2019 PRO thread

[ave]

It's not about him, it's about them, as his T-shirt says!

[Dan Gerous]

Some sort of argument with the team is the rumour. He’s now AWOL.

They're now saying he got off his bike and got into a team car at the feed zone... Team cars don't communicate with each other?

[wingguy]

Crikey, just before the TT as well! Hope he’s ok and it’s nothing more serious than team drama.

[Rob81]

I could be wrong but IIRC hasn't Gaimon labelled Dennis as "kind of a jerk" in one of his books?

[MattMay]

Finding good coffee, there’s an app for that!

Beanhunter - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beanhunte ... d349940968

[Dan Gerous]

He might be frustrated to have worked a lot to improve his climbing which hurt his TT a bit so he would be better support for Nibali... and seeing Nibali just hanging out at the back sightseeing until he decides to go for a stage in the Alps... But it's odd of him not to wait after tomorrow's TT to go home.

[Martin.F]

Wow. It was supposedly discontent with the equipment - the wheels in particular that made Dennis quit the race. According to norwegian news station tv2 Hushovd had a chat with him today where Dennis told about not being pleased with the equipment - claiming to lose 40w to the competitors.

[guyc]

If that’s the case. WTF.

[ave]

40W my a**.

Anyway, very unprofessional to quit like this. I don't think it should be tolerated.

[Calnago]

Wow. It was supposedly discontent with the equipment - the wheels in particular that made Dennis quit the race. According to norwegian news station tv2 Hushovd had a chat with him today where Dennis told about not being pleased with the equipment - claiming to lose 40w to the competitors.

Yeah, that’s what I always do. Sorry guys, I was riding my “slow” wheels today. Now, which one of you blokes got my coffee. Thx, I’ll catchya next time.

[Karvalo]

Wow. It was supposedly discontent with the equipment - the wheels in particular that made Dennis quit the race. According to norwegian news station tv2 Hushovd had a chat with him today where Dennis told about not being pleased with the equipment - claiming to lose 40w to the competitors.

That's crazy. I mean, they're the same freakin' wheels they had when he signed a contract...

[dgasmd]

Wow. It was supposedly discontent with the equipment - the wheels in particular that made Dennis quit the race. According to norwegian news station tv2 Hushovd had a chat with him today where Dennis told about not being pleased with the equipment - claiming to lose 40w to the competitors.

Talk about “Diva/premadonna” drama!!!!

[otnemem]

"Prima donna".

And Froome is already on a bike. Pedaling with one leg.
If anyone else here has worked in orthopaedics let me know. We can laugh our asses off together.

[Wookski]

Wow. It was supposedly discontent with the equipment - the wheels in particular that made Dennis quit the race. According to norwegian news station tv2 Hushovd had a chat with him today where Dennis told about not being pleased with the equipment - claiming to lose 40w to the competitors.

That’s quite funny- he definitely needs to be on WW! “There’s no f#!%en way I’m riding this POS Merida for one more second!”

[MayhemSWE]

Seems like Dennis isn't particularly well liked by former team mates et al and probably has some form of mental problems:

https://cyclingtips.com/2019/07/inside- ... an-dennis/

So maybe he didn't fit in well at Bahrain-Merida for whatever reason and is looking to get out of his contract, but with this kind of unprofessional exit who would want to take a chance on hiring him?