Hopefully Cooke and Wilson come out with a head of steam and get a win at Het Volk or KBK. If Cooke snags a win early the confidence he gets could push him on and he might snag a big one.

Agreed, I think he needs one more year's experience and some form to get his winning career back on track.

Wilson finished 16th at San Remo 2003 so is capable over the long distance one-dayers.

Unibet get momentum and snag some early season victoires and a big one, they should force Leblanc's hand and get a tour ride. Leblanc has already flagged Agritubel but their squad is positively underwhelming. A team with leaders Agnolutto and Berges. I could have picked a better squad at bay crits taking out Mcewen and Cooke off the potential roster.

They are a very solid squad. Especially in the sprints, even losing Van Dijk. They have Zanotti, Cooke, Hunt, Omloop, and for GC they have Vandenbroucke and Quesada. Ljungblad in support.

Hopefully the golden child turned enfant terrible Franky boy snags a big win and so does Cookie and we will see these two stars at le tour.