So it was announced today that Rohan Dennis is off to JumboVisma on a 2 year deal.
What does everyone think?
Personally a little surprised he was only at Ineos for 2 years.
From a personality standpoint, he seems like a real ass, so good luck to everyone at Jumbo-Visma. From a professional standpoint, Iâm guessing this move was to get him back on equipment he viewed as aerodynamically adequate.
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Whatâs the story with the Australian team for the Worlds, are we sending anyone for the ITT?
I was surprised that Dennis wasnât nominated, but it also wasnât clear if they were going to add to the team.
Would love to see Jumbo roll out a team time trial squad with gold, silver, and bronze bikes for Roglic, Dennis, and Tom D.
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Worst kept secret of the transfer season⌠pretty sure it was âknownâ about 2 months ago. Good luck to him
Yeah this one got leaked before the Tour. Heâs very⌠particular. Thatâs I guess the nicest word I can use.
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I guess if thereâs a TTT at the tour in the next 2 years JV will crush.
That explains why I felt like it wasnât news when I read it yesterday. 
Good luck to him. Really enjoyed his race at last yearâs Giro but 2021 has been back to what Iâve been used to from him. Nothing amazing
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heâs obviously got stuff going on in his head. I encountered him once in Adelaide riding around before TDU start. he rolled past in formation with his BMC squad yelling at me âwhat are ya doing?!â as I was trying to merge right. I find him amusing. we need personalities. he couldnât have cared less about representing the brand âprofessionallyâ.
I was really impressed with his ride at last years Giro, especially on the last few days - so much that I changed my view on him and put it down to him starting to perform again because he was happy in a new team who valued and pushed him to perform. I am left now looking at him in the original light again.
Remember 2019 Dennis was on BahrainâMerida, but didnât like the Merida ITT frame, so rode a stripped-down Pinarello @ Worlds, which he won.
Hopefully he likes Cervelo, or will Jumbo shuffle their frames with other teams again for 2022, as they did in 2021?
Iâm pretty sure it was his old BMC.
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Whoops â youâre right! I mis-remembered. In any case, Cervelo has been known for the performance of its time trial bikes for at least 15 years nowâŚ
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I can only assume part of his motivation for going is the R&D work that Jumbo appear to be doing on aerodynamics with Dan Bigham.
It does seem odd however that Jumbo appear to have one up on Ineos on this front and it seems to have been a relatively harmonious couple of years for Rohan at Ineos. I dont think many of us will forget his performance in the 2020 Giro helping TGH.
The only reason I can see for Ineos being happy to let him go is that in the GTâs there is only room for one rider of his type and Ganna already fits that mould?