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

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Vermaerke to UAE is apparently an option.

Do you have link to that rumor?

 

[Samamba]

Do you have link to that rumor?

All from Benson

so have to take most things with a grain of salt. Since he went on his own he has made a lot of mistakes. He probably gets used by agents to up the price of their riders.

The Bora-Kooij link is a pretty well known rumor behind the scenes tho, so that's correct.

 

[Filippo_3467]

Olav Kooij about to earn 9M in 3 years time. This sport is so doomed it's insane.

Red Bull main candidate, ready to ruin him. Decathlon also in the running.

Vermaerke to UAE is apparently an option.

Benson also started about Remco (and Specialized) to Ineos again btw.

They have a lot of money but not so much talent (in the aggregate not on the top of the roster) so overpaying for a rider with a relatively narrow skillset is probably the result of no big stars on the market. They ruined there relationship with Ackermann (who I think would have performed at Bora with a great leadout like van Poppel) and got no good pure bunch sprinter since then so in a way it's logical to do that. At least that could guarantee them to be relevant in a whole lot of races they can't challenge at the moment. In Kooij for classic success...never ever.

 

[hayneplane]

They have a lot of money but not so much talent (in the aggregate not on the top of the roster) so overpaying for a rider with a relatively narrow skillset is probably the result of no big stars on the market. They ruined there relationship with Ackermann (who I think would have performed at Bora with a great leadout like van Poppel) and got no good pure bunch sprinter since then so in a way it's logical to do that. At least that could guarantee them to be relevant in a whole lot of races they can't challenge at the moment. In Kooij for classic success...never ever.

It’s far too much money for someone who is not even a top 3 bunch sprinter and hasn’t demonstrated consistent classics potential.