Transfers

takethehighroad

Courtesy of Cycling Quotient http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/transfers.asp

Interesting to see they have EBH, Lovkvist and Possoni as nailed on for Team Sky. Also, Liam Killeen? The mountain biker? I didn't know he was moving to skinny tires.

calvjones

Surprised Eisel and Greipel staying with Colombia. Unless Eisel is lined up as the classics guy if George, EBH and Burghart leave. If they get Cunego too, Sky might shape up as a good Classics team. Which means zilch commercially to them I guess!

richard wants a baum

Has there been a situatiion like this where you have two new teams with big budgets with very big and clear goals of getting the best come in in the same season before. Sky has obviously been doing alot of work for awhile now so they have the jump on The Shack. How likely is it that these guys can buy riders out of contracts? seems like that would put a big strain on there budgets?

deal

Killeen isnt a huge surprise, he has often spoken about switching to the road - http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/article/mps/uan/1995

jim one

Killeen was the guy that was talked about as the GC rider to have a go at the tour before Wiggins came along this year. BC have obviously done some testing on him and decided his power to weight is in the right ball park to at least have a crack at the road. Perhaps the British Cadel Evans

GroupOfOne MkII

As long as he's not the British Martinez! Or Rasmussen come to that. Like deal says, think he's been thinking about the road for some time. Always does cross in the winter too, so a good all rounder.

afx237vi

Another source of transfers:

http://www.wielerflits.nl/forum/topic/382/

The ones in bold are confirmed, the rest are just rumours.

Quite excited about Jack Bobridge going to Garmin. He was very noticeable at the TDU this year. The next great Australian rider?

Quite disappointed by J-Rod going to Katusha. Just... ugh. Katusha? Ugh.

jimycooper

anyone else suprised to see george hincapie go to BMC??? or did i miss something?

takethehighroad

I love the question mark next to Igor Astarloa, shows how flakey the UCi's case must be.

afx237vi

jimycooper wrote:

anyone else suprised to see george hincapie go to BMC??? or did i miss something?

I heard that a couple of weeks ago, although it was pretty speculative - "a friend of a friend told me that he heard..."

The big thing was that the deal involved the team switching from Assos to Hincapie clothing. But then someone else pointed out that Andy Rihs, the owner of BMC, also owns Assos. So that's a bit strange.

But then again, BMC were a wildcard at Paris-Roubaix last year, and having Hincapie would pretty much guarantee them another invite. I figure Hincapie could live without the Tour, as long as he got to do Roubaix.

frenchfighter

afx237vi wrote:

Another source of transfers:

http://www.wielerflits.nl/forum/topic/382/

The ones in bold are confirmed, the rest are just rumours.

Excellent thanks.

Rodriguez going to Katusha is disappointing.

No more LPR - was this solely due to Di Luca or was it always going to happen? Lampre going to be contesting some sprints now with Petacchi...they can't do much else so may well gear everything towards him.

Doping controls in Columbia were too much for Hincapie or he wants more attention and to be team leader...both plausible to me.

C-HTC losing quite some talent with EBH, Possoni and Lovkvist going - maybe they realise that C-HTC is Cav's team.

Hunter to Garmin? Lead out man?! I don't think he can beat Farrar.

FarNorth

In a Norwegian newspaper EBH today confirmed leaving C-HTC. His new employer is to be annouced early september. Probably one or two options for him, but the British "model" for developing athletes and training principles seem to be close to what he's been used to from Norway. As he's an down-to-earth guy, he'll probably not only run after the best pay.

However it's not likely he'll get a daytime job:D

thamacdaddy

frenchfighter wrote:

C-HTC losing quite some talent with EBH, Possoni and Lovkvist going - maybe they realise that C-HTC is Cav's team.

I think it always has been in terms of sprints but Tony Martin seems to be the guy they are building GC placings around. Wouldn't be suprised if they mix the support there too. Keeping Martin and Cav along with a decent lead out train has to be their focus really and talent like Lovkvist and EBH probably are not going to hang around for those. Decent riders for whoever gets them.

bipedal

LeviL being linked to BMC... maybe he does want to be top dog afterall?

Rodrego Hernandez

afx237vi wrote:

jimycooper wrote:

anyone else suprised to see george hincapie go to BMC??? or did i miss something?

I heard that a couple of weeks ago, although it was pretty speculative - "a friend of a friend told me that he heard..."

The big thing was that the deal involved the team switching from Assos to Hincapie clothing. But then someone else pointed out that Andy Rihs, the owner of BMC, also owns Assos. So that's a bit strange.

But then again, BMC were a wildcard at Paris-Roubaix last year, and having Hincapie would pretty much guarantee them another invite. I figure Hincapie could live without the Tour, as long as he got to do Roubaix.

Assos and BMC are seperate, Assos being run by the founder Toni Meyer and BMC by someone else.

moray_gub

frenchfighter wrote:

afx237vi wrote:

Another source of transfers:

http://www.wielerflits.nl/forum/topic/382/

The ones in bold are confirmed, the rest are just rumours.

Excellent thanks.

Rodriguez going to Katusha is disappointing.

No more LPR - was this solely due to Di Luca or was it always going to happen? Lampre going to be contesting some sprints now with Petacchi...they can't do much else so may well gear everything towards him.

Doping controls in Columbia were too much for Hincapie or he wants more attention and to be team leader...both plausible to me.

C-HTC losing quite some talent with EBH, Possoni and Lovkvist going - maybe they realise that C-HTC is Cav's team.

Hunter to Garmin? Lead out man?! I don't think he can beat Farrar.

Why is J Rod moving dissapointing ? think its a decent good move for him with Valverde and Luis Leon he is always going to play 2nd fiddle at Caisse. He could be Katushas man for the hilly classics something he isnt at the moment.

calvjones

I think the point is that Katusha proved a bit crap at classics. Completely agree he needs space to thrive.

timoid.

calvjones wrote:

I think the point is that Katusha proved a bit crap at classics. Completely agree he needs space to thrive.

Katusha won the Amstel Gold, which isn't too shoddy.

bikerZA

calvjones wrote:

I think the point is that Katusha proved a bit crap at classics. Completely agree he needs space to thrive.

And obviously the additional cash they're offering will help a bit

moray_gub

Timoid. wrote:

calvjones wrote:

I think the point is that Katusha proved a bit crap at classics. Completely agree he needs space to thrive.

Katusha won the Amstel Gold, which isn't too shoddy.

and 2nd at Roubaix with Pozzato

moray_gub

bikerZA wrote:

calvjones wrote:

I think the point is that Katusha proved a bit crap at classics. Completely agree he needs space to thrive.

And obviously the additional cash they're offering will help a bit

I think that is the reason most cyclists move teams despite all the protestations to the contrary , its a job they go where the cash is just like you or i would i suppose

Kléber

Is it me or is there a lot more focus on the transfers this year? My memory suggests there's always been coverage of who's moving teams but this year the likes of cyclingnews.com are even covering the rumours.

deal

Kléber wrote:

Is it me or is there a lot more focus on the transfers this year? My memory suggests there's always been coverage of who's moving teams but this year the likes of cyclingnews.com are even covering the rumours.

this must be related to sky and radioshack?

teagar

Ballan to Quick-Step!

That'd be immense! Fingers crossed the rumour's true.

micron

Leipheimer to BMC with Hincapie - quite a shock he isn't going to the Shack

teagar

micron wrote:

Leipheimer to BMC with Hincapie - quite a shock he isn't going to the Shack

I bet he thinks it's about time he was top dog in the team for once.

micron

Paulhino to...Radioshack - remkinds me of Beltran going to USDisco after Coast folded - poached from under Ullrich's nose. However, Contador is considerably tougher than the somewhat fragile Ullrich

frenchfighter

With Levi in BMC, they will hopefully get into better races. Their kit and bikes are so so nice.

Ballan to Q-S is unusual as they will now have four real threats for the Classics which is a bit much.

skavanagh.bikeradar

Answering Kleber from a few posts back, I think there is definately more focus on transfers this year prboably due to:

Contador and Armstrong going their seperate ways
Radio Shack being created
Sky being created, and all the British interest in that
Disappearance of LPR and a sudden surplus of riders
C-HTC shedding good riders
Wiggo suddenly being a GC contender

Well, that's what is interesting me this year!

secretsqirrel

RE Katusha

Surprised that they prospectively have both Maxim & Valentin Iglinsky, signed up fo 2010. Valentin, the younger, is touted by Vino, as the next big talent from Kazakhstan.

What gives, I would have thought that they would be part of the new Team 'Vino 4 Ever' Astana?

Either:-
Katusha has made an offer they can't refuse
Astana is still looking very shaky for next year
Or, Contador is staying and is selecting the roster as per Vino's offer.

Can only speculate :?

teagar

frenchfighter wrote:

With Levi in BMC, they will hopefully get into better races. Their kit and bikes are so so nice.

Ballan to Q-S is unusual as they will now have four real threats for the Classics which is a bit much.

It'd be AMAZING.

But I'm a big Quick-Step fan....