2019 Transfers - Rumours and Confirmations

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    ddraver RE: Tom Piddock moving to Sky wrote:
    Hmmmkay.....

    Are Pinerello announcing a new grav...derm..cross bike soon?

    pinarello-crossista-1540217818504-y5qvqjyn62dg-630-80.jpg
    https://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/art ... sta-53152/

    Called it! :wink:
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Korhag
    Korhag Posts: 77
    ddraver wrote:
    ddraver RE: Tom Piddock moving to Sky wrote:
    Hmmmkay.....

    Are Pinerello announcing a new grav...derm..cross bike soon?

    pinarello-crossista-1540217818504-y5qvqjyn62dg-630-80.jpg
    https://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/art ... sta-53152/

    Called it! :wink:

    Wrong thread? :lol:
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    No.
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,307
    r0bh wrote:
    yourpaceormine wrote:
    Ben Swift returning to Sky

    Don't think many would have predicted that move!

    Neither would he but he knows the system there and worked well in it.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    yourpaceormine wrote:
    Ben Swift returning to Sky

    On more or less than before??
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    yourpaceormine wrote:
    Ben Swift returning to Sky

    On more or less than before??
    Almost certainly less
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    This is a bit of shock. I wouldn't have thought Brailsford would be interested in someone who only comes fourth in July.

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  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,771
    Bernie Eisel confirms extension with DD.

    Nice to hear :)
    2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner
  • indyp
    indyp Posts: 735
    Rumour Sosa heading to Sky instead of Trek-Segafredo has been around for month or two now, wonder when it'll be confirmed. Maybe when things are quiet.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Jolanda Neff- who has recently broken young XCO fan's hearts by revealing she's dating one of the DH guys - to join Trek Factory Racing...which I find very surprising!

    Wonder if Evie Richards has decided to focus more on CX...?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,642
    Gaviria is off to UAE after all...
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,455
    Oh no. Poor Gav. :(
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,605
    Bye bye sprint train.
    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.
  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    Gweeds wrote:
    Bye bye sprint train.
    True - but he's more of a freelancer like Cav, than the traditional 'get dropped off by an uber with 200 to go' like Kittel.
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
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  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    ddraver wrote:
    Jolanda Neff- who has recently broken young XCO fan's hearts by revealing she's dating one of the DH guys - to join Trek Factory Racing...which I find very surprising!

    Wonder if Evie Richards has decided to focus more on CX...?

    Neff has said she's riding for Trek in XCO, CX and some Road (on the new Deignan-led team) and joining three team mates - Emily Batty the XCO-only rider. Ellen Noble and Evie Richards riding XCO and CX.

    From her interviews Evie's heart set on Tokyo Olympics so only option there is XCO - I assume she'll continue to ride U23 XCO next season for Trek combined with Elite cyclocross
    @stagehopper
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Fair enough. Good knowledge.

    I hope she's aloud to keep on being a 'joker' when she rides on the road. I can't much see her being a dutiful domestique...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    ddraver wrote:
    Jolanda Neff- who has recently broken young XCO fan's hearts by revealing she's dating one of the DH guys - to join Trek Factory Racing...which I find very surprising!

    Wonder if Evie Richards has decided to focus more on CX...?

    Neff has said she's riding for Trek in XCO, CX and some Road (on the new Deignan-led team) and joining three team mates - Emily Batty the XCO-only rider. Ellen Noble and Evie Richards both riding XCO and CX.

    From her interviews Evie's heart set on Tokyo Olympics so only option there is XCO - I assume she'll continue to ride U23 XCO next season for Trek combined with Elite cyclocross (where SHE'S already world class - over her last four World Cup races she has finished 1st, 3rd, 4th, 2nd).
    @stagehopper
  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,771
    Cav confirms DD extension.
    2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    I'm tempted to ask where Trek is getting all this money from..? But I suppose 1 Man probably still buys 3 or 4 women...

    Jolanda can't have come cheap though. There must have been many Swiss brands willing to throw money at her!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    Trek turnover about $1Bn a yr

    no idea what the margins are like but prob enough in it to run a womens team alongside $20m or so for the mens.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,642
    CarbonClem wrote:
    Cav confirms DD extension.

    In addition to re-signing he interestingly moves onto a newly created supervisory board for the team. I'm guessing he brings sponsors with him and leveraging his position vs Doug Ryder.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    dish_dash wrote:
    CarbonClem wrote:
    Cav confirms DD extension.

    In addition to re-signing he interestingly moves onto a newly created supervisory board for the team. I'm guessing he brings sponsors with him and leveraging his position vs Doug Ryder.

    If it's not the board of directors what does it actually mean?
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,642
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    CarbonClem wrote:
    Cav confirms DD extension.

    In addition to re-signing he interestingly moves onto a newly created supervisory board for the team. I'm guessing he brings sponsors with him and leveraging his position vs Doug Ryder.

    If it's not the board of directors what does it actually mean?

    Dunno the structure. But it sounds like taking some of the control of the team away from the principal.

    Some curious quotes from the press release:
    the next phase of his career will additionally see him take on a new and exciting leadership role within the team as part of a newly formed Supervisory Board.
    His role will also see him as a part of a number of structural changes within the team from 2019 including the signing of nine new recruits to the rider roster.
    This new, streamlined focus is to match the increased level of competition on the World Tour by ensuring the team’s future sustainability, together with the support of our partners,

    Cav says:
    “Partners and suppliers are incredibly important to me and I’m incredibly excited about our partners for next year and beyond. I’m proud that I’ve grown to know Dimension Data as a company over the past three years and will be taking a more active role closer to them in this next year."
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Sounds like he's got half an eye on his future. Not a silly idea really...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,642
    Drapac stepping back from the WT team and re-focusing upon an Australian continental team. Makes EF a bit less of a mouthful...
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    Drops new co sponsor,which had been due to be announced this week has fallen through/dropped out last minute :( so are looking to crowd fund with a target of 250k in 15days which seems optimistic to say the least

    https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/be-p ... ing-team#/
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,632
    awavey wrote:
    Drops new co sponsor,which had been due to be announced this week has fallen through/dropped out last minute :( so are looking to crowd fund with a target of 250k in 15days which seems optimistic to say the least

    https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/be-p ... ing-team#/

    £250K is a the cost of a fairly average press or big sheet poster campaign for any number of brands. I can think of ones that could get far more leverage and PR value out of working with a positive group of healthy, active females.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,382
    Owain Doull staying at Sky for another year
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,870
    Puccio at Sky for another 3 years.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/puccio-signs-three-year-extension-with-team-sky/
    r0bh wrote:
    Owain Doull staying at Sky for another year

    Is one year par for the course, or does it suggest one or both parties are unsure about a long term future?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Daniel B wrote:
    Puccio at Sky for another 3 years.

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/puccio-signs-three-year-extension-with-team-sky/
    r0bh wrote:
    Owain Doull staying at Sky for another year

    Is one year par for the course, or does it suggest one or both parties are unsure about a long term future?
    Maybe he's considering doing the Olympics again.
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