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

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Nothing to my knowledge. So I don't think this is because they have a deal but they want to publish it at a certain day. My reading from the public comments of Palzer would be that he wants to continue cycling (main goal riding the Giro). So therefore I think it comes down to Bora making a decision which will also consider his value for the brand. My guess they will keep him (there are not that many good transfer targets on the market anyway). But on the other hand he is still very raw at the moment and hardly a WT level rider imo. The watts are there, but as we could see in the Deutschland Tour the team couldn't get any value out of him riding there. If they are serious about contending in a GT there is no reason bringing him to the Giro and possibly leaving someone like Denz, Zwiehoff or Aleotti at home.

I‘m also quite certain that Bora will keep Palzer. Denk seems to be a rather big fan of him, and I think he‘s right.

Palzer is something like Bora‘s Roglic, if you consider Palzer‘s story and recent development. This achievement of 2021 (riding his first ever bike race, then finishing the Vuelta few months after) is something absolutely great, one can only be full of praise.

In 2022, his first full season, he achieved Top-25s in the final GC of Algarve, Catalunya and Wallonie. These are very, very good results.

I think his talent (also for cycling), his spirit (works hard, and loyal domestique if needed) and his impressive story, then also his roots in the home of Bora-Hansgrohe, make him the perfect choice for his team. His story with his team has just begun, and rider and team probably cannot wait to see and experience where this journey will take them…

 

[Valv.Piti]

Harm Vanhoucke to DSM. I bet he said to himself: "What could be the harm in that?"

He'll be wiser in half a year.

Most likely outcome is him getting back pains the whole of next season as a result of team management refusing to change the mutually agreed upon saddle height.

EDIT: And if he finally gets back, lets say for TdF, he will be called back from a succesfull breakdue to the team thinking their sprinter ace extraordinaire Cees Bol has a better shot at the finish. And should the unthinkable thing happen, and he will be firing on all cylinders come mid august, he will be snubbed for the Vuelta team since he only signed a 1-year contract, as the team felt Casper van Uden and Niklas Märkl where the safer cards to play in term of long term developement, only for said riders to leave the next season again as they got snubbed of their season's targets since they didnt renew immediately, and so the cycle continues.

Moral of the story? Don't sign for a team led by lunatics and extremists.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Most likely outcome is him getting back pains the whole of next season as a result of team management refusing to change the mutually agreed upon saddle height.

EDIT: And if he finally gets back, lets say for TdF, he will be called back from a succesfull breakdue to the team thinking their sprinter ace extraordinaire Cees Bol has a better shot at the finish. And should the unthinkable thing happen, and he will be firing on all cylinders come mid august, he will be snubbed for the Vuelta team since he only signed a 1-year contract, as the team felt Casper van Uden and Niklas Märkl where the safer cards to play in term of long term developement, only for said riders to leave the next season again as they got snubbed of their season's targets since they didnt renew immediately, and so the cycle continues.

Moral of the story? Don't sign for a team led by lunatics and extremists.

At least now they'll ride for Dainese, since he won that Giro stage where he was supposed to lead out Bol, but the later had bad legs andd the swapped positions.

Still, the team seems to be a bunch of nutjobs.

 

[Phillip O'Garner]

Not seen it mentioned here, but apparently Connor Swift to Ineos.

 

[yaco]

Ineos is one of the last teams, Swift should be considering - He'll be well down the pecking order, while at Arkea he'll be a leader and have a race program more suited to his needs.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Any rumors about Cav?

 

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Any rumors about Cav?

B&B Hotels, same as before:

VeloNews understand that Cavendish personally approached Ineos about a possible return to the team but that they declined to move the discussions forward. Trek-Segafredo is almost full for next year, while EF’s stance on the possible move has cooled since the Tour de France.

Paris Cycling Club, currently racing as B&B Hotels-KTM, has confirmed extra investment for next season and Cavendish has been on the team’s radar all summer. The French squad has already recruited five riders from the WorldTour, including Cees Bol and Ramon Sinkeldam. Nick Shultz [sic] is also set to be announced in the coming weeks with the team confirming to VeloNews that plans will be made public from September 15 onwards. [...]

“We are talking,” Pineau said when asked about the possibility of signing Cavendish.

“But he’s not one of the five who have already signed. I’d really like Cavendish to come to us, but it’s complicated. It looks like negotiations around a football player. He would like to come to us, but he also does not want to come on retreat to us. If he comes, it will be to win. Let’s say the odds are now 50-50.”

Jérôme Pineau: Signing Mark Cavendish is 50-50 right now

Veteran sprinter is still on the market and talking to Paris Cycling Club for 2023.

www.velonews.com

 

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Ineos is one of the last teams, Swift should be considering - He'll be well down the pecking order, while at Arkea he'll be a leader and have a race program more suited to his needs.

I think it's a good move for him. With van Baarle (and potentially Narvaez) out, there's plenty of room for opportunities in the classics, and I'd think there is no doubt that Ineos has much more abilities to max out a rider's potential than Arkea.

 

[Wyndbrook]

I think it's a good move for him. With van Baarle (and potentially Narvaez) out, there's plenty of room for opportunities in the classics, and I'd think there is no doubt that Ineos has much more abilities to max out a rider's potential than Arkea.

I can certainly see why Ineos would be interested.
He is leaving Arkea at the end of this season, joining Ineos will bring financial benefits, much better personal support, and I also think enhanced opportunities.
I,m sure he ambitious and backs himself to improve. He would also be working with Roger Hammond again.

 

[Lexman]

Robbe Ghys not to DSM but to Alpecin https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20220831_95697337

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Lippert to Movistar. Very good signing for them, although I'm actually not too thrilled that AVV now has a superdomestique at her side - the one day classics were often nicely open because other teams did throw strength in numbers at her.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Femke Markus and Mischa Bredewold will leave Parkhotel Valkenburg and join SD Worx to strengthen their Wiebes leadout train.

Liane Lippert, who I saw as a possible new leader at Ceratizit, has signed with Movistar instead. She will certainly become a key helper for Van Vleuten, plus she might be able to benefit from other riders looking at AVV. She should also get her own chances in smaller races, and if she performs well, there's a leader spot up for grabs after next season, unless AVV decides to continue for a little longer.

DSM have signed a lot of young talent for the coming years, but Labous might find herself isolated many times next season.

 

[yaco]

I am interested to see who else joins DSM because as it stands Labous will be their oldest rider at 24 - Lippert is an excelling signing for Movistar, seeing they target the hiller stage races on the calendar - She'll step into a leadership role in such races as Suisse/Romandie and will get one of the three GT's.

 

[DNP-Old]

The Kiwi Express continues to ooze in talent. Lewis Bower will join the FDJ program, following in the footsteps of Reuben Thompson and Laurence Pithie. Despite his very small frame a very complete rider. He can climb, he has a very decent ITT and he's not the first guy you want to take to the line after a hard race. He was developed in New Zealand by Fruzio, the same team behind Robert Stannard, Finn Fisher-Black and Reuben Thompson, and now doing very well with EFC in Belgium.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Liane should fit in nicely at Movistar. She's an excellent puncheuse who is at her best on short and also inconsistent climbs, and if anywhere in the world fits the description for that it's Spain.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I am interested to see who else joins DSM because as it stands Labous will be their oldest rider at 24 - Lippert is an excelling signing for Movistar, seeing they target the hiller stage races on the calendar - She'll step into a leadership role in such races as Suisse/Romandie and will get one of the three GT's.

Hopefully none, if the women team of DSM is just somewhat similar to the men's sorry outfit. The staff of that team makes the leaders of Taliban seem like reasonable people.

 

[yaco]

Hopefully none, if the women team of DSM is just somewhat similar to the men's sorry outfit. The staff of that team makes the leaders of Taliban seem like reasonable people.

What a misinformed post - The DSM women's team is nothing like the men's team.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Hopefully none, if the women team of DSM is just somewhat similar to the men's sorry outfit. The staff of that team makes the leaders of Taliban seem like reasonable people.

It doesn't seem like there are any major problems within the women's team. Lippert has been with them for six seasons, Leah Kirchmann, who's retiring after this season, for seven years, Julia Soek, who retired after last season, was there for eight years, Floortje Mackaij, who's also leaving, has been there for nine years, and Wiebes is leaving teams at the same speed as she is sprinting.

And Lippert's boyfriend, Niklas Märkl, has extended his contract after five years under their regime, so not everyone is unhappy, though it's obviously clear that their management style don't fit all riders.

 

[staubsauger]

Seriously if they would threat their female riders like some of their men, DSM nowadays might face litigation for abuse & assault!

 

[Valv.Piti]

Seriously if they would threat their female riders like some of their men, DSM nowadays might face litigation for abuse & assault!

Im still mindblown they haven't been sued yet!

 

[postmanhat]

Ineos is one of the last teams, Swift should be considering - He'll be well down the pecking order, while at Arkea he'll be a leader and have a race program more suited to his needs.

Agreed. Have always liked Swift and found it odd that Ineos didn't try to sign him after he won the British Nationals as a conti rider in 2018. But Arkea turned out to be the perfect home for him with the French Cup and Belgian races. No idea why he'd go to Ineos now except for the money? Unless Ineos are going to change their calendar and start riding Tro-Bro, Hageland etc. It's possible given that they're continuing to build a very good young classics team.

 

[RedheadDane]

So, I don't think it's been mentioned, but Coop - the men's team - is ceasing operations after the weekend.
Which puts Eirik Lunder in the rather unique - and unfortunate - situation of having been on two teams that folded in the same year!

Of the 12 riders currently contracted with Coop, only Bendixen has - officially - found a new team.

 

[laarsland]

Stokbro deserves a shot with a ProTeam.

 

[RedheadDane]

Stokbro deserves a shot with a ProTeam.

There was an article on Feltet.dk a few days ago, where he mentioned that he has already spoken to several teams. Though, it doesn't specify the levels of those teams.

Stokbro bekræfter: Har talt med flere hold | Feltet.dk

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Of the 12 riders currently contracted with Coop, only Bendixen has - officially - found a new team.

It may possibly have been internally known for longer, but if not wasn't it only annouced publicly earlier this week? While the squad has some good riders, I think it would probably take longer than 4 or 5 days for agents to make teams get their cheque book out.