Zdenek Stybar (Jayco) almost certain to retire after Tour of Guangxi: https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/th...-zdenek-stybar-nears-exit-at-tour-of-guangxi/
Quite a good day for Polish cycling fans, I guess. Maciejuk staying in WT didn't look that certain a few months ago.
Lotto should sign him, he can still deliver points and could be valuable guide for their younger riders. As of now their only experienced climbers are De Gendt and Sepulveda. And even tho I like both I don't see them guiding LvE to a 5th in Paris-Nice.Ben Hermans is still without a team for 2024, after not getting prolonged by IPT. He says the situation currently is particularly difficult, as after the transfer market had come to a standstill due to the merger rumors, many younger rider have panicked and are willing to sign for peanuts
https://pressreader.com/article/282153590941231
Lotto should sign him, he can still deliver points and could be valuable guide for their younger riders. As of now their only experienced climbers are De Gendt and Sepulveda. And even tho I like both I don't see them guiding LvE to a 5th in Paris-Nice.
Or, he could end up at WB, they like to sign riders like him.
I hope he continues, he might just be the most criminally underrated Belgian cyclist of the 21st century.
I mean, he was a talented climber in the u23 ranks.Their "Intermarché-Circus-Wanty welcomes a highly-talented climber. We will unleash his full potential" tweet certainly sounds like they believe Jayco couldn't - for whatever reason.
Really?Having Rui Costa and Carapaz on the same team, Vaughters is assembling the Al-Qaeda cycling branch.
That's a very un-EF-like transfer.
Rui Costa rumoured to EF:
That would be a very un-EF-like transfer.
FIFY.
Sure, it might indeed be that it's EF he's signed with, but nothing has been confirmed.
How is this generally going for you?
Apart from the merger, everytime you do this, it is made public shortly after.
Maybe just accept that there are sources near the teams that know better than you.
There's nothing wrong with Rasmus and it isn't my source.In this case, the source is someone working at Ekstra Bladet, so... yeah... I have my doubts.
And as for the supposed merger; that seems to be a case of someone working behind the scenes to avoid a horrible situation.
There's nothing wrong with Rasmus and it isn't my source.
Then what is your source?
Again; sure, it might be that it is indeed EF Costa has signed for, or it might not... we just don't know.
It wasn't my post.
No, but the likelihood is probably close to 100, no reason to act like it's 50-50 and think that every journalist just spouts crap and lies for no reason.
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/rui-costa-signs-for-ef-education-easypost-for-2024
"However, none of the rumours were confirmed and it is now certain that Rui Costa will have as teammates the Danes Michael Valgren and Mikkel Honore, in the North American EF Education EasyPost.
The length of the contract has not yet been revealed, but it's safe to say that it will be for one season, the 15th of his World Tour career."
Interesting also that ICW have financial short fall because of the new sponsor laws about betting companies.
The former 2013 World Champion, now 37, rode his last race for Intermarché - Circus - Wanty in Il Lombardia a few days ago and afterwards his manager, João Correia, made it clear that it would not be possible for him to remain in the Belgian project because of financial problems that meant there was no good understanding, even though there was publicly declared mutual love between the parties.
Obviously just a translation of the EB source. Why else would the specifically name the Danish teammates he's supposedly having for next year.
Also, dunno where the translated version got this bit from:
Clearly he didn't... so, what else don't they know?
How is this generally going for you?
Apart from the merger, everytime you do this, it is made public shortly after.
Maybe just accept that there are sources near the teams that know better than you.