Most absurd transfer rumours

[auscyclefan94]

What have been some of the most absurd transfer rumours that have come from reputable sources that you have heard?

 

[pastronef]

What have been some of the most absurd transfer rumours that have come from reputable sources that you have heard?

mmm, EVERYBODY to BMC as someone wrote here last winter

i would say Cipollini to Farnese

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Ivan to saxobank is absurd for me.

Back in Daotech days transfer speculation were bonkers.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Ivan to saxobank is absurd for me.

Back in Daotech days transfer speculation were bonkers.

Zam you try to hide from what you don't like and pretend it's not real

 

[janraaskalt]

Dani Moreno to Cofidis was hilarious. That transfer is also still quoted here on this forum as being true.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Zam you try to hide from what you don't like and pretend it's not real

So i should cover my ears and shout la la alaalalala like you always do?

 

[RHRH19861986]

Dani Moreno to Cofidis was hilarious. That transfer is also still quoted here on this forum as being true.

It was Dani Navarro to Cofidis, wasn´t it? And that should be true AFAIK...

 

[janraaskalt]

It was Dani Navarro to Cofidis, wasn´t it? And that should be true AFAIK...

Yes, that one is true.

 

[hrotha]

Eusebio Unzue to Movistar. As a rider.

 

[Christian]

Schlecks to Alpecin

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Eusebio Unzue to Movistar. As a rider.

Along with Contador, Sinkewitz, Rujano and many others.

My favourite of those was that José Luís Arrieta was wearing team kit in the team photo because they were going to photoshop Franco Pellizotti's head in later.

 

[Ferminal]

Lefevre coming out every year and saying he's targeting a big name.

 

[LaFlorecita]

So i should cover my ears and shout la la alaalalala like you always do?

That's what you're doing

 

[will10]

Contador to Quickstep for the last 5 years

 

[Opalius]

Ivan to saxobank is absurd for me.

Back in Daotech days transfer speculation were bonkers.

I think that that is quite possible; bordering likely.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Contador to Quickstep for the last 5 years

this and basiclaly most big transfers to quickstep. lefefevre is known to be a liar and a bull****ter

 

[RHRH19861986]

Yes, that one is true.

Thanks I already doubted me...

With regard to the Schleck/Alpecin case: I dislike people saying "I already said it before", but in this case, I (you´ll find the posts) said that before, and I was sure, because being German, I know Alpecin well... It was a pure PR issue, using July and the Tour and all the common hype in cycling´s most important weeks of the year to make people speak about Alpecin. That´s not nice, but it was to Alpecin´s benefit.

Yeah, and to add to the "absurd rumour" list: Stefan Schumacher, who was said to join QuickStep after his Gerolsteiner days. I think this would even have been possible, but then he became banned.

Another contemporary absurd rumour, IMHO: Andre Schulze to Euskaltel. I can never, never ever imagine that to become reality.

 

[hrotha]

Oh wait, ACF said "from reputable sources". I withdraw my post.

 

[barn yard]

i am sure someone 'of note' claimed that cav to green edge was a done deal

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Cancellara and Hushovd to Pegasus...

 

[Zam_Olyas]

I think that that is quite possible; bordering likely.

Still absurd to me even if it happens.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Jan Ullrich to Rock Racing in autumn of 2008.
Wish it hadn't been one, tough

 

[Afrank]

Cancellara to IAM, I don't think anyone ever expects Cancellara to go to a team that isn't world tour.

 

[RedheadDane]

My favourite of those was that José Luís Arrieta was wearing team kit in the team photo because they were going to photoshop Franco Pellizotti's head in later.

What? No... seriously what?
It's not so much the transfer-rumour as the photoshop-bit...

 

[Duartista]

Rebellin to FDJ. I don't remember what the source was, so it may not qualify.