Benji Naesen
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I don't know what the consequences of his viral infection are in the run-up to a Tour de France because he was great at Boucle de la Mayenne, but Boucle de la Mayenne is not a Tour de France.
So if it's a health reason related to not being ready in time for that, then I can understand it.
But if it's because he doesn't fit in the roster with Paul Success...
then I disagree with that.
Now, on the other hand, do you think there's a world in which Decathlon thinks to themselves, if we don't ultimately prioritize Paul's success and give him a full team here, he might have more incentive to not extend with our team?
I'm okay with dropping Bissiger from the roster for Coy.
I think it's useful to have someone in the group in Mountain Stangers, even if we're just getting a beat on Inner Valley somewhere.
Let's assume he's out.
I would keep APPN for sure.
Yes.
I think Bizzio also, especially after LBL and so forth.
He was great in that.
The Labroses and so forth.
For me, it's also... Corey doesn't need a lead-out outside of Dan Holo piloting him to the position.
Olaf Kory 2022 was horrible at making his way to a sprint.
He would like see a lead out dropping off on the ride and on purpose, probably not on purpose, but he would always take the wrong side and then end up blocked behind lead outs, etc.
It's taken multiple years for Kory to transition into a sprinter where he's extremely good at navigating sprints now.
We saw that at Boucle de la Mayenne, even though the competition there is weaker.
So that's different.
But