Rabobank TdF selection

David Cowie said:

So what about Robert Hunter then ? Sprinter and winner of 2
stages in the recent Tour de Suisse ?

But looking at the nature of the 2 wins, those are two
different qualifications. Maybe he's developing more as an
attacker, and then he is a) just another attacker in the
Rabo squad, and b) less and less a contender for Tour stage
bunch sprints.

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Quoted message said:

Team leader Erik Breukink has a sharp focus on the
Rabobank Cycling Teams goals during the Tour de France.
Breukink: "For the line-up of our team, we have looked at
the qualities of Rasmussen, Leipheimer and Boogerd for the
mountain stages plus an attacking way of competing in the
other stages. Now that we're missing Freire,
unfortunately, we're out for the bunch sprints, but for
the other stages we have the qualities."

So what about Robert Hunter then ? Sprinter and winner of
2 stages in the recent Tour de Suisse ?

(yes, I know he's 1st reserve).

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I had the same reaction. All I can say is that I tend to
trust the DS in most cases unless there is some clear bias
for one reason or another. Hunter has been a really strong
sprinter his whole career and I can't figure out why he
changes teams so often. A lot of his wins have come from
the early season stage races but I think he has a few GT
sages wins as well (in Spain and or Italy?). I would have
thought he would make the Tour team but I defer to Erik.
With 3 co-captains, the rest of the team has to be able to
support them and I guess Hunter would have been less able
to support those efforts, or at least that seems to be what
Breukink thinks.

Chris said:

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Quoted message said:

Team leader Erik Breukink has a sharp focus on the
Rabobank Cycling Teams goals during the Tour de France.
Breukink: "For the line-up of our team, we have looked at
the qualities of Rasmussen, Leipheimer and Boogerd for
the mountain stages plus an attacking way of competing in
the other stages. Now that we're missing Freire,
unfortunately, we're out for the bunch sprints, but for
the other stages we have the qualities."

So what about Robert Hunter then ? Sprinter and winner of
2 stages in the recent Tour de Suisse ?

(yes, I know he's 1st reserve).

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I had the same reaction. All I can say is that I tend to
trust the DS in most cases unless there is some clear bias
for one reason or another. Hunter has been a really strong
sprinter his whole career and I can't figure out why he
changes teams so often. <snip>

Well, he didn't have much choice when Mapei folded. ;-)

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Quoted message said:

Team leader Erik Breukink has a sharp focus on the
Rabobank Cycling Teams goals during the Tour de France.
Breukink: "For the line-up of our team, we have looked
at the qualities of Rasmussen, Leipheimer and Boogerd
for the mountain stages plus an attacking way of
competing in the other stages. Now that we're missing
Freire, unfortunately, we're out for the bunch sprints,
but for the other stages we have the qualities."

So what about Robert Hunter then ? Sprinter and winner
of 2 stages in the recent Tour de Suisse ?

(yes, I know he's 1st reserve).

</vent>

I had the same reaction. All I can say is that I tend to
trust the DS in most cases unless there is some clear bias
for one reason or another. Hunter has been a really strong
sprinter his whole career

Come on now, don't exaggerate.