Mike Cuming Rapha

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seems to be having a bad year after wining Tour of Korea last year. Last on stage 3 of ToB - dnf - stage 4. He is a very good climber?Why such bad form?

Art Vandelay

He's broken his collarbone!

Pross

He was also in the break for most of Stage 3.

ozzzyosborn206

Think he has played team mate for Hugh Carthy this year a fair bike, he is strong, hope he gets a ride sorted with Rapha pulling their backing at the end of the year. Fingers crossed John Herety has got another backer lined up......anyone heard anything?

mroli

Yeah - JLT are stepping up next season. Condor are staying in and they've got a clothing sponsor lined up, but won't announce until the end of the season due to respect for Rapha. They've also got a decent glitch of lower tier sponsors such as Skoda, Muc-Off and the medical people whose name escapes me.
Hugh Carthy is off to ride for Caja Rural, Cuming has played a supporting role mostly - but he's broken his collar bone twice this year I think which has been a bit of a gutter for him. Rapha have had some good options with him, Handley, Carthy and House all decent at this level. He's a nice guy too -

ozzzyosborn206

mroli wrote:

Yeah - JLT are stepping up next season. Condor are staying in and they've got a clothing sponsor lined up, but won't announce until the end of the season due to respect for Rapha. They've also got a decent glitch of lower tier sponsors such as Skoda, Muc-Off and the medical people whose name escapes me.
Hugh Carthy is off to ride for Caja Rural, Cuming has played a supporting role mostly - but he's broken his collar bone twice this year I think which has been a bit of a gutter for him. Rapha have had some good options with him, Handley, Carthy and House all decent at this level. He's a nice guy too -

Thats good, wonder what is happening with Giordana, they always seem a bit up in the air this time of year

mroli

Saw Mike on Sunday. He was in good spirits - arm in a sling. Reckons he'll be back on a bike in 3-4 weeks, but there's no hurry as its the off-season anyway. Really nice bloke.