Teams & Riders NSN Cycling

[Rob5091]

Who is the guy in the middle, though?

https://www.wearensn.com/nsn-and-stoneweg-partner-to-boost-fc-helsingor/
The footie shirt of FC Helsingør, a club competing in Denmark’s Second Division.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Who is the guy in the middle, though?

Malcolm.

 

[Leadbelly]

Good news for all parties that the Gee saga is finally sorted. We'll maybe never know the figure that Gee had to pay, but something commonsensical was obviously sorted out. I wonder if anyone will take him for their CQ team.

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Not mindblowing incoming transfers today, but what can you expect at this time of the year. Still one spot left of course.....

Smith looked an interesting prospect ten (!) years ago at Hincapie, now he's just an experienced helper.

They talk Tene's sprinting up in the article, but I see him more as part of a train for Koggy or maybe getting his own chance on slightly lumpier days. It was a bit of a toss-up between him and Kretshcy for this spot I feel. I might have gone for the German.

 

[Leadbelly]

I forgot to post this the other day year. Quite a lengthy interview with Simon Clarke about his retirement, post-racing plans, cycling in Australia, AGR, Cadel's win at the Worlds etc etc.

Simon says…stop.

Peter Maniaty shares his exclusive interview with retiring Aussie pro, Simon Clarke.

bicyclingaustralia.com.au

On the TDU this year:

We’re still going to have a strong team, but we’ll probably be focusing more on stages this time with guys like Ethan Vernon and also Jake Stewart who is his lead-out man and can sprint himself.

Plus Strong and Gilmore for more selective finishes I guess.

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Staying in Australia, a strong 4th for Goold in the U23 TT. Not bad as an E1.

 

[Leadbelly]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2011008450424422722

View: https://x.com/NSNCyclingTeam/status/2011008450424422722


Confirmation of the team and stage hunting goals at the TDU. Vernon could well be in with a shout on the prologue.

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No sign of the devo squad on the initial list of invited teams to l'Avenir. Mind you there's no Groupama or Decathlon either.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2011866144333054268

View: https://x.com/LosBrolin/status/2011866144333054268


Missing out wouldn't be totally unfair. The twenty man squad has 5 over aged riders and 8 first years and then from the remaining 7 there's nobody that really screams out as a must invite rider.

They still could get in of course with some early season results to bolster their chances.

 

[Leadbelly]

Team Tiepolo: il devo team e i problemi delle categorie giovanili - bici.PRO

Il Team Tiepolo diventa devo team della NSN Cycling (ex Israel) e guarda al proprio futuro ma anche a quello del movimento giovanile

bici.pro

Interview with the boss of the devo junior team (Team Tiepolo).

One of the things he explains is why the team is now Austrian registered. It's because the current Italian rules state that junior teams can only have one foreign rider and NSN wanted six. He thinks it's a rather outdated rule and should be changed. However his main objective is still develop riders from Friuli and would drop the NSN link if they moved the goalposts or wanted to change the identity of the team too much.

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Nice prologue result as hoped for with Vernon, but an unsatisfactory sprint today. Looked in a good position, but started the sprint too late? and got boxed in? Didn't see enough of the overhead shots to be sure.

Strong was involved in a crash today. Again not sure how badly affected he is. It could be that Gilmore will get a chance tomorrow.

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Anybody see in Benson's latest post what transfers NSN should be looking at for next year? Hindley would probably be a fair guess. Maybe I'll have a go at guessing some more on another day.

 

[Leadbelly]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2014892973167878496

View: https://x.com/tourdownunder/status/2014892973167878496


Surprisingly impressive. I didn't think that was going to be a finish that really suited him, but he won by a fair distance. Maybe he wasn't just saying the usual platitudes after stage 1 when he talked about "good numbers".

The downside of today though is Stewart's collarbone and Strong's DNF.......

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Another NSN interview on bici.pro. This time with Pinarello.

Pinarello sul Teide: il WorldTour con la NSN e i nuovi standard - bici.PRO

Alessandro Pinarello ci accompagna nei suoi primi mesi nel WT, andiamo a ruota del giovane veneto che ci racconta com'è cambiato il suo mondo

bici.pro

Teide is the destination for professionals , and being here means I've arrived where I've wanted to be since I was little.

 

[hayneplane]

Vernon looked on a different planet to the rest of the field today. Even more impressive when you note that much of his leadout train crashed out of the race earlier in the stage.

 

[pastronef]

VERY NICE WIN for Vernon and NSN. bring it on boys!

 

[yaco]

VERY NICE WIN for Vernon and NSN. bring it on boys!

Gilmore the neo pro gave him a good lead out. Watch out for Gilmore.

 

[Leadbelly]

Watch out for Gilmore.

I wouldn't say I was sceptical about him making the move up to WT, but I knew doing well in Rwanda/Taiwan/Portugal was one thing and repeating that on a bigger stage was another. Certainly last year when he did step up to ride with the main team he didn't really do anything crazy albeit in mainly helper roles.

So far though he looks far from out of place and depending on how Strong is after his crash, he may get another chance at CEGORR. A bit of a feather in the cap for NSN and their hiring of overage riders for their devo team.