Neo-pro's 2012

[Anonymous]

Henao is not classed as a neo pro on sky as far as I know, he will be 24 in December so I think doesnt count, but, both Appollonio and Dowsett are still neo-pro's for one more year bringing Sky's total to four.

 

[Anonymous]

Neo-pro by UCI definition means, that the rider, never was under contract with a PRT or PROF team.

So Henao will race under this status, too.

there are actually two different terms, Neo Pro and New Professional, neo pro is age and contract related, new pro is just contract related.

 

[Eric8-A]

Andrew Anacona and Mattos Andriato

 

[Tuarts]

***Obligatory mention of the CQ game and no one mentioning who they really think will be good until after January.***

 

[greenedge]

Matteo Trentin is still a neo-pro.

what team???

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Henao is not classed as a neo pro on sky as far as I know, he will be 24 in December so I think doesnt count, but, both Appollonio and Dowsett are still neo-pro's for one more year bringing Sky's total to four.

a neo pro is a first year pro and it has always been that, so no dowsett and apollonio aren't and neither is henao. he's been pro since 17

 

[El Pistolero]

what team???

Omega-Pharma-Quickstep.

 

[Fus087]

a neo pro is a first year pro and it has always been that, so no dowsett and apollonio aren't and neither is henao. he's been pro since 17

While that may be how you think of it, it's not how it is regulated.
According to UCI regulations a rider is classified as a neo-pro if he is in his twenty-second year when the contract starts (normally 1st of January), and hasn't ridden for a WorldTour or ProConti team before (he may have been on a Continental team). And the "letter of the law" is, as usual with the UCI, somewhat misleading:

The status of new professional is given to any rider who joins a UCI ProTeam or Professional Continental Team for the first time no later than during his twenty-second year.
For the application of this article the date of joining shall be the date on which the rider’s contract comes into force.
The age of the rider is determined by the difference between the year of his hiring and the year of his birth.

A neo-pro keeps that status for 2 years (and his first pro contract has to be for 2 years, too) - even if the contract is terminated (in case of the team folding) and he goes to a different team.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I don't care what the uci thinks or says or make up the past few years. it's always been that way. also the uci bends those rules as well because I think last year they even let an non u23 guy become neo so katyusha could have 30 riders. I;m sure katyusha paid uci a little too

 

[Fus087]

Fair enough.
But the thing is, no matter whether you think of them as neo-pros or not, Dowsett and Appollonio still count for Sky's neo-pro count.
'Cause the rest of the world doesn't care what you think in this matter.

 

[greenedge]

Omega-Pharma-Quickstep.

Thx for that.