The Americans can always follow Barry Miller to Portugal...
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Cancellara confirmed they will have 20 riders and confirmed Froidevaux, Kelemen and Voissard are staying.
It appears De Kleijn, Lucas & Jacob Eriksson, Matt Holmes, Heming, Kamp. Kluckers, Kolze Changizi, Pellaud, Pluimers, Reichenbach, Suter, Thalmann, Luc Wirtgen and Ziljaard are joining.
So if the rumours are true that would leave space for two more riders, either unknown or extension (I would be surprised if they do not retain Nils Brun)
Aspiring ProTeam for 2023, Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling have announced 3 new signings on Instagram:
2 from WiV SunGod...
Matthew Bostock - the current British criterium champion
Rory Townsend - the current Irish road champion
1 young Kiwi rider...
George Jackson - a pretty talented young sprinter.
2 from WiV SunGod...
Matthew Bostock - the current British criterium champion
Rory Townsend - the current Irish road champion
1 young Kiwi rider...
George Jackson - a pretty talented young sprinter.
Some news from previous days:
1. Savio could be announcing the merger with a Colombian conti team this week. He will only be able to take Benedetti with him from the italian contigent of the team (as well as Ciucarelli who is a new signing). Zardini and Chirico are retiring while other italian riders are searching for teams. Corratec might be an option for some of them.
2. Pozzovivo expects to sign his contract (presumably renewal with Wanty) this week.
3. Sources report Axel Laurence could be heading to INEOS if B&B finally folds, with Bonnamour and Mozzato already with a guaranteed spot in another roster (unknown if top or second division)
1. Savio could be announcing the merger with a Colombian conti team this week. He will only be able to take Benedetti with him from the italian contigent of the team (as well as Ciucarelli who is a new signing). Zardini and Chirico are retiring while other italian riders are searching for teams. Corratec might be an option for some of them.
2. Pozzovivo expects to sign his contract (presumably renewal with Wanty) this week.
3. Sources report Axel Laurence could be heading to INEOS if B&B finally folds, with Bonnamour and Mozzato already with a guaranteed spot in another roster (unknown if top or second division)
Is the Colombian Savio team going to stay Pro Continental or is the merger a little too late as Jojo Levesque would say?
I would love to see a few WT crits. I've been watching the British criterium championship the last few years -- great fun. On the right course, it would be a real crowd-pleaser. of course the traditionalists would howl that you're Americanizing the sport, but can you imagine punchy riders like MvDp, Pidcock, Alaf, even a Gaudu mixing it up on a 2 km city course with elevation changes, tight turns, maybe cobbles? Or a few versatile sprinters like Matthews?
As far as I know it's too late.
I'm a bit surprised that some decent young Colombian's have no offers to turn pro. Colpack's sprinter Nicolas Gomez had to sign with an Italian CT team and no offers for German Dario Gomez (a solid one day racer) or his teammate Pinzon (8th on the gc in the Giro di Sicilia and 3rd in the Clasico RCN). You'd think that those guys and a rider like Sanit Umba would get a chance at PCT level, despite the later having a rather bad season after a promising 2021.
The team will be Conti and mainly based on Colombian riders for 2023, with the objective of returing to ProConti (or whichever name is the current second tier) for 2024 and bringing back a relevant italian contingent.
Drone Hopper signed a four year sponsorship contract and Savio wants them to put some money if the company manages to be profitable.
Yeah, according to Savio they didn't pay the team any money for 3-4 months and Sidermec was nice enough to help out so thatstaff members and riders would still get payed.
I wouldn't say that it's Americanising the sport, especially as aren't the British crits more like Belgian kermesses, with twisty courses and technical bits, rather than the American style which I associate more with the pure four-corner crit on wide open roads which are all about keeping a constant high speed, with a heavy focus on placement and slipstreaming?
I mean, I do oppose holding crits at the World Tour level as I think they're a separate form of racing (hence having their own national championships separate from the road race even though they take place on the road), but if you were going to hold them I wouldn't consider it an Americanisation unless they were all that style of crit.
Seems like useful signings for a team on the up
They also added couple more, Kiwi rider today, Josh Burnett and Jacob Scott UK.. Plus looks like might got their Pro Tour license. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=574490241347426&set=a.497851242344660
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Looking at their transfers they can sprint with 5 B sprinters instead of 3 every race next season.
I like Mozzato, i think he's underrated, but Arkea already has someone who's almost the same and better (Hofstetter).
Blackspoke just need to sign Rob Scott and Jim Brown from Wiv Sungod and that's all the British teams top riders gone! Especially as Gibson and Perry have already gone to Human Powered Health.
That's a good point, but who needs a fast guy for the cobbled classics? Israel and maybe Bahrain, with Colbrelli gone they could use another guy for the cobbles. I expect Milan to step up next year, but someone like Rajovic, a strong rouleur with a good sprint, has never really raced those kind of races before, Mozzato would be a more reliable option for them. Maybe FDJ, since he already has some experience riding for a French team and could work as a part of Demare's train, while having a more protected role in the classics that are too hard for Demare (Küng and Madouas are free to attack while he covers moves behind them).
AG2R could also do with him considering that their cobbles team is underperforming and Sarreau, Venturini and Vendrame are probably the worst trio of sprinters on any WT team that bother to have three sprinters. FDJ already have Stewart for the role you describe.
Yeah, but Vendrame has become a lot worse as a sprinter during the last season, before that he was decent for a 60kg guy, even if I always rated him higher as a stagehunter and one day racer.
Vendrame is considered a sprinter? Lawrence Naesen has a better kick than him.
And also 2017 Zwift Academy winner Ollie Jones. It's great to see him getting an opportunity at this level again.
Ok, that should be Samuele Zampelli and Stefano Museeuw.
Curse those Flemish dudes giving their sons Italian names for no good reason
You know you can just edit your posts, right? You don't have to let the entire forum see that you're confused.
I accept my mistakes like a true man. This morning I accidentaly drunk from my jar of white spirit instead of my coffeemug.
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