2018 Transfers: Rumours + Facts

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Dan Martin and Rory Sutherland confirmed for UAE
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Rumour from Daniel Friebe on the Cycling Podcast: Tejay van Garderen to Sky

    (his rumours have a patchy track record though)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    RichN95 wrote:
    Rumour from Daniel Friebe on the Cycling Podcast: Tejay van Garderen to Sky

    (his rumours have a patchy track record though)

    That's a curveball.

    I guess he knows he ain't a team leader or GC rider now.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    He would be an incredible domestique.
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    He's an archetypal Sky rider. He also lives in Nice which is where Sky have their training base.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    M.R.M. wrote:
    He would be an incredible domestique.

    Cadel Evans assures me this is indeed the case.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    The_Boy wrote:
    M.R.M. wrote:
    He would be an incredible domestique.

    Cadel Evans assures me this is indeed the case.



    Oh Lordy...the memories of vanladygarden suddenly developing blindness with Cuddles waving frantically at him from the roadside...his guilty reaction when Ned Boulting went to find him after the stage...
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    Think the lack of success in the past years may have tempered his own ambitions, so he may be more willing to work for a leader and look for his own chances in smaller races. Similar to pretty much all of Sky's super domestiques.
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    M.R.M. wrote:
    Think the lack of success in the past years may have tempered his own ambitions, so he may be more willing to work for a leader and look for his own chances in smaller races. Similar to pretty much all of Sky's super domestiques.

    At sky he wouldn't get chances in any race. He'd be miles down the pecking order.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    M.R.M. wrote:
    He would be an incredible domestique.

    Cadel Evans assures me this is indeed the case.



    Oh Lordy...the memories of vanladygarden suddenly developing blindness with Cuddles waving frantically at him from the roadside...his guilty reaction when Ned Boulting went to find him after the stage...

    Paid off handsomely, mind.
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    Alex Dowsett to Katusha - https://teamkatushaalpecin.com/news/ale ... ha-alpecin
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    r0bh wrote:
    Alex Dowsett to Katusha - https://teamkatushaalpecin.com/news/ale ... ha-alpecin

    Sticking with Canyons then.
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  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    r0bh wrote:
    Alex Dowsett to Katusha - https://teamkatushaalpecin.com/news/ale ... ha-alpecin

    It's because he's got hair.
    I ride a bike. Doesn't make me green or a tree hugger. I drive a car too.
  • oldbazza
    oldbazza Posts: 646
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    r0bh wrote:
    Alex Dowsett to Katusha - https://teamkatushaalpecin.com/news/ale ... ha-alpecin

    Sticking with Canyons then.

    So to save some cash will they just send him some rattle cans of paint and some stickers,or pay some dodgy Essex spray shop to do it.
    Ridley Helium SL (Dura-Ace/Wheelsmith Aero-dimpled 45 wheels)

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    Graham Weigh 105/Ultegra
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    RichN95 wrote:
    Dan Martin and Rory Sutherland confirmed for UAE

    How does Sutherland keep getting contracts?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    I only mention the Canyons because it was reported quite widely that part of the attraction for Martin to Katusha was the Canyon TT bikes.

    Also, canyon were very supportive of Dowsett during his hour record attempt, and he takes his kit incredibly seriously.
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  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I only mention the Canyons because it was reported quite widely that part of the attraction for Martin to Katusha was the Canyon TT bikes.

    Also, canyon were very supportive of Dowsett during his hour record attempt, and he takes his kit incredibly seriously.

    He also wants another crack at the Hour doesn't he? Makes a lot of sense to follow the bike.
    @stagehopper
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Pozzovivo has joined Bahrain Merida
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    RichN95 wrote:
    Pozzovivo has joined Bahrain Merida

    Do they ride all the Italian pro conti races?
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  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Yogi signed up for another three years
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Dillier to Ag2R for two years. Or maybe three actually.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Mentioned on another thread but Cannondale are about alleged about to go tits up. Riders informed they can talk to other teams.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    "All Slipstream Sports staff have been released from any and all contractual obligations for 2018."

    From a team press release.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Shame.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Uran to Astana is the first rumour off the block
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Not back to QS?
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    I'd be stunned if Trek weren't on the blower to Uran's agent.

    Edit: Just as Richard Moore confirms they are talking.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Rolland to direct Energie, presumably.

    Anyway, how have slipstream seemingly struggled so much to stay afloat over the years? Pretty remarkable given the relative degree of success - grand tour win, tour podiums, monuments.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    Feel sorry for the riders and staff but little sympathy for Vaughters. Consistently points out how small their budget is compared with other teams, but isn't it his job to get the cash in? And a hypocrite on the doping issue; who can forget "clean" Ryder Hesjedal winning the Giro...
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    It's also the official end of the liquigas team; one of the parents that formed this iteration of cannonade.
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