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Cannondale takes Bettiol, Villela, Formolo and Mohoric(all 2-year deal). Bici source. bunch of young guns! The depth of team is not very good so they have huge chances to develop imo.

He is still in talk with several teams. But if these talks didn't come into a contract, he will retire.:(

If it's the sacrifice thing, Kangert. if it's about performance, Niemiec. Kangert has pulled for a century, as Niemiec doesn't need to pull such a lot. So he has better results in the mountains. I can't really tell who is better in general. Steegmans and Agnoli are impressive as you guys...

Ji's English is not bad.

His website. He just updated the calendar actually I'm expecting him a re-try at Ardennes

Basque, Romandie, Eschborn-Frankfurt, Dauphine, Tour.

it starts raining! Spilak could survive!

The field for prologue is just adequate. Gretsch still has the best shot.

During 2008-2009 Gianni Savio's team was called "Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli", 43 chars in total. In next 2 years Androni became the main sponsor but the character remains the same. So was there any team with longer name before? Amateur team not included. To expel boredom.

Tom Peterson is heading for Giro. He said he could do a top10 or top20 and win a stage http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13893/Tom-Peterson-Interview-American-rider-believes-hell-have-bigger-opportunities-with-Argos-Shimano.aspx

it seems 3M will sponsor a new conti team next year, with the aim of being WT in 3~5 years. Wouter Wippert, Mike Terpstra, Joop de Gans and Michael Vingerling mentioned. http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/wielersport/13107141/__Multinational_stapt_in_wielrennen__.html

Iljo Keisse at Turkey S7 wins for me Tony Martin at Eschborn-Frankfurt is massive.

Michal Kwiatkowski to SKY as compensation? http://www.spa-ziociclismo.it/?action=read&idnotizia=23309

Li Fuyu was a hit in China when he won the Tour of Thailand and Westfalen Preis(despite a NE) in 2006. Now Ji Cheng obviously gets the most attention. MSR and Vuelta finisher, combativity award winner. Don't be stunned but they are results beyond expectation for Chinese fans. Jiao Pengda was...

I'm afraid Degenkolb wants both. He was all talking about co-leading with Kittel before vuelta, but in Madrid he wanted "100% team support" next year. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/high-five-for-degenkolb-in-madrid