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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    RichN95 wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    4 teams disappearing. 2 x ProTour and 2 x ProConti. GREAT ship you've been steering, McQuaid
    I don't think you can blame McQuaid for the state of the economy.


    McQuaid claimed that cycling's never been healthier and credits himself for this
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Gadret move is interesting.
    RichN95 wrote:
    Mikel Nieve has joined Sky

    I guess when your team folds you cant be too picky. Still I hope that they dont make him into a mountain domestique with zero class, heart or interest to the fans.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,194
    frenchfighter wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Mikel Nieve has joined Sky

    I guess when your team folds you cant be too picky. Still I hope that they dont make him into a mountain domestique with zero class, heart or interest to the fans.
    He'll probably end up winning the Vuelta. In the most classless and heartless manner he possibly can.
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  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Crelan Euphony gone too, and Accent-Jobs have stopped sponsoring Accent-Jobs Wanty :(
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,106
    Bakelants to OPQS.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • ms_tree
    ms_tree Posts: 1,405
    RichN95 wrote:
    Mikel Nieve has joined Sky

    O bum! One of my normal picks has gone over to the dark side. Sigh! Still I can start picking Uran again as he has come back into the light! :)
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    iainf72 wrote:
    Sojasun to merge with Netapp?

    Sojasun ceases as talks with a co-sponsor fell through.
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Igor Anton and De Gendt fighting for last 30th spot at OPQS. Who would you buy? Wow, this is some buyers market

    If he doesnt have a team by the end of the month De Gendt quits
    http://www.nieuwsblad.be/SportWereld/cn ... 0_00768189
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Shane Stokes ‏@SSbike 1h
    Re rumours that Champion System could stop - have sought clarification twice from team re next year, no reply on that. Simply got assurance


    Matt Brammeier ‏@Mattbrammeier85 11m
    @SSbike @PelotonWatch finito


    4 teams disappearing. 2 x ProTour and 2 x ProConti. GREAT ship you've been steering, McQuaid
    To be fair though, even beyond the economies, CSS was one of the least value for money teams in cycling. Also, Schnaidt seemed to stall this year there, will be interesting to see where he ends up.

    Drapac should now all but surely be PCT.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    FJS wrote:
    Igor Anton and De Gendt fighting for last 30th spot at OPQS. Who would you buy? Wow, this is some buyers market

    If he doesnt have a team by the end of the month De Gendt quits
    http://www.nieuwsblad.be/SportWereld/cn ... 0_00768189
    frenchfighter wrote:
    A few interesting comments from De Gendt:
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/de-gend ... m-for-2014

    Not sure who I would want to get that spot. De Gendt makes sense but I think OPQS are taking Uran seriously and want to have some good riders to support him fully. Not sure the team needs another rider like De Gendt.

    It would also make sense given that the spot for the 30th place is only there becuase Acevedo, who was signed to help Uran, has reportedly gone to Garmin instead:
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report- ... -to-garmin
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    About-turn and Acevedo's off to Garmin instead of OPQS, according to reports - so room for a little De Gendt at Lefevere Mansions after all, perhaps

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report- ... -to-garmin
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,244
    RichN95 wrote:
    Mikel Nieve has joined Sky

    Confirmed. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/nieve-c ... l-with-sky
  • gpreeves
    gpreeves Posts: 454
    http://velorooms.com/index.php?topic=1583.msg123414#msg123414

    Apologies if this is a repeat post, but here's a list of all the riders from folding teams, detailing which teams they're confirmed to ride for next year (if any). A shocking number of riders still without contracts.

    I notice Danny van Poppel on the list. I thought I'd heard rumours that he and Boy were off to Trek?
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,712
    What a disaster it would be if Thomas De Gendt decided to knock it on the head just over a year after a podium finish in the Giro.

    Of course we don't know what his agent may be asking in wages and bonuses etc. but if a rider of his calibre isn't close to a deal it's a bad picture.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    gpreeves wrote:
    http://velorooms.com/index.php?topic=1583.msg123414#msg123414

    Apologies if this is a repeat post, but here's a list of all the riders from folding teams, detailing which teams they're confirmed to ride for next year (if any). A shocking number of riders still without contracts.

    I notice Danny van Poppel on the list. I thought I'd heard rumours that he and Boy were off to Trek?

    Thanks for the link. Vast majority are unknown to me. Hoogerland, Van Poppel`s, Flecha, De Gendt, Marczynski are all bad losses - VS riders all.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Wanty to the rescue! The new team will be ProConti but still...some Vacansoleil riders/jobs saved

    http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/15554 ... -team.aspx
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    I'll consider using Wanty when its time to build my next Belgian shopping centre.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Horner to Saxobank?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    iainf72 wrote:
    Horner to Saxobank?

    Oh my. Would be surprised especially given:

    Some riders in the peloton are beginning to doubt Bjarne Riis' promises of a new sponsor or co-sponsor for the 2014 season. Nicki Sorensen said that if he gets a new contract, he expects it will include a pay cut, while Alex Rasmussen has said that he will concentrate on the track in 2014, and then look to join Riis' team in 2015.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riders- ... ank-future
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    sagan.jpg
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,106
    the Inner Ring ‏@inrng 37m
    Europcar applies for a World Tour licence http://www.sudouest.fr/2013/10/01/cycli ... 0-4596.php … (French) Team needs to hire more riders

    Not really a transfer - couldn't be bothered starting a new thread.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Het Nieuwsblad's list of 35 riders still looking for a team - and that's just the Belgians: http://www.nieuwsblad.be/SportWereld/cn ... 2_00771828
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    “I estimate the probability that it happens at around 90 percent,” Hoogerland’s manager told Dutch website NOS.nl. “We hear definitely on Saturday.”
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Yates bruv's officially confirmed for Orica
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Nice, dont like the Aussies but better than Sky by miles.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,106
    the Inner Ring ‏@inrng 1h
    Yates twins sign for Orica-Greenedge "if I went to Sky then I'd end up working on the front like a slave"


    "Slave" may be overstating it, but I see his point.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,223
    Really? He's a neo-pro, he needs to learn the ropes and doing the spade work is the accepted way of doing that.

    I'm sure that quote is taken out of context a bit, but if his attitude is really one where he thinks working for the team is in some way beneath him, then he isn't going to last long as a pro.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited October 2013
    TailWindHome wrote:
    the Inner Ring ‏@inrng 1h
    Yates twins sign for Orica-Greenedge "if I went to Sky then I'd end up working on the front like a slave"


    "Slave" may be overstating it, but I see his point.

    I like them more and more. Showing he has a good head on him. Echoing everything I have said before about these young exciting talents going to the factory.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Looks like the CW article has disappeared for now...
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,712
    That's some attitude and will add some hype. I hope they are up to it.
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