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

[RedheadDane]

Maybe COOP or Uno-X can find a spot for him?

He'd need to change his nationality to join Uno-X...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He'd need to change his nationality to join Uno-X...

For some reason I overlooked that, maybe thinking the name would make him Norwegian enough.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

There's a rumour on Twitter about Walscheid going to Cofidis.
That would be a pretty solid replacement for Laporte in the classics, and as we've seen this year he has become a fine TTer as well.

 

[tobydawq]

I'm still disappointed he didn't ride the Arctic Race of Norway, so he could have won the KoM!

Didn't we discuss this back then? He was afraid to be part of the prize.

 

[Anderis]

Hideto Nakane extended with EF, which, I would guess, means that Nippo are staying too.

Hideto Nakane extends with team - EF Pro Cycling

Michael Valgren is set to wear pink a little while longer. We’re thrilled to announce that the 29-year-old Danish pro has extended his contract with the team.

www.efprocycling.com

 

[yaco]

Hideto Nakane extended with EF, which, I would guess, means that Nippo are staying too.

Hideto Nakane extends with team - EF Pro Cycling

Michael Valgren is set to wear pink a little while longer. We’re thrilled to announce that the 29-year-old Danish pro has extended his contract with the team.

www.efprocycling.com

Lets hope he actually spends time racing - He had 29 race days in 2021 - It's a joke how EF treated 3 or 4 of their riders not only in 2021, but in the truncated 2020 season.

 

[RedheadDane]

Riwal just posted a picture of a new signing:

They're just teasing.

 

[SafeBet]

Perhaps they signed the helicopter.

 

[Anderis]

Lets hope he actually spends time racing - He had 29 race days in 2021 - It's a joke how EF treated 3 or 4 of their riders not only in 2021, but in the truncated 2020 season.

Do you have any specific info about riders racing fewer race days than they actually wanted?

Sometimes there's an underlying issue, like with Hofland, who had barely raced at all but then it turned out he had severe health issues.

Nakane had a 75% DNF ratio until early June, so it's not given he was ready for a more intense racing calendar.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Riwal just posted a picture of a new signing:

They're just teasing.

The only guess so far is on Stokbro, which would make sense. Otherwise it's one of the ColoQuick riders or Louis Bendixen. It could also be Rasmus Lund.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Riwal just posted a picture of a new signing:

They're just teasing.

TACATACATACATACATACATACA

 

[Mayomaniac]

Do you have any specific info about riders racing fewer race days than they actually wanted?

Sometimes there's an underlying issue, like with Hofland, who had barely raced at all but then it turned out he had severe health issues.

Nakane had a 75% DNF ratio until early June, so it's not given he was ready for a more intense racing calendar.

It's strange, Nakane has done well in races like the Japan Cup and top 10s in both the Tour of Japan Langkawi before, he should be decent in smaller races. IMO not a WT rider, but if you have a PCT team with a sponsor that is interested in Japan he's probably the 2nd best pick behind Arashiro.
If the smaller US races happen next season he wouldn't be a bad pick to send to those as a fast guy who can climb a bit.

 

[tobydawq]

Valverde has extended with Movistar for one year.

 

[RedheadDane]

And Van Den Berg extends with EF:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1455915370301345795

Someone really needs to make a Van Den Berg flowchart:
Julius and Marijn are teammates, they're not brothers.
Marijn and Lars are brothers, they're not teammates.

Too bad Julius doesn't have a brother, then FDJ could sign him.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And Van Den Berg extends with EF:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1455915370301345795

Someone really needs to make a Van Den Berg flowchart:

Perhaps that someone should be you?

Too bad Julius doesn't have a brother, then FDJ could sign him.

He does have a brother, though, but he is apparently a teacher. FdJ could of course still add him to their staff.

 

[RedheadDane]

Perhaps that someone should be you?

I went for a quick table:

X​	Julius​	Lars​	Marijn​
Julius​	Is​	No Connection​	Teammates​
Lars​	No Connection​	Is​	Brothers​
Marijn​	Teammates​	Brothers​	Is​

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I went for a quick table:

X​	Julius​	Lars​	Marijn​
Julius​	X​	No Connection​	Teammates​
Lars​	No Connection​	X​	Brothers​
Marijn​	Teammates​	Brothers​	X​

Julius and Lars were actually teammates on the national team during the 2017 Tour de l'Avenir.

 

[tobydawq]

I went for a quick table:

X​	Julius​	Lars​	Marijn​
Julius​	X​	No Connection​	Teammates​
Lars​	No Connection​	X​	Brothers​
Marijn​	Teammates​	Brothers​	X​

Instead of X you should write "is".

 

[Anderis]

Instead of X you should write "is".

I would have gone for a shorter "=" instead.

 

[tobydawq]

I would have gone for a shorter "=" instead.

I also thought of that. But on my phone keyboard that actually requires three clicks instead of two!

 

[RedheadDane]

Well, I'm not editing it again!

 

[yaco]

Do you have any specific info about riders racing fewer race days than they actually wanted?

Sometimes there's an underlying issue, like with Hofland, who had barely raced at all but then it turned out he had severe health issues.

Nakane had a 75% DNF ratio until early June, so it's not given he was ready for a more intense racing calendar.

I posted around Mid Year on this very issue - There was a cohort of five or 6 riders who suffered from a lack of race days which continued into the second part of the year - Then if you remember when the 2020 season re-started EF only rode WT races which

Do you have any specific info about riders racing fewer race days than they actually wanted?

Sometimes there's an underlying issue, like with Hofland, who had barely raced at all but then it turned out he had severe health issues.

Nakane had a 75% DNF ratio until early June, so it's not given he was ready for a more intense racing calendar.

Posted mid-year about this issue. In 2021, nine riders completed less than 40 race days and five of these less than 30 days - Of course one or two would have suffered injury/illness BUT i doubt riders would be happy with this situation - Year 2020 was even worse because in the rebooted season, EF only rode WT races after the resumption of races after the COVID break. It's a strange situation.

 

[Anderis]

Well, in 2020 the issues were obvious for obvious reasons.

But I wondered if you had something more substantial (like an interview with a rider or something) about riders being unhappy with things. It's very much possible significantly more than one or two riders out of the group of 30 would have had their seasons heavily compromised due to health issues. I've already mentioned Hofland, but Will Barta had a broken femur in the winter and was unable to start racing until mid April. There may have been more issues I've never heard of, just like I hadn't known about Hofland's issues until he announced his retirement. Then you have guys like Morton or Howes who have a lot of commitments outside the road so they'll naturally tend to have fewer race days on the road too.

 

[yaco]

Well, in 2020 the issues were obvious for obvious reasons.

But I wondered if you had something more substantial (like an interview with a rider or something) about riders being unhappy with things. It's very much possible significantly more than one or two riders out of the group of 30 would have had their seasons heavily compromised due to health issues. I've already mentioned Hofland, but Will Barta had a broken femur in the winter and was unable to start racing until mid April. There may have been more issues I've never heard of, just like I hadn't known about Hofland's issues until he announced his retirement. Then you have guys like Morton or Howes who have a lot of commitments outside the road so they'll naturally tend to have fewer race days on the road too.

Docker is your case in question - 17 race days in 2020 and 2021 - He did suffer an injury during the Benelux Tour which put him out for 3 weeks before PR, BUT until this time he had 12 race days.

In another example, Nakane just rode the Japanese National Championship two weeks ago.

It's a strange situation.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Louis Vervaecke to Deceuninck Quickstep for 2 years:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1456200867405828096

View: https://twitter.com/deceuninck_qst/status/1456200867405828096?t=Nj2iwOVTZ8zeARg8LxqB3A&s=19


Interesting signing. But it's not surprising that someone like Louis is desperate to work with Fausto Masnada. (Unless Fausto is leaving )