Yes, but I would think he should have less options if his best result this year is a 4th place at a Tour of Hungry sprint.Because he somewhat fast, which is the most important thing in cycling where UCI points matter.
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Yes, but I would think he should have less options if his best result this year is a 4th place at a Tour of Hungry sprint.Because he somewhat fast, which is the most important thing in cycling where UCI points matter.
Yes, but I would think he should have less options if his best result this year is a 4th place at a Tour of Hungry sprint.
Oliver Knight as UAE stagiaire is a surprise. Has he been good at national races in France, maybe? His results on PCS are not super good, that‘s why I‘m asking.
Happy for the young man, of course.
Raccani has joined Quickstep as a stagiaire. He finished 3rd on the gc in Valle d'Aosta and is Imo the best young climber in the Italian u23 ranks.
In the junior ranks he put over 1min into Mathias Vacek on the Pasubio climb in on of the few one day races with a big mtf.
He has ridden a GT; 2019 Giro he got 3rd in a breakaway stage and came 22nd overall, and presumably some help to Sivakov in the process.I doubt Dunbar will be leading BEX at any Grand Tours - He will have the chance to lead at similar races to what he is doing at Ineos, will get the chance to ride more one day races BUT more importantly he will ride a GT which is essential in a rider's development.
Valcar's DS Davide Arzeni has promised Persico that his first grandchild will be named either Silvia or Silvio, but I'm not sure he has the authority to decide that.
The hottest transfer rumours among the women are these:
Lorena Wiebes from DSM to SD Worx, who takes advantage of a clause in her contract to make her the best paid rider in the peloton (reportedly 400000 Euros a year)
This transfer might lead to Paddy Lefevere and bis buddies buying out Lotte Kopecky and bringing her to AG Insurance - NXTG, where Jolien d'Hoore has been asked to get some star signings for their new WWT aspiring elite team.
Gaia Realini has reportedly signed for Trek, and Silvia Persico, Chiara Consonni and Eleonora Gasparrini will leave Valcar for UAE. Valcar's DS Davide Arzeni has promised Persico that his first grandchild will be named either Silvia or Silvio, but I'm not sure he has the authority to decide that. In other italian news, a new interesting project might be announced soon.
Fem van Empel to Jumbo-Visma, although I haven't seen it repeated recently.
Mavi García is set to leave UAE, and Amanda Spratt is leaving Bike Exchange. Ashleigh Moolman Pasio will continue her career, but it's not claer if it will be at SD Worx yet.
Anna Kiesenhofer will apparently be riding the Vuelta Challenge for the small Spanish Soltec team.
I've not ideas, but it sounds a reasonable prediction to me.Ciro Scognamiglio also reported last week that Letizia PAternoster would leave Trek for Bike Exchange.
Last year I successfully predicted that Julie Leth would join Uno-X. It wasn't really a huge bombshell though. My bet this year is that Uno-X will unite the silver duo by signing Amalie Dideriksen.
On the subject of d'Hoore and den Ouden's AG NXTG team, a video and press release on their website that all the riders from the Tour de France Femmes team (Wollaston, Pluimers, Borgström, Meertens, Louw, Masetti), as well as Rijnbeek and and (Britt) Knaven will move up to that team from the current u23 setup.This transfer might lead to Paddy Lefevere and bis buddies buying out Lotte Kopecky and bringing her to AG Insurance - NXTG, where Jolien d'Hoore has been asked to get some star signings for their new WWT aspiring elite team.
I googled this last month following her third place in the u23 road euros and found Dutch site quoting a report from a local dutch news site in April as the most recent thing. They were suggesting she wanted to leave earlier than when her contract expires at the end of this year, but the Pauwels Sauzen management wouldn't allow it.Fem van Empel to Jumbo-Visma, although I haven't seen it repeated recently.
No idea, he is a good rider but I don't know if Quickstep want more young climbers. Overall I think that a team like BEX could pick him up, they are (apparently) already signing Zana who is from the same town as he is and they are building a small Italian bloc inside the team.How would you rate his chances for getting a contract for next year?