2022 Transfers: Rumours & Facts

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  • me-109
    me-109 Posts: 1,915
    edited August 2022
    RichN95. said:

    daniel_b said:

    thejimmymethod said:

    Filippo Zana to BEX

    I was hoping he would go to Ineos.

    I want them to sign someone with the surname Hayt, so they can have a team of Hayters Ganna Hayt.
    You could have Hayters Ganna Hart :D
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Relegation threatened EF Education have acquired Cepeda (246 points) and Piccolo (300 points) from Drone Hopper, effective immediately. Howes and Morton have moved aside.
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,475
    edited August 2022
    So you can buy points to avoid relegation? What a stupid system.
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  • neonriver
    neonriver Posts: 228
    m.r.m. said:

    So you can buy points to avoid relegation? What a stupid system.

    Nope the points stay with the original team
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    neonriver said:

    m.r.m. said:

    So you can buy points to avoid relegation? What a stupid system.

    Nope the points stay with the original team
    Correct, only points scored from now on count for the new team. Top best ten points scorers count per team, so new riders would likely need to be scoring 150+ UCI points to have any impact. Can't see Cepeda or Piccolo contributing that in the last three months of the season.
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,475
    Ah okay thanks. Read like that in Rich's post.
    Well, maybe they get to flog themselves on every stage in the Vuelta for points for EF?!
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    m.r.m. said:

    Ah okay thanks. Read like that in Rich's post.
    Well, maybe they get to flog themselves on every stage in the Vuelta for points for EF?!

    It read like that because I was wrong about the points going with the rider
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    thejimmymethod said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Aren't they in the relegation zone?

    No, very comfortably clear
    rick_chasey said:

    Aren't they in the relegation zone?

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  • roscoe
    roscoe Posts: 526
    Did I miss something? Velonews saying Carapaz and Amador already signed for EF. I haven’t seen it reported anywhere else.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    roscoe said:

    Did I miss something? Velonews saying Carapaz and Amador already signed for EF. I haven’t seen it reported anywhere else.


    It's been widely rumoured, but nothing official
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  • roscoe
    roscoe Posts: 526
    RichN95. said:

    roscoe said:

    Did I miss something? Velonews saying Carapaz and Amador already signed for EF. I haven’t seen it reported anywhere else.


    It's been widely rumoured, but nothing official
    That’s what I thought but Velonews saying it’s official. Very odd
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655
    Stybar doesn't have a team for next season yet, no renewal at Quickstep. Will be riding more cross this winter, as he's only had 40 race days this year.
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  • neonriver
    neonriver Posts: 228
    Ethan Hayter signs extension with Ineos until end 2024
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,984
    Few days old, but Letizia Paternoster is moving from Trek to Bike Exchange.
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  • roscoe
    roscoe Posts: 526
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Stybar doesn't have a team for next season yet, no renewal at Quickstep. Will be riding more cross this winter, as he's only had 40 race days this year.

    36 yrs old? Israel Premier Tech must be interested……
  • red.rider
    red.rider Posts: 1,215
    Bob Jungels to Bora
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    Tim Wellens joins UAE on a two-year deal.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    andyp said:

    Tim Wellens joins UAE on a two-year deal.

    That's a good hire, though he's slightly the poor man's Benoot.
    _
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    rick_chasey said:

    andyp said:

    Tim Wellens joins UAE on a two-year deal.

    That's a good hire, though he's slightly the poor man's Benoot.
    He's won a lot more than Benoot. Like ten times as much. He's not really proven his worth as a luxury domestique, in the way Benoot has at JV, mainly because Lotto can't afford to use him as such.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    Saw on twitter, Benoot has had a nasty crash today. Not life threatening but irksome in lots of ways apparently
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    andyp said:

    rick_chasey said:

    andyp said:

    Tim Wellens joins UAE on a two-year deal.

    That's a good hire, though he's slightly the poor man's Benoot.
    He's won a lot more than Benoot. Like ten times as much. He's not really proven his worth as a luxury domestique, in the way Benoot has at JV, mainly because Lotto can't afford to use him as such.
    So do you think he’ll make a better domestique?
    _
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    rick_chasey said:

    andyp said:

    rick_chasey said:

    andyp said:

    Tim Wellens joins UAE on a two-year deal.

    That's a good hire, though he's slightly the poor man's Benoot.
    He's won a lot more than Benoot. Like ten times as much. He's not really proven his worth as a luxury domestique, in the way Benoot has at JV, mainly because Lotto can't afford to use him as such.
    So do you think he’ll make a better domestique?
    No idea. He's an odd signing. UAE have quite a few riders who are similar, i.e. Hirschi, Ulissi, Costa (although he's off), but presumably they've given him an outline of the role they foresee for him and he's liked what they are proposing.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,819
    ddraver said:

    Saw on twitter, Benoot has had a nasty crash today. Not life threatening but irksome in lots of ways apparently

    Broken neck apparently.

  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,438
    edited August 2022
    Delete
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Did I just imagine I saw an Instagram post saying Cav has signed to BORA? It’s vanished now.
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Now starting to doubt my sanity.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,438
    That's what I deleted; I saw it on twitter but it was a spoof account!
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    The b4stards! At least I’m not loosing it (much).
  • wakemalcolm
    wakemalcolm Posts: 911
    Großshartner to UAE (although I'm mostly posting in delight at having worked out how to do the ß on my phone)
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,475
    edited August 2022
    Cav was hanging out with the Williams brothers from Legion of Los Angeles at the Commonwealth Games. Means nothing, but I would certainly love to see him join them for 2-3 years after his WT career has actually ended and ride the crit circuit.
    Is also a Specialized team. 😁

    Don't know which team works at WT level while still staying with Specialized. Total Energies are a huge downgrade. Bora is probably more focused on GC with some breakaway efforts to appease their German roleurs. QS seems focused more on Jakobsen even though his Tour was pretty awful.
    Maybe EF & Cannondale or Israel & Factor?
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