"Next year, we have the best of both worlds," Tarling continues. "We have the new riders, but then we also have the best older ones like
Luke Rowe,
Michal Kwiatkowski, and
Ben Swift. It is the perfect ingredient, it just needs a little bit extra. Everyone is super motivated and wants to get back going again, so fingers crossed."
Luke Rowe especially deserves credit according to Tarling. "Luke is invaluable. Without him, it would have been a horrible season. The same with
Geraint Thomas, the same with Ben Swift, the same with Kwiatkowski. He was amazing in Amstel because he knows that race, he loves it, there was almost too much information from him! He seemed to have notes on every climb there, but it makes your life so easy because if you race with them, it is simply riding and doing what they say," he explains. "You can just tick a box, but without them, you would have to work it out for yourself and then use your legs. At least now I don’t have to use my head, I can just do what they tell me."