2022 Transfers: Rumours & Facts
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Where's he going then?0
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Long winded way of saying 'Bora wouldn't give me €5m a year any more, so I'm off. Juraj, get your coat.'dannbodge said:Sagan has just posted that he's not renewing with Bora.
So that's confirmed
"petosagan Today, I would like to announce that a cycle is closing in my professional career and that I will not renew my contract with @borahansgrohe beyond the end of the 2021 season.
I would like to express my appreciation to Ralph Denk, Willi Bruckbauer, the team sponsors, all my teammates, and the entire staff of BORA-hansgrohe for their support and their confidence in me during these five seasons. We have achieved so many things and even in difficult times, we stuck together. I think that we weren't just teammates, we were part of a big family.
I have no doubt that the five seasons I spent in BORA-hansgrohe were among the most prolific of my career and some of my most memorable moments happened during that period. I became the first rider to claim three consecutive World Championships, I had the honor of winning @parisroubaixcourse. I scored my 100th professional victory while wearing the BORA-hansgrohe colors, I won my record-breaking seventh green jersey in the @letourdefrance and my first ever ciclamino jersey in the @giroditalia.
However, after a long and thorough discussion with my own management and under a mutual agreement with BORA-hansgrohe, we came to the decision that it would be best if my cycle in the team came to a close and that a new chapter opened in my career. Change is part of life and growth.
I'm sure BORA-hansgrohe will continue to be successful and I wish them all the best in the coming seasons."1 -
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You'd imagine a few existing guys (Pollit being one) would be looking for an elevated role and more $.rick_chasey said:Wonder what firepower you can get for Sagan's salary.
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Aren't they rumoured to be in for Almeida, Hindley, Higuita, Sam Bennett and possibly Vlasov?rick_chasey said:Wonder what firepower you can get for Sagan's salary.
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Cycling news reckon Higuita and Hindley already signedandyp said:
Aren't they rumoured to be in for Almeida, Hindley, Higuita, Sam Bennett and possibly Vlasov?rick_chasey said:Wonder what firepower you can get for Sagan's salary.
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Aussie Luke Plapp joining Ineos as a stagiaire.Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
Scott CR1 SL 12
Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
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Bryan Coquard to Cofidis (replacing Viviani?)0
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Also, Quentin Pacher to Groupama-FDJ
https://videosdecyclisme.fr/quentin-pacher-vers-groupama-fdj-bryan-coquard-vers-cofidis/0 -
Had to look him up and looks like he is fairly typical Sky / Ineos signing albeit from an Aussie rather than BC background (trackie and time triallist). Surprisingly little in the way of results on the international stage though. I wonder what they've seen in him to offer him a WT spot?daniel_b said:Aussie Luke Plapp joining Ineos as a stagiaire.
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Pogacar signed up to UAE for 7 years.0
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A lot because you aren't paying for his posse which famously includes a hospitality managerrick_chasey said:Wonder what firepower you can get for Sagan's salary.
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We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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He really is a total fuckwit.2
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Indeed - I've said it elsewhere but he has so little self awareness that he will never understand that perhaps the reason he's always scraping the barrel on sponsorship, despite having the best all round property (team) to sell to potential partners, is no serious major brand would touch him with a bargepole. He's toxic.Pross said:He really is a total fuckwit.
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If I were a current sponsor I’d be firing some large shots across his dinosaur-shaped bows.
The absolute twat.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.0 -
The think people are missing on this Lefevere thing is that it wasn't in a interview, it was newspaper column which will have been ghostwritten. So there's a journalist involved in this and his/her job is to get a controversial column which gets a reaction. That journalist or the editor could have said 'Patrick, you can't this' which would have been a sensible way to deal with it. But there's probably someone pushing and coercing him into saying these things. Almost every journalist will throw someone under a bus for good copy.
So I see journalists up in arms about this demanding sponsors fold the team but secretly they think that it's a brilliant column because of the attention it's attracted.
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But he's a grown man who can speak for himself. Not a woman suffering abuse. He shouldn't be so mentally weak. He's the mentally weakest team principle I've come across.RichN95. said:The think people are missing on this Lefevere thing is that it wasn't in a interview, it was newspaper column which will have been ghostwritten. So there's a journalist involved in this and his/her job is to get a controversial column which gets a reaction. That journalist or the editor could have said 'Patrick, you can't this' which would have been a sensible way to deal with it. But there's probably someone pushing and coercing him into saying these things. Almost every journalist will throw someone under a bus for good copy.
So I see journalists up in arms about this demanding sponsors fold the team but secretly they think that it's a brilliant column because of the attention it's attracted."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
Gianni Moscon being heavily linked to DQS.1
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Not a transfer, but Koen de Kort is taking up a equipment sourcing role for Trek-Segafredo. This was planned before his accident, apparently.0
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And Lorenzo Fortunato, Zoncolan stage winner in the Giro, has signed a two year extension with Eolo-Kometa.0
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I think people are viewing this through an anglo-saxon lens. This kind of thing doesn't raise a lot of eyebrows in much of Europe, indeed probably people will agree with Pat.RichN95. said:The think people are missing on this
Back to facts, Sam is going back to Bora because Ackermann and Sagan are leaving so he sees a place for himself at the team now. Time will tell if Bennett is mentally fragile or not, he clearly has had some issues at his two most recent teams but he probably needs a bit of TLC, not his boss (or ex boss) to be slagging him off in the media.
Of more concern, is it even legal to comment on the mental health of former employees like that? I don't think Lefevere is a psychologist is he?BASI Nordic Ski Instructor
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Bennett's return to Bora-Hansgrohe confirmed:
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Should've added that he'll be joined by Shane Archbold, Ryan Mullen and Danny van Poppel.0
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Confirmed at last:
C’est avec une immense fierté que le Team TotalEnergies annonce la signature de @petosagan pour deux saisons.
— Team TotalEnergies (@TeamTotalEnrg) August 3, 2021
🇸🇰 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐣𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 !
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With Bodnar, Oss and SpecializedSagan moves to Total Energies with Macej Bodnar and Daniel Oss, plus the team will race on Specialized bikes and use Sportful kit. He will pick and choose his calendar, aims to race MTB and gravel too
— the Inner Ring (@inrng) August 3, 20210 -
Michael Storey and Quentin Pacher to join FDJ-Groupama.
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And Jai Hindley, Sergio Higuita and Marco Haller to Bora-Hansgrohe.
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Ineos seem to be quite so far and have a lot of riders out of contract next season. I guess this means that they are expecting to re-sign many of those not yet confirmed?0
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I think they are waiting to see what Thomas and Moscon decide to do before making any moves. We know Dennis is leaving and I believe Sosa is moving on, Wurf is retiring and they always renew riders quietly and without fanfare, so I'd expect them to extend contracts on key riders like Castroviejo. Rumour has it that Narvaez and Swift have already agreed extensions.
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