Another “solid” day complete at the #Giro 💪 @GeraintThomas86 talks through stage 10, which saw him finish just ahead of the Maglia Rosa 🎥
INEOS' Rod Ellingworth praises team for 'brilliant' Giro d'Italia thus far - If nothing happens, Pogacar will win, but if something does, G has got to be ready to pounce on it
CyclingWednesday, 15 May 2024 at 10:30
Rod Ellingworth is one of the key figures behind the development of INEOS Grenadiers in the 2010's and currently he is a team principal at the British team. He is keeping a very close eye at the team's Giro d'Italia performances and has nothing but complements to what he argues is a 'brilliant' race.
“I think they’re doing as well as I’ve ever seen, and they’re riding superbly well," Ellingworth told Cyclingnews at the Giro. "They’re getting led really well by Zak (Zak Dempster, the DS, ed.), and G[eraint Thomas] is G - he’s solid, and all the lads really respect him and ride for him." After last year's brilliant second place that almost resulted in a GC win from Thomas, the veteran has prepared perfectly for the race once again and sits third in the GC after 10 stages - only behind Tadej Pogacar and Daniel Martínez.
Ellingworth is keen to complement Jhonatan Narváez for his strong performances, which put on good display the team's new aggressive racing approach, but has good words on most of the team present at the Giro. So far, a consistent GC performance sees Thomas well within a shot of a podium or even victory in the right circumstances; whilst the team has already won a stage and led the race as well.
“So the way they’re racing is brilliant, and Geraint’s just got to bide his time. Who knows with Pogacar and what’s going to happen," Ellingworth argues, believing that the Welshman is in striking position in case something happens to the pink jersey. "If nothing happens, he’ll win, but if something does, G has got to be ready to pounce on it. So yeah, they’re racing really well as a unit, and it’s brilliant to see.”
Read also
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- Why do the women CXs keep getting short changed with the length of theor races? They could have easily done another lap to put them at 50 minutes which is their time limit. Yet another CX race where they fail to reach this when they had a chance to. Come on ... the math isn't that hard to figure out lap times and divide into 50 min!frieders318-11-2024
- All pro cyclists are massively underpaid! The amount of riding and physical exertion they put their bodies through is crazy compared to other sports. I can't think of any other sport where you are physically active at a very high level of power output for hours on end each day.Pogboom17-11-2024
- When I was working for Starkist/Heinz my manager quit. So the next week my group was put under another manager. During our first meeting he asked if there was anything we needed to tell him. I said that I would be out the following week on vacation. He said "I don't know if I can let you go on vacation". I replied, "You can't tell if I can go. You can only tell me if I can come back".Sweep17-11-2024
- :-)Sweep17-11-2024
- What a mess there :-)
DareDevil17-11-2024 - So he read the comments here probably :-)DareDevil17-11-2024
- Alpecin is a MVDP and sprinter's team. It is unlikely that he will get a chance there as wellabstractengineer17-11-2024
- There’s no crying in cyclocross…Crashjames17-11-2024
- Pointless reporting. They are rivals, each tries their way to get their best result, with or without collaboration. As long as it’s all fair, why even report riders feelings about such stuff (yes I know, lack of other news). Anyone riding races will go through dozens of moments per race where they get emotional about the way someone else rides or takes advantage or doesn’t collaborate or more, it is natural, it is justified, it is NOT newsworthy!Mistermaumau17-11-2024
- I like that you can see you actually replied to you and not just to the same thread. :)Sweep16-11-2024