2018 Transfers: Rumours + Facts

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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Dan Maclay to Slipstream
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    dish_dash wrote:
    Dan Maclay to Slipstream

    Interesting. I've often said they need to sign a proven winner to get some wins on the board, although I'm not sure I had an up and coming sprinter like McLay in mind. He's clearly got talent though, so hopefully will get the support he needs to do well there.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Countdown Conundrum Tsgabu Grmay is joining Trek
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Not sure when this was made public, but Betancur has signed up for two more years at Movistar.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    Will probably be announced via pie chart.
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    *Ba-doom tish*
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    M.R.M. wrote:
    Will probably be announced via pie chart.


    Chapeau!
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    Fabio Aru to Team UAE AbuDhabi
    Gallopin to AG2R
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  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    So that's Dan Martin, Nibs and Donkey Face in the one team. That's not going to go down well.
  • HoLana
    HoLana Posts: 6
    interesting change for Tony Gallopin
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    HoLana wrote:
    interesting change for Tony Gallopin

    Yes, super domestic for Bidet?

    The colours are not as nice - shitty brown instead of sexy red.
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    So that's Dan Martin, Nibs and Donkey Face in the one team. That's not going to go down well.

    Nibali is at Bahrain not UAE.
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  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    gsk82 wrote:
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    So that's Dan Martin, Nibs and Donkey Face in the one team. That's not going to go down well.

    Nibali is at Bahrain not UAE.

    Doh!
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,974
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    gsk82 wrote:
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    So that's Dan Martin, Nibs and Donkey Face in the one team. That's not going to go down well.

    Nibali is at Bahrain not UAE.

    Doh!

    I always get those two teams muddled up as well.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Not a big name move, but Ondrej Cink who had a solid debut season on the road for Bahrain-Merida after joining from a MTB background, has quit and gone back to MTB racing.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Matti Bresechel back to EF Education First Drapac Cannondale.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Moscon has renewed with Sky, which is probably more important than any new signing to them.
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Cofidis boots Sanquer and replaces him as GM with Vasseur

    Classic old fashioned cycling move, that. Vasseur has FA management experience but used to be a pro, so hey
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    RichN95 wrote:
    Moscon has renewed with Sky, which is probably more important than any new signing to them.


    He's a lucky man

    He'll come a cropper one of these days
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Moscon has renewed with Sky, which is probably more important than any new signing to them.


    He's a lucky man

    He'll come a cropper one of these days

    He might not be riding next year if anything comes of the Reichenbach case. The mans a fool and they're seems to be be out to get him. Very talented but a liability.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    inseine wrote:
    He might not be riding next year if anything comes of the Reichenbach case. The mans a fool and they're seems to be be out to get him. Very talented but a liability.

    Nothing is going to come out of the Reichenbach case. There's clearly no video footage of it so all that is left to go on is Reichenbach's view against Moscon's. Both will almost certainly have other riders who back their version of events, so the UCI won't be able to do much, if anything.

    Is he a liability? He's young and learning the ropes so hopefully he'll mature and understand that he's best to keep his thoughts to himself.

    In a few years he'll probably face criticism for being bland in interviews.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    BMC reducing their roster from 28 to 24 due to the new team size rules. I wonder if the people who pushed for this considered that fewer riders employed would be a side effect?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    r0bh wrote:
    BMC reducing their roster from 28 to 24 due to the new team size rules. I wonder if the people who pushed for this considered that fewer riders employed would be a side effect?
    I think they all did.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    andyp wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    He might not be riding next year if anything comes of the Reichenbach case. The mans a fool and they're seems to be be out to get him. Very talented but a liability.

    Nothing is going to come out of the Reichenbach case. There's clearly no video footage of it so all that is left to go on is Reichenbach's view against Moscon's. Both will almost certainly have other riders who back their version of events, so the UCI won't be able to do much, if anything.

    Is he a liability? He's young and learning the ropes so hopefully he'll mature and understand that he's best to keep his thoughts to himself.

    In a few years he'll probably face criticism for being bland in interviews.
    Rather bland than a rascist who deliberatley makes other riders crash!
    Who knows if he was responsible; but i did think it was odd that he said he was no where near but still seemed to have seen exactly how the crash occured.......
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    inseine wrote:
    Rather bland than a rascist who deliberatley makes other riders crash!
    Who knows if he was responsible; but i did think it was odd that he said he was no where near but still seemed to have seen exactly how the crash occured.......
    "Nowhere near" is relative though. If a footballer dives for a penalty, the defend will say he was nowhere near him
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    RichN95 wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    Rather bland than a rascist who deliberatley makes other riders crash!
    Who knows if he was responsible; but i did think it was odd that he said he was no where near but still seemed to have seen exactly how the crash occured.......
    "Nowhere near" is relative though. If a footballer dives for a penalty, the defend will say he was nowhere near him

    It's OK going back and looking how a crash occured, but Moscon said he saw his hand slip off the bars and that caused him to crash. I just don't see where he'd have been to see someones hands on the bars, but I wasn't there. When you start to get a reputation people stop believing you.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    inseine wrote:
    It's OK going back and looking how a crash occured, but Moscon said he saw his hand slip off the bars and that caused him to crash. I just don't see where he'd have been to see someones hands on the bars, but I wasn't there. When you start to get a reputation people stop believing you.

    I've never been involved in a crash in a race where I didn't hear at least three versions of what actually happened.
  • johnnymcg259
    johnnymcg259 Posts: 569
    andyp wrote:
    inseine wrote:
    It's OK going back and looking how a crash occured, but Moscon said he saw his hand slip off the bars and that caused him to crash. I just don't see where he'd have been to see someones hands on the bars, but I wasn't there. When you start to get a reputation people stop believing you.

    I've never been involved in a crash in a race where I didn't hear at least three versions of what actually happened.

    This. :D
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Sky have signed Italian neo-pro Leonardo 'no relation' Basso. He's 23, was a stagliere at Trek in 2015 and seems to have no results of note, so I assume he's Moscon's mate (they rode for Italy u23 together).
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    It does indeed sound a bit leftfield. Maybe they think Moscon needs a bit of a calming influence.

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