Earlier this year Joe Dombrowski made the decision to extend his stay at the Cannondale-Drapac team for a further two years – testament to the fact that, after a shaky start to his professional career at Team Sky, the young American has found his feet and is making progress.
Dombrowski was considered one of the most exciting prospects in the sport when he signed for Sky, the Baby Giro champion joining the big budget team who’d just won their first Tour de France. But, due in part to health problems – Dombrowski had to undergo surgery to repair his iliac artery – things didn’t work out as planned.
“I don’t necessarily regret being in Sky but, looking at it now, with the perspective and experience I have, I don’t know if I’d recommend it for a first-year pro,” Dombrowski told Cyclingnews at Cannondale-Drapac’s off-season gathering in Catalonia.
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“As a neo-pro it’s easy to get lost in a team like Sky. Which I think was a little bit the case with me. They’re there to win Grand Tours and everything is put into that. In your first year you might not even be ready to ride a Grand Tour yet, so what do you do then?”
After two years in each set-up, the 25-year-old is now well placed to assess the Sky years with a level head and compare the two experiences.
“I find that I’ve made a lot more progress at Cannondale, and I also just have a lot more fun – it’s a more laid-back environment,” he said.
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