- Mar 13, 2009
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Hello
In (european) football, a new player to a team is often reviewed at the end of the season as good or bad transfer. In cycling it's not so much the case, maybe because it's more of an individual sport, even though at the end of the day it's a team effort of course.
Anyways I was thinking about what I consider some of the best transfers in recent years. These are some that came to mind:
1) Cadel Evans to BMC. Of course he was always a great rider but as I remember he never won much. When he lost the Tour yet again by a slim margin and went to a ProConti team I thought he is slowly stepping out and milking it for what it's worth. But what do you know he found his 3rd spring time and started winning major stage races, the Tour, major one day races and WC. I don't know if many people thought he still had such a bright future in him at the time. So good transfer by BMC!
2) Heinrich Haussler to Cervélo TestTeam. I think many people didn't even know he existed before he turned up at Cervélo. Of course he had gotten some results before, even good wins, but at his first year with Cervélo he really became one of the best in the world. Unfortunately he has had less luck since then but hopefully he will find it again.
3) Xavier Tondo (RIP) to Cervélo TestTeam. Somehow he had been overlooked by ProTeams, great pick by Cervélo.
4) Oscar Freire to Katusha. Unfortunate misunderstanding with Rabobank, pretty old and ready to retire. I don't know if many other teams were trying to get him or not, in any case Holczer for once made a good decision and Freire got to show that he still has what it takes.
OK that's all I can think about for now. Do you agree with these or not? What are some of the transfers that you think were most successful?
In (european) football, a new player to a team is often reviewed at the end of the season as good or bad transfer. In cycling it's not so much the case, maybe because it's more of an individual sport, even though at the end of the day it's a team effort of course.
Anyways I was thinking about what I consider some of the best transfers in recent years. These are some that came to mind:
1) Cadel Evans to BMC. Of course he was always a great rider but as I remember he never won much. When he lost the Tour yet again by a slim margin and went to a ProConti team I thought he is slowly stepping out and milking it for what it's worth. But what do you know he found his 3rd spring time and started winning major stage races, the Tour, major one day races and WC. I don't know if many people thought he still had such a bright future in him at the time. So good transfer by BMC!
2) Heinrich Haussler to Cervélo TestTeam. I think many people didn't even know he existed before he turned up at Cervélo. Of course he had gotten some results before, even good wins, but at his first year with Cervélo he really became one of the best in the world. Unfortunately he has had less luck since then but hopefully he will find it again.
3) Xavier Tondo (RIP) to Cervélo TestTeam. Somehow he had been overlooked by ProTeams, great pick by Cervélo.
4) Oscar Freire to Katusha. Unfortunate misunderstanding with Rabobank, pretty old and ready to retire. I don't know if many other teams were trying to get him or not, in any case Holczer for once made a good decision and Freire got to show that he still has what it takes.
OK that's all I can think about for now. Do you agree with these or not? What are some of the transfers that you think were most successful?
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