2018 Transfers: Rumours + Facts

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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    Bzzzt. Deviation. This is the Transfers thread.
  • liamcahill1
    liamcahill1 Posts: 146
    orraloon wrote:
    Bzzzt. Deviation. This is the Transfers thread.

    Eep, soz. Moving on...

    Have to say I'm a little surprised at Nieve's decision to head to Orica. He seemed to fit in well to the Sky train. More money? Maybe he feels Chaves is the better bet going forward? Or does he secretly want his own chances again?
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    hommelbier wrote:
    Jens Keukeleire from Orica-Scott to Lotto-Soudal

    http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.3038168

    I've always assumed he rode for lotto-soudal anyways so I'm happy with that.

    I mean, I *knew* he rode for orica, but my brain just didn't seem to accept this and tried to convince me he was one of the guys in red.
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  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,556
    Meanwhile Jurgen Roelandts is leaving Lotto – Soudal to join BMC for 2018.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Are Lotto going to have any Classics riders left? I'm not sure Benoot counts as one of those anymore.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    Are Lotto going to have any Classics riders left? I'm not sure Benoot counts as one of those anymore.

    Jens Keukeleire for starters.
    _
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,556
    Amaël Moinard leaves BMC to join Barguil at Fortuneo - Oscaro
    while
    Jerome Cousin moves from Cofidis to Direct Energie - http://www.teamdirectenergie.com/2-nouvelles-recrues-team-direct-energie/
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    hommelbier wrote:
    Amaël Moinard leaves BMC to join Barguil at Fortuneo - Oscaro
    while
    Jerome Cousin moves from Cofidis to Direct Energie - http://www.teamdirectenergie.com/2-nouvelles-recrues-team-direct-energie/

    The Rein Taaramäe to Direct Energie signing is perhaps more interesting?

    Cousin was at Europcar and Im not sure what his two seasons at Cofidis were for...? He's got some good GT experience though

    Bernaudeau putting a lot of faith in Calmejane - The two signings are obviously putting him as team leader
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,556
    Cameron Meyer back on the road with Orica-Scott
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    hommelbier wrote:
    Cameron Meyer back on the road with Orica-Scott
    This is great news
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    I saw this lad lap an entire scratch field 3 times, then take the final sprint in Toulon, back in July 2013.
    I said then he'd be good and has since gone on to be a WC on the track.
    Benjamin Thomas leaves the Army for FDJ.

    http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/ile-de- ... 1481423553

    Magnus Cort Nielsen departs Orica for Astana.

    https://twitter.com/AstanaTeam/status/8 ... 7915193344

    With Matteo Trentin filling his slot at Orica, from Quick Step.

    The odd Viking from FDJ to Wanty.
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    hommelbier wrote:
    Meanwhile Jurgen Roelandts is leaving Lotto – Soudal to join BMC for 2018.
    The king of Flanders moves teams.

    He will still be supporting a slightly better Belgian for the classics than he.

    Deserves the pay day though.

    Well done Jurgen :)
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Odd Eking to Wanty is odd indeed. When are we getting a Scandanavian team !
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Nathan Haas to Katusha for two years.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Damien Gaudin demobbed and back to Direct Energie.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    PedroMonteiro wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Marcel Kittel to Katusha is a rumour from the ITV podcast

    Yeah. Is dependent upon Kristoff going, likely to Astana, though.

    Wonder what QuickStep will look like next year...

    Gilbert confirmed he's re-signed.

    Source ?

    Him on vivé velo. Near enough anyway. Are rulez to follow.

    "Talks are going very well and I'm very happy, but I'm not allowed to say how they finished but I'm not looking at any other teams."

    confirmed on instagram; which is how Phil rolls.
    _
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Kwiatkowski is staying at Sky for another three years. That one even made it on to the Radio 5 Live sports bulletin
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    RichN95 wrote:
    Kwiatkowski is staying at Sky for another three years. That one even made it on to the Radio 5 Live sports bulletin
    Here's a cheque Michal fill it in when you've got a moment there's a good chap
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Kwiatkowski is staying at Sky for another three years. That one even made it on to the Radio 5 Live sports bulletin
    Here's a cheque Michal fill it in when you've got a moment there's a good chap

    :lol:
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    andyp wrote:
    Nathan Haas to Katusha for two years.

    Interesting interview with him here.
    http://www.ridemedia.com.au/interviews/ ... a-alpecin/

    Suggests that Dimension Data only have sponsorship guaranteed for one more year. And as we know they are pushing hard to resign Meintjes.

    Also note his comments about Katusha not really being a Russian team these days.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    Ian Boswell to Katusha

    https://teamkatushaalpecin.com/news/ian ... oin-roster
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,974
    r0bh wrote:
    Ian Boswell to Katusha

    https://teamkatushaalpecin.com/news/ian ... oin-roster

    Didn't see that one coming!

    Quite a few people have now left Sky, pondering if they will have an influx of signings to report soon as well.
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Good for Boswell. He's never going to get a shot at riding the Tour with Sky (which I suspect he really wants to do), also good to shake things up a bit
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    From what I'd seen and heard he seemed happy as a domestique at Sky, so that's surprising.

    But then yeah, he ain't getting nowhere near the Tour team at Sky
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Formolo off to Bora.

    With the rest of the old Cannondale/Leakygas team also leaving Vaughter's outfit...
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    dish_dash wrote:
    Formolo off to Bora.

    With the rest of the old Cannondale/Leakygas team also leaving Vaughter's outfit...

    So what does that leave them with?
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  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Bora now stacked with second rate climbers who're not likely to win much.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    wombly knees wrote:
    Bora now stacked with second rate climbers who're not likely to win much.

    When you've got Sagan, Bennett and Majka, you only need the other riders to chip in with a win or two.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    andyp wrote:
    wombly knees wrote:
    Bora now stacked with second rate climbers who're not likely to win much.

    When you've got Sagan, Bennett and Majka, you only need the other riders to chip in with a win or two.

    Stage win in Giro and pink jersey, stage win in TdF even after Sagan out - Most teams would sign up for that.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Not one of them won by their climbers, which was the extent of my post. Konrad, Muhlberger, Kennaugh, Buchmann, Formolo and Herklotz (is he still a climber?). That's a big support cast of climbers.

    Edit: just realised that I'd forgotten they had Konig on their books. Which could explain their signings.

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