2023 Transfer rumours and confirmed moves

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  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    joeyhalloran said:

    Enve is an interesting one! I wouldn't have thought they'd have the size to support a world tour team! I don't know much about the Melee, is it a world tour capable bike?

    Very much so.
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    m.r.m. said:

    Mavic bought ENVE a few years ago, so them going to a French team seems logical.

    Enve Composites is owned by Amer Sports. Amer flogged off Mavic back in 2019.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,815
    andyp said:

    What he needs to do is start gravel racing.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,974
    edited October 2023
    Formolo off to Movistar :o

    Didn't see that one coming.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    daniel_b said:

    Formolo off to Movistar :o

    Didn't see that one coming.

    It’s been an open secret for months. He’s ending his UAE contract early to go.
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,197


    Cam Mason to leave Trinity; the last of the original riders from 2019......
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  • joeyhalloran
    joeyhalloran Posts: 1,080
    andyrac said:



    Cam Mason to leave Trinity; the last of the original riders from 2019......
    Any rumours on his team for next year? I know he does some road but a lot more CX and MTB
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,197
    He doesn't do much road, and spent the summer mixing MTB World Cups, and UCI Gravel events.
    Saying that, if he did sign for a road team, it would likely be one of the teams who are 'multi discipline'; that basically leaves only a few teams........
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  • joeyhalloran
    joeyhalloran Posts: 1,080
    Yeah, that was my thoughts. I don't think he is world.tour level on the road. That said Ineos probably have the cash and space to hire him as a Tom Pidcock buddy and travel partner as theyve been quiet on transfers
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Not a transfer, but Movistar confirm that Jose Joaquin Rojas is retiring after seventeen years as a pro:

  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,197
    joeyhalloran said:

    Yeah, that was my thoughts. I don't think he is world.tour level on the road. That said Ineos probably have the cash and space to hire him as a Tom Pidcock buddy and travel partner as they've been quiet on transfers

    Good shout - maybe as part of their 'off-road' squad.
    I also wondered whether Specialized would support him as a 'Privateer' - as they don't really have a top line CX rider; but CX doesn't seem a priority for them, unlike MTB.
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  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,197


    Cam Mason to Cyclocross Reds (Team 777); part of the Roodhooft empire - will probably do MTB for Alpecin.
    All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."
  • joeyhalloran
    joeyhalloran Posts: 1,080
    Interesting, though I am surprised he hasn't gone for a team already supporting both MTB and CX given how much of both he does. It must make things much simpler only interfacing with one team?
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    joeyhalloran said:

    Interesting, though I am surprised he hasn't gone for a team already supporting both MTB and CX given how much of both he does. It must make things much simpler only interfacing with one team?

    The Roodhoft brothers manage a number of different teams under different sponsors, so Alpecin-Decuenick, Fenix-Alpecin, 777 and, I think, the Crelan-Circus team, but it's effectively all the same organisation. If they want him to do the XCO World Cup circuit then he'll probably do so under the Alpecin-Decuenick banner.
  • joeyhalloran
    joeyhalloran Posts: 1,080
    ahhh, that makes sense!
  • roscoe
    roscoe Posts: 526
    Not a rider transfer bur Steve Lampier leaves Saint Piran. I thought it was his team, guess not.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    roscoe said:

    Not a rider transfer bur Steve Lampier leaves Saint Piran. I thought it was his team, guess not.

    Isn't Ricci Pascoe, owner of the Bike Chain Ricci shops, the owner of the Saint Piran team?
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,974
    edited October 2023
    Owain Doull extends at EF and also missed the fact they had secured the services of 19 year old Lukas Nerurkar from Trinity, who looked very impressive this year.

    They now have a full roster.
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  • roscoe
    roscoe Posts: 526
    edited October 2023
    andyp said:

    roscoe said:

    Not a rider transfer bur Steve Lampier leaves Saint Piran. I thought it was his team, guess not.

    Isn't Ricci Pascoe, owner of the Bike Chain Ricci shops, the owner of the Saint Piran team?
    Yes, you’re quite right, it is him that owns the team.

    My mistake, lots of sites say Lampier owned the team.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    roscoe said:

    andyp said:

    roscoe said:

    Not a rider transfer bur Steve Lampier leaves Saint Piran. I thought it was his team, guess not.

    Isn't Ricci Pascoe, owner of the Bike Chain Ricci shops, the owner of the Saint Piran team?
    Yes, you’re quite tight, it is him that owns the team.

    My mistake, lots of sites say Lampier owned the team.
    No need for that. Play nice. 🤣🤣🤣
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    daniel_b said:

    Owain Doull extends at EF and also missed the fact they had secured the services of 19 year old Lukas Nerurkar from Trinity, who looked very impressive this year.

    They now have a full roster.

    I posted news of the Nerurkar signing in this thread last month, right in the middle of the Jumbo-Visma/Soudal-Quick Step merger talk so probably easy to miss. I think he's the fifth ex-VC Londres youth rider to join the World Tour, after Ethan Hayter, Fred Wright, Leo Hayter and Tom Gloag.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143
    Niklas Eg has had to retire at 28 due to heart problems. Shame.
  • roscoe
    roscoe Posts: 526
    pblakeney said:

    roscoe said:

    andyp said:

    roscoe said:

    Not a rider transfer bur Steve Lampier leaves Saint Piran. I thought it was his team, guess not.

    Isn't Ricci Pascoe, owner of the Bike Chain Ricci shops, the owner of the Saint Piran team?
    Yes, you’re quite tight, it is him that owns the team.

    My mistake, lots of sites say Lampier owned the team.
    No need for that. Play nice. 🤣🤣🤣
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 oops! Sorry
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,974
    Andrew (AJ) August signs with Ineos.

    I hadn't heard of him either.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    daniel_b said:

    Andrew (AJ) August signs with Ineos.

    I hadn't heard of him either.

    He’s been very successful at junior level over the past year, in cx and the road.
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,197
    Was a top Junior CX racer last season - won the Junior Koppenbergcross.
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    andyp said:

    gsk82 said:

    If Roglic leaves I'm not convinced Evenepoel will too. He's flopped at the giro and vuelta which gives him an excuse to avoid the tour again and he loves an excuse.

    I've seen some censored hot takes over the past few days, but this is up there with the worst.
    Looks who's getting his excuses in early for the tour🙄


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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    Actually I think the Giro Tour double makes a lot of sense for Remco.
    Win the Giro "finally", to get that monkey off your back and ride the Tour with a lot less pressure and most likely switch to stage hunting mode sooner rather than later. Then give the Tour a proper shot in 2025 with the experience of having ridden it before and having won both other GT's (ideally).
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    m.r.m. said:

    Actually I think the Giro Tour double makes a lot of sense for Remco.
    Win the Giro "finally", to get that monkey off your back and ride the Tour with a lot less pressure and most likely switch to stage hunting mode sooner rather than later. Then give the Tour a proper shot in 2025 with the experience of having ridden it before and having won both other GT's (ideally).

    It makes complete sense.
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