Reece is a savvy operator and I cannot believe for one minute he set-up AON on 1 year deals. Their biggest problem is a lack of points with Hatty and Reece missing races due to injury. They are outside the top 15 and fighting for those wildcard slots for next season.
Rachel Atherton says she has a big announcement tomorrow. She has been posting a bit about memories of the race venue. Either she is commentating or she is racing…
Any info on where Danny Hart is off to next season? He must have a stack of UCI points and some teams in need of points could do with them? His performance this season warrants a bigger team ride. Norco?
No benefit at all, but it does buy you some breathing space if your team has issues with injuries, crashes etc. If you were say 13th-15th, and have a bad run of not scoring, you are suddenly looking iffy. This has happened with the road WorldTour relegations, which work on a rolling multi-year points total. Those teams a few spots...
Looks exactly (on the surface at least) like the black version Simmonds was testing/developing. Even has the 2 mount points for the second shock. Josh was asked about the bike, and he said it's the prototype and is an XL. Also said it's long and low. Wonder if it's the same bike with a cool paint job. Or a tweaked...
Danny Hart has been posting a few Hope deliveries and related items on his Instagram recently. Including one today. Running his own programme and getting support from Hope?
Austin has/does coach a number of top XC riders, so an 'easy' option in that Kate isn't taking a big risk. Changing coaches is always a step into the unknown, so going with someone who coaches others at a top level is an easier call than going with someone who doesn't. Will be interesting to see how she goes in...
Tom and Pauline are starting their XC season this weekend. Will they be on the blacked out BMC again, or a new Pinerello? I'm sure Pauline posted something about getting used to a new team and new bike...