Teams & Riders The Great Big Cycling Transfers, Extensions, and Rumours Thread

[Samamba]

Wow. Is nothing a secret in Belgium? This transfer is news to me

Belgian transfers are usually known right after someone signed yeah (or before it). Riders, family, managers don't like to keep their mouth shut. Or just the team they are leaving from cause they obviously don't care about keeping it a secret.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Belgian transfers are usually known right after someone signed yeah (or before it). Riders, family, managers don't like to keep their mouth shut. Or just the team they are leaving from cause they obviously don't care about keeping it a secret.

It also helps that there are so many media in Belgium who are interested in breaking the news of a transfer of a Van Moer-tier rider. If you were trying to leak the news of, say, Pascal Eenkhoorn (to take someone with a similar profile), the response of the average Dutch newspaper would be 'who?' and you would stand a better chance with a Belgian newspaper given that he rides for a Belgian team.

 

[Samamba]

It also helps that there are so many media in Belgium who are interested in breaking the news of a transfer of a Van Moer-tier rider. If you were trying to leak the news of, say, Pascal Eenkhoorn (to take someone with a similar profile), the response of the average Dutch newspaper would be 'who?' and you would stand a better chance with a Belgian newspaper given that he rides for a Belgian team.

Wielerflits would...

I get what you mean but I think Netherlands as an example probably isn't the right one given they have Wielerflits

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

What were the other rumoured Visma incoming transfers again?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Seppe Van Den Boer to Tudor dev.....Wow, I did not see that coming.