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Might already be known but Inner Ring's twitter slipstream has Adam Blythe going to Orica-GreenEdge and Pierrick Fédrigo from FDJ to Bretagne-Séché.

Todays CN story says King is negotiating with Garmin/Cannondale/Sharp.

I've been a fan of Betancur's since his first year with Acqua e Sapone but even I have concluded that - in view of his current condition - that it is perhaps time that we respectfully ask the mods to consider move this thread out of the 'Professional Road Racing' section. The AG2R team...

Cyclingfever claims he is rumoured to be going to Astana.

There are a few cobbles in Binche-Tournai-Binche, no? Which he won in 2013. Seriously though, whilst that is not enough to anoint him a future Classics specialist, there aren't that many 24-years olds at UCI-Conti level who have four years of experience of riding at WT-level, a reasonable...

He's apparently a model pro in terms of how he looks after himself, trains and is low-maintenance for the teams that he rides on. But does anyone know if Juraj is really a WT-level rider or is there purely because of his brother? I'm not being sarcastic, it might be that he does a lot of work...

I blame Carlton Kirby. His statement might now be correct after that crash.

I took his statement as "I don't know much about the other riders in the break".

Sometimes I guess that riders just refuse to climb off. I remember Denis Galimzyanov toiling into Luz Ardiden in 2011, plainly knew from a long way out that he was going to miss the time limit but refused to stop. The race organisers were taking down the finish gantry already when he appeared...

Insane. And very sad. Maybe if we add in Astana we can make it 1 1/2 Italian WT teams.

Pineau not happy with Maté - "Maté's a rat. He doesn't collaborate properly & he's going to pay me back over the next few days." Presume he means, 'he's going to get paid back over the next few days'. Welcome to the gutters of Lorraine, Luis.... And Feillu 6th? Ahead of Coquard!

Someone needs to tell our short-tempered Manx friend that the promise that Sky will make up for not selecting him for the TdF by allowing him the be lead for them at the Vuelta may need to be broken...

Thanks, Libertine Seguros. That is a really nice preview and update for what I find to be the strangest race on the calendar.

And the prize for the duffest TdF preview goes to...Robert Millar who manages to single out four riders who aren't even taking part. (Guardini, Ferrari, Camano and Boy Van Poppel). Posted this afternoon so no excuses, really...

Froome has been ingenious. He is shaping up to avoid all the rigours and hassle of the daily TdF post-race interviews by getting his fiancee to answer interview questions for him. He can then go straight to winding down with his feet up on the Sky Deathstar battlebus, while she goes to the Press...