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Squire

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Armchair Cyclist

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Coffeeplanter said:
Since the track cycling forum is dead, I am going to post the biggest shock transfer of the day here instead: Matthew Richardson changes flag and goes from Australia to Great-Britain.
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As I said in the Track section, it is at least more honest to his background and more likely to be successful than Shane Perkins transferring to Russia.
 
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RedheadDane

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He was only supposed to join the ProTeam from 2026.
There has been a change of plans!

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Oh... apparently it's partially because the devo-team is shutting down... Luckily, it also seems he was the only rider contracted with that team for next year.
 
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Squire

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GenericBoonenFan said:
Robert Stannard joins Bahrein with immediate effect.

Source: https://www.uci.org/rider-details/148777
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Wtf.

So he was retroactively suspended for four years from 2018 to 2022, so he basically wasn't suspended at all. Weird case. So as long as your doping is far enough in the past when you get busted, it's no worries apparently.

Good rider for all the small races that Bahrain never rides.
 
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Samamba

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Can't really discuss it here cause it's pretty much clinic related, but yes, there's absolutely no point in re testing old samples if you're just only going to suspend riders retroactively for years that riders have raced normally. That's just BS. Anyways it's an odd case and the UCI is once again not transparant at all as they have basically never said what actually the violation was exactly.

For Bahrain not a bad transfer (if you ignore their image, but I guess that was already bad anyways), but I agree with Squire, not the guy to perform in the WT probably and Bahrain doesn't ride small races.
 
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There is something profoundly strange in the pro bike racing DNA. There is some version of the old saying, keep doing what you are doing, going to keep getting what you are getting!! I see the landscape and see emerging talent, even from places nobody would expect, but quality prospects are popping up!! Why would teams want to re-taste, revisit tainted goods? Is the talent pool that shallow that teams need to sign obviously floating turds?
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GenericBoonenFan

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Samamba said:
Can't really discuss it here cause it's pretty much clinic related, but yes, there's absolutely no point in re testing old samples if you're just only going to suspend riders retroactively for years that riders have raced normally. That's just BS. Anyways it's an odd case and the UCI is once again not transparant at all as they have basically never said what actually the violation was exactly.

For Bahrain not a bad transfer (if you ignore their image, but I guess that was already bad anyways), but I agree with Squire, not the guy to perform in the WT probably and Bahrain doesn't ride small races.
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Tbh, the main takeaway for me is probably that it is hard to (dis)prove wether or not your clean if you only get notified two years later that you tested posititve.
Anyway, decent pick-up by Bahrain, maybe they'll actually ride some more races next season
 
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A decent signing by Jayco who will assist their poor Classics squad. The next transfer season is the one where Jayco will move with Matthews, Groenwegen and Ewan out of contract. And only one of these will be renewed.
 
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