Cavendish has left..

silverpigeon

Insideinfo wrote:

Christ you come on here to tell people what youve heard and all you get is grief! wish i hadnt bothered, but just thought you guys would be interested.

Christ i dont care if he goes to Endura, i was just passing on ive heard. Even the rumours of him going to Omega are just rumours, no one has 100% proof hes going there.

It's complete bollox though isn't it? The 'friend that works there' is actually your best mate's girlfriend - who does not actually work there. :roll: Crap trolling!

neonriver

How did the source manage to change from a friend that works with Rabobank to a times journalist?

Mikey23

So the poor lamb hasn't bee treated equally then.... Sounds like a bit of a prima Donna to me

RichN95.

neonriver wrote:

How did the source manage to change from a friend that works with Rabobank to a times journalist?

It's the economy. A lot of people working two or more jobs.
A friend of mine is a safari guide in Kruger Park, Liam Neeson's stunt double and outside centre for Wasps. At least that's what he tells the ladies.

Le Commentateur

Sorted out at the Worlds a couple of weeks ago (and also did a Q&A workshop session with Vos for junior riders).

milton50

Insideinfo wrote:

Christ you come on here to tell people what youve heard and all you get is grief! wish i hadnt bothered, but just thought you guys would be interested.

Christ i dont care if he goes to Endura, i was just passing on ive heard. Even the rumours of him going to Omega are just rumours, no one has 100% proof hes going there.

You're 99% likely to be badly wrong. On the other hand if you do manage to pull this off then you'll be treated like a new messiah. So swings and roundabouts.

Wheelspinner

Le Commentateur wrote:

Sorted out at the Worlds a couple of weeks ago (and also did a Q&A workshop session with Vos for junior riders).

So.... is this a hint that the OP may in fact be correct?

specialgueststar

Insideinfo wrote:

Ha ha..i expected that response, got to say i laughed myself but heres the link. Best mates girlfriend is a junior sports journo at The Times. I asked him to ask her if she had any info on Cav leaving. About a week later i saw her, asked again and she said hes leaving for sure and she had heard he WASNT going to the team everyone thinks he is and is off to a team with orange and white shirts? She queried the shirt colour as she didnt know about cycling teams. That was it.

I then thought it cant be Eskudel or whatever they are so can only leave Rabobank.

Dont shoot the messenger, im just saying lads.

The most ridiculous thing about this post is not the OP's demotion of the source from Rabobank 'worker' to mates girlfriend

but an upcoming junior sports journalist not being bothered to look up the shirts of the less than 18 PT teams =with two having orange and only one with orange and white - who can it be?

It's like Joey Barton's going to a south east French Ligue 1 club who play in white jumpers with a light blue flash

Insideinfo

Milton50 wrote:

Insideinfo wrote:

Christ you come on here to tell people what youve heard and all you get is grief! wish i hadnt bothered, but just thought you guys would be interested.

Christ i dont care if he goes to Endura, i was just passing on ive heard. Even the rumours of him going to Omega are just rumours, no one has 100% proof hes going there.

You're 99% likely to be badly wrong. On the other hand if you do manage to pull this off then you'll be treated like a new messiah. So swings and roundabouts.

Im already a Love God so i dont want to be a messiah

I know its my first post but its my first post for a reason, ive been viewing this site for ages just never bothered with the forums, bit of a newbie in that respect. But i heard the goss even though it was on good authority, and thought i would share the info. Nothing more than that.

The biggest thing she said to me wasnt the orange and white tops, it was the fact she was adamant he wasnt going where everyone expected him to go, she repeated it a few times. And i dont know of many teams with orange and white tops so first thing i thought was it must be Rabobank. Unless anyone knows of a team with orange in?

Insideinfo

SpecialGuestStar wrote:

Insideinfo wrote:

Ha ha..i expected that response, got to say i laughed myself but heres the link. Best mates girlfriend is a junior sports journo at The Times. I asked him to ask her if she had any info on Cav leaving. About a week later i saw her, asked again and she said hes leaving for sure and she had heard he WASNT going to the team everyone thinks he is and is off to a team with orange and white shirts? She queried the shirt colour as she didnt know about cycling teams. That was it.

I then thought it cant be Eskudel or whatever they are so can only leave Rabobank.

Dont shoot the messenger, im just saying lads.

The most ridiculous thing about this post is not the OP's demotion of the source from Rabobank 'worker' to mates girlfriend

but an upcoming junior sports journalist not being bothered to look up the shirts of the less than 18 PT teams =with two having orange and only one with orange and white - who can it be?

It's like Joey Barton's going to a south east French Ligue 1 club who play in white jumpers with a light blue flash

I havent demoted anyone from worker or friend or mates girlfriend, i put 'friend works there' as a quick reference, i didnt want to say best mates girlfriends work contact friend works there, it was too long winded! So just put friend works there.
The reason she didnt know the name is because shes new to her job and cycling unfortunately isnt as big as football, tennis or rugby which is what she covers. How many of us have mates who 'work in banking or insurance' but we dont know the companies they work for, we just say 'a big bank' or 'a big insurance' company. So it didnt surprise me when she said her friend works for a team with the line ' i dont know the exact name but know they have a lot of orange and white everywhere...' typical womans response really

frenchfighter

Thanks for sharing the info.

skylla

ST has previously mentioned the link of Cav with Rabobank. Burried deep in a story about wiggins and sky. This was some 6 weeks ago. I remember thinking 'yeah right' but then later 'hmmm, why not?'

avoidingmyphd

Insideinfo wrote:

SpecialGuestStar wrote:

Insideinfo wrote:

Ha ha..i expected that response, got to say i laughed myself but heres the link. Best mates girlfriend is a junior sports journo at The Times. I asked him to ask her if she had any info on Cav leaving. About a week later i saw her, asked again and she said hes leaving for sure and she had heard he WASNT going to the team everyone thinks he is and is off to a team with orange and white shirts? She queried the shirt colour as she didnt know about cycling teams. That was it.

I then thought it cant be Eskudel or whatever they are so can only leave Rabobank.

Dont shoot the messenger, im just saying lads.

The most ridiculous thing about this post is not the OP's demotion of the source from Rabobank 'worker' to mates girlfriend

but an upcoming junior sports journalist not being bothered to look up the shirts of the less than 18 PT teams =with two having orange and only one with orange and white - who can it be?

It's like Joey Barton's going to a south east French Ligue 1 club who play in white jumpers with a light blue flash

I havent demoted anyone from worker or friend or mates girlfriend, i put 'friend works there' as a quick reference, i didnt want to say best mates girlfriends work contact friend works there, it was too long winded! So just put friend works there.
The reason she didnt know the name is because shes new to her job and cycling unfortunately isnt as big as football, tennis or rugby which is what she covers. How many of us have mates who 'work in banking or insurance' but we dont know the companies they work for, we just say 'a big bank' or 'a big insurance' company. So it didnt surprise me when she said her friend works for a team with the line ' i dont know the exact name but know they have a lot of orange and white everywhere...' typical womans response really

Increasing numbers of women journalists are able to use the internet, I heard.

MrTapir

Gazzetta67 wrote:

Anyone remember the early days of Eurosport when that awful commentator Russell Williams called them ROBObank ???? cant see Specialized allowing him to ride on a Giant bike ?? He's going to Omega Pharma QS,

Giant make some of Specialized bikes you know.

Edit: i think its Merida actually

Pross

He's staying at Sky FACT, I had a problem with my Sky+ box yesterday and when I rang customer services I asked the lovely Scottish lady if she had any inside gossip and that's what she told me.

bigmat

Maybe she works for the BBC? That would explain her lack of cycling knowledge.

LeicesterLad

BigMat wrote:

Maybe she works for the BBC? That would explain her lack of cycling knowledge.

tailwindhome

So who does this contact work for, Rabobank or The Times?

Pross

TailWindHome wrote:

So who does this contact work for, Rabobank or The Times?

The Times, but not just any old Times employee but a junior reporter so she will obviously have access to all the sources. Add in that The Times is a Murdoch paper and I'm convinced that this source is reliable.

Richmond Racer

There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis

my contribution to this debate

Turfle

Maybe OPQS are changing to an orange kit as an act of friendship to their neighbours.

frenchfighter

Why is his move such a fucking secret?

Why can't they announce it?

What are they waiting for?

Keep em hanging for...what?

Turfle

It's nice to be back in 2011.

Maybe he hasn't signed anywhere yet. Maybe Sky haven't even agreed to release him. Maybe his new team have agreed not to announce it until the season finishes.

Why is everyone in such a ******* rush to know?

Richmond Racer

Turfle wrote:

It's nice to be back in 2011.

Maybe he hasn't signed anywhere yet. Maybe Sky haven't even agreed to release him. Maybe his new team have agreed not to announce it until the season finishes.

Why is everyone in such a ******* rush to know?

Everyone should know by now that any move or contract involving Cav is going to be the most mahoosive soap opera, and more complicated than the plot of Inception

schlepcycling

Pross wrote:

TailWindHome wrote:

So who does this contact work for, Rabobank or The Times?

The Times, but not just any old Times employee but a junior reporter so she will obviously have access to all the sources. Add in that The Times is a Murdoch paper and I'm convinced that this source is reliable.

Maybe she hacked his phone!

RichN95.

Richmond Racer wrote:

Turfle wrote:

It's nice to be back in 2011.

Maybe he hasn't signed anywhere yet. Maybe Sky haven't even agreed to release him. Maybe his new team have agreed not to announce it until the season finishes.

Why is everyone in such a ******* rush to know?

Everyone should know by now that any move or contract involving Cav is going to be the most mahoosive soap opera, and more complicated than the plot of Inception

Cav told Sky that he had problem at the end of July, but Sky said they didn't have anyone available to fix it until October, and they'd send him round sometime between 8am and 1pm.

blazing_saddles

Pross wrote:

TailWindHome wrote:

So who does this contact work for, Rabobank or The Times?

The Times, but not just any old Times employee but a junior reporter so she will obviously have access to all the sources. Add in that The Times is a Murdoch paper and I'm convinced that this source is reliable.

Nah.
It would have to be a Hindustan Times cub reporter, to be reliable.

Pross

frenchfighter wrote:

Why is his move such a ******* secret?

Why can't they announce it?

What are they waiting for?

Keep em hanging for...what?

I'm still not convinced he's going anywhere and there is just nothing to announce.

prawny

Pross wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Why is his move such a ******* secret?

Why can't they announce it?

What are they waiting for?

Keep em hanging for...what?

I'm still not convinced he's going anywhere and there is just nothing to announce.

You not see the Flecha story on the front page? He's going, just not confirmed where yet.

frenchfighter