally they didn't feel the same

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@BenjiNaesen and it makes me worry even more for them going forward given the need for a new sponsor and Plugge's comments about needing so much more money to be competitive! I could see them slipping further to no longer be the second most dominant team if that's not sorted

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@BenjiNaesen Zeeman leaving end of 2024 is still relevant but I'm not going to go back to a whole podcast episode to listen sorry! Re victories last season was obviously good with 2 GTs but they missed their big goal + 0 monuments! We agree that 2026 is the problem...

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@AntifaTheologe @BenjiNaesen WT wins is a good indicator; Visma themselves have said they want to be top of UCI ranking. Teams choose their own schedule so it's not like UAE are doing something special; any team could send their best riders to farm .1s! Also UAE still #1 in wins this season despite injuries

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@RandrupRt @jack_govier @BenjiNaesen Sure, I agree that Roubaix is bigger than most races. Jonas still contributes a disproportionately high number of WT wins to the team when compared to UAE/Ineos/Decathlon

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@RandrupRt @jack_govier @BenjiNaesen Visma without Vingegaard has 3 WT wins this season!

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@BenjiNaesen On Visma, I'd wager that the departure of Zeeman in 24 caused quite the change in the team! It's definitely concerning that Plugge was surprised by Niermann too. Re. performance, 2025 was the furthest Visma have been from UAE after being ahead in wins in 24

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@ostehaps69 @lucasaganronald Hardly
You should have to beat the best and Jonas very rarely does

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@Trev_Arnold @lucasaganronald And what about 21/24/25 and soon to be 26?

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@velogames @BenjiNaesen is this your team?

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@tdarling1 @faustocoppi60 Storer has famously been good at flat TTs before yes

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@tdarling1 @faustocoppi60 okay now explain his performance against Storer and Barta?

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@aziiaziizam It was incredibly poor

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@lucasaganronald update?

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@BenjiNaesen Jonas' performance was shocking; he should never be that close to Storer on a flat TT. He's also never lost a TT to BOC before.

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@_TheDare update?

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