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Umba was also close to them, but it is being reported he will be upgraded once again to Astana main squad. There might be someting odd about the project - or they simply found better options, which is the case for both Warbasse and Umba.

Maybe it's not the most accurate comparison, but it was good one indeed. Spain is divided into 17 Autonomous Communities, each one with its own competencies in terms of Education, Health, Security, and so on, with Madrid being one of them. It would be like this. State - Autonomous Community (17)...

I wanted Pogi to win it, but honestly it's the right call. A true leader knows when to "sacrifice" smaller victories and repay their helpers. This attitude is possitive and reinforces his leadership in the team. With Ayuso gone (thankfully), and except for maybe Vine who is a smaller piece...

Aime de Gendt sings for Q36.5. Another great addition for the team.

There's an article today in HLN in which discuss a bit more the rumours regarding Lotto - Wanty merge. It seems they will try to postpone a season the promotion of some Lotto youngsters (i would guess all but Widar). I'm guessing the same could go for Felix-Orn Kristoff from our Wanty side (I...

Weird, since he was contracted till 2028 with Wanty so as you say, does not make much sense the 2027 part.

I told you months ago, when explaining how Steiner's Law spelled disaster for Visma at TDF, that ultimately the *** Around, Find Out Law would be applied to Ayuso. Let's break out how the natural course of events have led to Ayuso's falling out with UAE while explaining how this rule works...

He basically wants to ride Chrono des Nations to show himself, he was looking for a team just to enter the race (he could not enter the race as an individual athlete). Don't know if he will ride another race for the team.

They did, indeed. There's been a sensible reduction in the buyout clause (it was 100M). Despite reports claiming Ayuso has been freed from the contract, the information i have is Trek have paid a lofty amount to break Ayuso out of his contract.

Schiffer is already officially confirmed.

FYI - Pernia is an actual surname in Spain, so this might be the first purposedly incorrect spelling that gets right.

Velasco was rumoured elsewhere, but not sure if it came to fruition. On another note, it seems Ayuso to Trek is very likely. Not confirmed but a strong chance.

Former pro Peio Arreitunandia passed away due to an undisclosed kind of cancer. He was only 51. Some weeks ago Ludo Dierckxsens also passed away. Think he was 60. Quite unsettling to see riders you grew up watching on TV lose their lives at relatively early ages.

Now that you mention it, I think it's true. They had Josu Larrazabal one day as a guest during TdF coverage and discussed about the devo team, the role a U-23 team takes for developing talent and the figure of Espargaró. I'm not going to blame Trek on Behrens. His final two months of 2024 were...

He will basically be the only active rider on the WT, so not a hard task (Ericsson brothers are at Pro level) If you are referring to best all time swedish rider then it's a pretty big claim, like JC Denton would say, considering he has the benchmark of Gosta Petterson or even Gustav Erik Larsson.