2021 Transfer rumours and facts

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,675
    edited August 2020
    gsk82 said:

    orraloon said:

    AG2R. Winners of what? Apart from the perennial not quite good enough Romain Bardet, struggling to think of any one else from that team as a winner of anything significant.

    What has bardet ever won?
    Tough crowd!

    He's got his own theme tune on the ITV Tour coverage...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    RichN95. said:

    I'm surprised at any top rider going to AG2R or Sunweb. At least the former have Citroen money to spend.

    I would have thought a Belgian classics star like van Avermaet would be on Ineos's shopping list. They're a big employer in Antwerp where De Ronde starts.

    GvA is in the twilight of his career and took a big paycut to keep CCC going through corona.

    He wants a payday and he gets to ride with his best mate and super regular training partner Naesen. Makes sense to me.

    Jungels less so but presumably GvA and Naesen being there plus Stijn Vandenbergh being there softens the blow and he can get paid.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,246
    Patrick Bevin and Sebastian Berwick (20 year old Aussie) confirmed for Israel SUN
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,645
    Also Ivan Garcia Cortina from Bahrain to Movistar who are styling themselves as "the blues"...
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,616
    Because Bardet has something contractual about brown bibs...
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,246
    Rumour of van Vleuten to Movistar. I didn't realise she's 37.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,711
    edited August 2020
    RichN95. said:

    Rumour of van Vleuten to Movistar. I didn't realise she's 37.

    Yup. Another rider who hit her prime when a lot of riders are planning their retirement.
    Maybe it's something to do with having a surname beginning with "V".


    Oh and Rein Taramaae to Circus Wanty Gobert.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    AG2R are a pretty decent classics team now...
  • AG2R are a pretty decent classics team now...

    They have been busy.



    Here's another young rider for the classics team.



    Definitely looks to me that Ag2r are shifting focus away from the GTs.
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  • arnuf
    arnuf Posts: 98


    Definitely looks to me that Ag2r are shifting focus away from the GTs.

    French teams never do that, i don't see why it would happen this time.
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,608
    BMC follow GVA to AG2R
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,246
    Michael Woods to Israel ISUN confirmed
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,407
    RichN95. said:

    Michael Woods to Israel ISUN confirmed

    As a super domestique for Froome, apparently...
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,645

    RichN95. said:

    Michael Woods to Israel ISUN confirmed

    As a super domestique for Froome, apparently...
    Oof... have to say, I think that's a mighty shame. Am waiting for Froome to bring along Meintjes next.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,246
    dish_dash said:

    RichN95. said:

    Michael Woods to Israel ISUN confirmed

    As a super domestique for Froome, apparently...
    Oof... have to say, I think that's a mighty shame. Am waiting for Froome to bring along Meintjes next.

    When you read the statement it all makes perfect sense. When Woods was and amateur working in a bank a coach called Paulo Saldanha persuaded him quit his job and try to be a pro. He arranged funding and has been his coach ever since. He's now performance director at ISUN. The funding he arranged came from Sylvan Adams, now owner of ISUN.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,407
    Yeah it's actually quite nice really.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,645
    fair enough...
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,575
    Jack Haig to Bahrain according to cycling news
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,246
    Bob Jungels (No Kirby, don't say it!) is joining AG2R
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    RichN95. said:

    Bob Jungels (No Kirby, don't say it!) is joining AG2R

    Yeah this is part of the AG2R move as per above with GvA.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    Yates S staying with Mitchelton S.
  • 50x11
    50x11 Posts: 408
    Wonder where Adam is going? Ineo?
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,645
    Mid season transfer for Fausto Masnada from CCC to Quickstep, apparently to fill the gap left by various injuries at Lefevre's team.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,246
    50x11 said:

    Wonder where Adam is going? Ineo?


    Supposedly
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  • dish_dash said:

    Mid season transfer for Fausto Masnada from CCC to Quickstep, apparently to fill the gap left by various injuries at Lefevre's team.

    The latest being his mate and other half of the Androni double act from the Giro last year.
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  • 50x11
    50x11 Posts: 408
    RichN95. said:

    50x11 said:

    Wonder where Adam is going? Ineo?


    Supposedly
    Won't be too surprised. Was it not Adam they didn't want first time round that cost them both?
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,497
    RichN95. said:

    50x11 said:

    Wonder where Adam is going? Ineo?


    Supposedly
    Which one was meant to be going to Trek-Segafredo? Adam or Simon?
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,575
    Adam to ineos confirmed

    Jake Stewart moving up to FDJ grown ups from the development team
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • 50x11
    50x11 Posts: 408
    Adam Yates signed for Ineos