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On the latest episode of Geraint Thomas's podcast, Luke Rowe and Ben Swift were heavily hinting that he's already signed with Ineos. But hey, nothing is done until it is done, as we learned with Ivan Sosa many years ago...

Seems like its official transfer extension day... Oscar Riesebeek and Silvan Dillier get two more years with Alpecin, Lennert Belmans and the talented Aaron Dockx will step up to the pros in 2026 too. Ourselin, Maas and Robeet are extended at Cofidis Another year for Landa at QS, 2 more for...

Correct And they have 2 other neos for 2026: Wil Holmes and Hamish McKenzie. Holmes is doing his first U23 season with Hagens Berman Jayco, McKenzie was due to go pro in 2025, but between he and Jayco, they decided another U23 season at Hagens Berman was best for development. Hard to argue with...

So does this mean they have elected to keep Sentjens on the devo team for 2025?

You can hear it already as he crests the top of a cat 4 climb first from the break... "Look at Dhondt go, he's almost taunting them, haunting them!"

View: https://x.com/cirogazzetta/status/1842167596881186985 This would be quite the surprise move, Pidcock to Q36.5...

Maybe Mads Wurtz could come in as another experienced figure, yet to recapture his 2021 form but has a lot of experience in Classics and has 4 GT starts. Shouldn't be too dear for them either

https://www.marca.com/ciclismo/2024/09/02/66d5906ae2704e1d4a8b459e.html Marca confirm there are now a few teams in the Castrillo sweepstakes

Not that they're always clued up, but the most recent Watts Occurring episode, G and Rowe were talking about how he had been linked to the team but had not actually put pen to paper and perhaps the team would regret that. I guess we will need to wait and see, otherwise there could be a good...

Per PCS, they have 24 under contract for 2024. Knox is still without an official deal, that makes 25. Paul Magnier from Trinity should also be going there, that's 26. I think? Unsure who that 27th rider could be, I'm surprised it hasn't leaked to the Belgian press yet, PL even when he tries to...

Let's just hope that "tanking" for their talented crop of juniors (Widar, Donie, De Schuyteneer & Grisel to name a few) works out better than Ben Simmons did... I do really like Lotto's raise it down to the ground and build it up approach following some bizarre additions in the past Sidenote...

Partnering with Hagens Berman Axeon was the first step to try and remedy this, they've already got Hamish McKenzie heading there for 2024 (his second U23 season), before he probably heads off to Jayco for 2025. I do agree though, they've really taken their eyes off the ball in regards to their...

A few extensions confirmed today too: Mauri Vansevenant stays with QS on a 3-year deal up to 2026 2 years more for Mathieu Burgaudeau at Total Energies, key extension as he is one of their best riders

I agree that in an ideal world, INEOS get a hold of Remco and/or Rog. But I feel that the reality is more going for the likes of Theo Storm and AJ August from the jnrs, and then Ben Wiggins and Jacob Bush (after those two probably do a year or two at Trinity, if they are signed with that agent...

Tudor have an extensive plan with a lot of their devo riders, to develop slowly, hence why Wilksch was signed as the only final year U23 before 2023. They will take time to develop the likes of Weiss, Mikutis etc, no rush to be pros That being said, Rondel is getting to that level where the...