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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,194
    iainf72 wrote:
    Elissonde to Trek

    The home of tiny Sky/Ineos cast-offs.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,645
    iainf72 wrote:

    Cataldo to Movistar

    Sort of rider you imagine is already in movistar
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,137
    iainf72 wrote:
    Elissonde to Trek

    The home of tiny Sky/Ineos cast-offs.
    The only current French cyclist to have been in a Grand Tour winning team. God knows who the last before him was. Probably Nicolas Portal.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • RichN95 wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Elissonde to Trek

    The home of tiny Sky/Ineos cast-offs.
    The only current French cyclist to have been in a Grand Tour winning team. God knows who the last before him was. Probably Nicolas Portal.
    Probably says more about integrity than anything to be honest
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,538
    iainf72 wrote:
    Elissonde to Trek

    I'd been expecting a move of some kind, I'm not sure he (all 52kg of him) achieved what they were hoping for, or perhaps he has chosen to move away because he feels he is not given enough opportunities.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,741
    RichN95 wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Elissonde to Trek

    The home of tiny Sky/Ineos cast-offs.
    The only current French cyclist to have been in a Grand Tour winning team. God knows who the last before him was. Probably Nicolas Portal.
    Probably says more about integrity than anything to be honest

    Loyalty maybe, rather than integrity, if one chooses to look things in such terms.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,439
    RichN95 wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Elissonde to Trek

    The home of tiny Sky/Ineos cast-offs.
    The only current French cyclist to have been in a Grand Tour winning team. God knows who the last before him was. Probably Nicolas Portal.
    Probably says more about integrity than anything to be honest

    Loyalty maybe, rather than integrity, if one chooses to look things in such terms.

    I'd say insular and outdated.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,551
    Zakarin to CCC

    gonna be interesting to see what happens to the Katusha lot if that team does fold...

    Also apparently Quintana off to Arkea...
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,249
    Quintana + 3 other riders to Arkea. Winner Ancona one of those riders. breaking news (rumour) is that Dumoulin will move to Jumbo having had his contract bought or bought himself out.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,207
    amrushton wrote:
    Quintana + 3 other riders to Arkea. Winner Ancona one of those riders. breaking news (rumour) is that Dumoulin will move to Jumbo having had his contract bought or bought himself out.

    Arkea need someone, they're anonymous in the Tour and not worth their place so far.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Carapaz to Ineos?

    Ciro says so...
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Pross wrote:
    amrushton wrote:
    Quintana + 3 other riders to Arkea. Winner Ancona one of those riders. breaking news (rumour) is that Dumoulin will move to Jumbo having had his contract bought or bought himself out.

    Arkea need someone, they're anonymous in the Tour and not worth their place so far.

    They are protecting there leader like most other teams. Not sure what you want them to do. Barguil getting through the early stages
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,741
    amrushton wrote:
    Quintana + 3 other riders to Arkea. Winner Ancona one of those riders. breaking news (rumour) is that Dumoulin will move to Jumbo having had his contract bought or bought himself out.

    With them already signing Greipel and with Viviani rumoured to Cofidis, is this a sign that finally, French teams are dragging themselves into a more 21st century mindset? Realizing that in order to compete at the top level, they have to invest in foreign riders, rather than pick up young French riders they get a tip about down the pub.
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  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    amrushton wrote:
    Quintana + 3 other riders to Arkea. Winner Ancona one of those riders. breaking news (rumour) is that Dumoulin will move to Jumbo having had his contract bought or bought himself out.

    With them already signing Greipel and with Viviani rumoured to Cofidis, is this a sign that finally, French teams are dragging themselves into a more 21st century mindset? Realizing that in order to compete at the top level, they have to invest in foreign riders, rather than pick up young French riders they get a tip about down the pub.

    a lot of it is budget as well. viviani, being the fastest (or one of the current fastest) sprinters, is a premium addition. he needs a stronger leadout/ support train than what cofidis have. either Richeze (who is probably the best active leadout man) or someone who can do a hard effort ahead of a final kick is missing from their team. they'd need a few others who are stronger than their current riders as well. Have Cofidis got the $$$... probably. will they do it, not sure....
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    iainf72 wrote:
    Carapaz to Ineos?

    Ciro says so...

    Now they are struggling to get a non-brit to win the Tour.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,207
    Pross wrote:
    amrushton wrote:
    Quintana + 3 other riders to Arkea. Winner Ancona one of those riders. breaking news (rumour) is that Dumoulin will move to Jumbo having had his contract bought or bought himself out.

    Arkea need someone, they're anonymous in the Tour and not worth their place so far.

    They are protecting there leader like most other teams. Not sure what you want them to do. Barguil getting through the early stages

    Is he chasing GC this year then? If so losing him a shed load of time with a weak team in the TTT wasn't very helpful.
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,549
    Assume that Bouhanni is done at Cofidis?
    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.
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Gweeds wrote:
    Assume that Bouhanni is done

    Yes
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,069
    Tiesj Benoot rumoured to be Ineos bound.
  • andytee87
    andytee87 Posts: 406
    RichN95 wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Elissonde to Trek

    The home of tiny Sky/Ineos cast-offs.
    The only current French cyclist to have been in a Grand Tour winning team. God knows who the last before him was. Probably Nicolas Portal.

    On the Arkea-Samsic tour squad, Moinard (Cuddles TDF).
  • indyp
    indyp Posts: 735
    Current Italian road champion Davide Formolo to UAE
  • indyp
    indyp Posts: 735
    Further rumours of Arkea-Samsic signing Quintana who will be joined by his brother plus Winner Anacona and Diego Rosa from Team Ineos.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,137
    indyP wrote:
    Further rumours of Arkea-Samsic signing Quintana who will be joined by his brother plus Winner Anacona and Diego Rosa from Team Ineos.
    I think they should create a team of brothers of stars - Dayer Quintana, Antonio Nibali, Juraj Sagan, Adam Yates ( :wink: )
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,348
    indyP wrote:
    Further rumours of Arkea-Samsic signing Quintana who will be joined by his brother plus Winner Anacona and Diego Rosa from Team Ineos.

    As I may have tweeted, at least this means we don't have to consider him a GC contender any more...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,137
    Van der Poel is supposedly going to Movistar, so it'll be quite a shake up if he does.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,348
    .....nah, don't see that. Movistar won't be interested in XCO World Cups
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,439
    Blel Kadri to Decathlon Toulouse. Confirmed by inrng on Twitter.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,549
    VDP to Movi looks like a rubbish fit.
    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.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,137
    edited July 2019
    Gweeds wrote:
    VDP to Movi looks like a rubbish fit.
    Canyon, innit. VDP's tied to them for four years. So unless they supply a different team or decide to stay with an uncertain Katusha, Movistar it is. To be fair they've always done right by Valverde in the Classics, and I'm sure they'll buy in some support. The right DSs might not be there but apparently VDP doesn't listen to anyone anyway.

    Elsewhere, according to Inner Ring Nils Politt is off to Quick Step.
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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,538
    RichN95 wrote:
    Van der Poel is supposedly going to Movistar, so it'll be quite a shake up if he does.

    Partly\purely down to the Canyon link?
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