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

[Brullnux]

WVA signed a new contract with Jumbo-Visma that goes on indefinitely

Uniek: Wout van Aert tekent ‘levenslang’ bij Visma | Lease a Bike

Wout van Aert heeft een contract voor onbepaalde tijd met Visma | Lease a Bike getekend. De Belgische topwielrenner had al een contract met het Nederlandse WorldTeam tot eind 2026. Nu is dit tot onbepaalde tijd omgezet en heeft Van Aert de intentie om zijn carrière bij Visma | Lease a Bike te beëi

www.wielerflits.be

Isn't this just a normal employment contract with a notice period of some kind?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1836329362511024181

View: https://x.com/decathlonAG2RLM/status/1836329362511024181


Seixas is a so big talent.
And second rider ( like Philipsen) who jump from junior team to WT - directly.

Rest guys from devo to WT.

I think that more and more young players will go straight to WT, whether it is beneficial for them - we will see.The next strong talents from 2007 are Ashlin Barry (will probably go to EF), and Jan Jackowiak (in the junior team - Bahrain).

Really gets my back up when a PR department are meant to be communicating information, and they refer to people by their Twitter handles rather than their names. You are giving me information: I shouldn't have to research (no matter how easy it is) to see who you are talking about.

And while I'm having a rant: what's this NewGen? Not in the name of any of your teams, not on their jerseys, not used by any results service, not in their UCI registration. Stop throwing meaningless words at us.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

WVA signed a new contract with Jumbo-Visma that goes on indefinitely

Uniek: Wout van Aert tekent ‘levenslang’ bij Visma | Lease a Bike

Wout van Aert heeft een contract voor onbepaalde tijd met Visma | Lease a Bike getekend. De Belgische topwielrenner had al een contract met het Nederlandse WorldTeam tot eind 2026. Nu is dit tot onbepaalde tijd omgezet en heeft Van Aert de intentie om zijn carrière bij Visma | Lease a Bike te beëi

www.wielerflits.be

Chris Froome is fuming

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Really gets my back up when a PR department are meant to be communicating information, and they refer to people by their Twitter handles rather than their names. You are giving me information: I shouldn't have to research (no matter how easy it is) to see who you are talking about.

And while I'm having a rant: what's this NewGen? Not in the name of any of your teams, not on their jerseys, not used by any results service, not in their UCI registration. Stop throwing meaningless words at us.

 

[ciranda]

Really gets my back up when a PR department are meant to be communicating information, and they refer to people by their Twitter handles rather than their names. You are giving me information: I shouldn't have to research (no matter how easy it is) to see who you are talking about.

And while I'm having a rant: what's this NewGen? Not in the name of any of your teams, not on their jerseys, not used by any results service, not in their UCI registration. Stop throwing meaningless words at us.

you can see the names next to the picture

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

you can see the names next to the picture

yes, but why not just tell us. That is their job.

If they want to link to their feed as additional info, fine. But that is not the main purpose of the post.

 

[Potomac]

Really gets my back up when a PR department are meant to be communicating information, and they refer to people by their Twitter handles rather than their names. You are giving me information: I shouldn't have to research (no matter how easy it is) to see who you are talking about.

And while I'm having a rant: what's this NewGen? Not in the name of any of your teams, not on their jerseys, not used by any results service, not in their UCI registration. Stop throwing meaningless words at us.

We need more rants on this forum.

Tell t hat NewGen to get off my lawn.

 

[RedheadDane]

yes, but why not just tell us. That is their job.

They are telling us... by having the names next to the picture.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

What's even worse is that only 2 of the 5 have their X handles listed and the other 3 have real names. Make up your mind for once! And even worse than that, I see the number 6 mentioned in multiple posts on the previous page and then Decathlon gives us only 5 riders. Why do they need to resort to bait-and-switch deceitfulness?

 

[RedheadDane]

What's even worse is that only 2 of the 5 have their X handles listed and the other 3 have real names. Make up your mind for once!

Could be that the three of them just aren't on X.

 

[yaco]

Oscar Chamberlain is super-talented and could make a mark in 2025.

 

[Lexman]

Bingoal and Wagner/Bazin said they would merge from next year on, normally at the end of august a meeting would take place at Bingoal, would someone have news concerning this merger?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Skylar Schneider returns to SD Worx. I know she did train with them earlier in the year, but when I saw her post she had ridden her last race for Miami Blazers, I thought it was more likely she would retire to focus on her and her sister's bakery business.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1836402976828576184

View: https://x.com/teamsdworx/status/1836402976828576184

 

[Wyndbrook]

Could be that the three of them just aren't on X.

Well that's just disjointed, should be all or nothing. PR dept needs to sort it out.
I agree with Armchair, as an oldie, communication like this annoys me.

 

[Raf]

In my opinion, however, the situation of Seixas or Philipsen is different than, for example, AJ August or Storm.Lidl or Decathlon have their own development teams,Ineos did not and still does not have them.But when I look at Storm or August, I do not know if such a development season would not be useful for their development.You also have to look at the calendar. Ineos has very few low category races where they could try, Decathlon WT has more, but I have concerns whether their development will not slow down a bit.Let's look at Widar, Isidora Noe in U23 races, and let's see where Storm or August are.

 

[yaco]

What a weird signing by SD Worx. Schneider has never shown the appetite to race in Europe and she hardly set the world on fire in her previous stint with the team.

 

[Rackham]

WVA signed a new contract with Jumbo-Visma that goes on indefinitely

Uniek: Wout van Aert tekent ‘levenslang’ bij Visma | Lease a Bike

Wout van Aert heeft een contract voor onbepaalde tijd met Visma | Lease a Bike getekend. De Belgische topwielrenner had al een contract met het Nederlandse WorldTeam tot eind 2026. Nu is dit tot onbepaalde tijd omgezet en heeft Van Aert de intentie om zijn carrière bij Visma | Lease a Bike te beëi

www.wielerflits.be

It's because there was a typo on his contract. He signed until 28... aka 2128.

Now Plugge is royally screwed.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What a weird signing by SD Worx. Schneider has never shown the appetite to race in Europe and she hardly set the world on fire in her previous stint with the team.

It's said in the press release that she indeed wasn't ready to race in Europe when she first arrived there as a teenager, but she is at a completely different stage of her life now and is obviously not signed to be a future star this time around either.

It probably also says something about what's left of SDW's budget for next season. Unlike FDJ, which seems to have almost unlimited funds.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1836435436983439554

View: https://x.com/FDJ_SUEZ/status/1836435436983439554

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

It's because there was a typo on his contract. He signed until 28... aka 2128.

Now Plugge is royally screwed.

I presume the contract puts some requirements on him that he may find difficult to fulfil long before they get to that fate.

 

[Rackham]

I presume the contract puts some requirements on him that he may find difficult to fulfil long before they get to that fate.

Don't worry, Van Aert has done the whole 'old man crushes it on a bike' routine already:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYVI_xfuj4w

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I presume the contract puts some requirements on him that he may find difficult to fulfil long before they get to that fate.

Not necessarily, the likes of Winston Bogarde and Bobby Bonilla happened for a reason.

 

[RedheadDane]

I presume the contract puts some requirements on him that he may find difficult to fulfil long before they get to that fate.

Samu recently made me aware of this guy:

Konny Looser

Konny Looser (born 1989-03-06, passed away 1989-03-06) was a road racing cyclist from Switzerland, active between 2005 and 2024. His best results are 15th place in stage Istarsko ProljeÄe - Istrian Spring Trophy and 20th place in stage Istarsko ProljeÄe - Istrian Spring Trophy.

www.procyclingstats.com

Maybe Van Aert could get some tips...

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

The rené you want:

Don't worry, Van Aert has done the whole 'old man crushes it on a bike' routine already:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYVI_xfuj4w

The rené you get:

 

[JR1012]

It probably also says something about what's left of SDW's budget for next season. Unlike FDJ, which seems to have almost unlimited funds.

Or if the top riders don't want to sign for them because of all the mess happened.
But i agree, we probably won't see big signings by SD Worx this year.

For FDJ, I am wondering if the Vollering deal will happen because of all the transfers they did.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Or if the top riders don't want to sign for them because of all the mess happened.
But i agree, we probably won't see big signings by SD Worx this year.

For FDJ, I am wondering if the Vollering deal will happen because of all the transfers they did.

I doubt they'd have the money for all these riders if the Vollering/Specialized deal wasn't happening, but losing CUL, Cavalli and Brown will of course have freed up some resources.