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

[buddy buddy buddy]

wandahl is great, if you ph d level cycling nerds don't know about him you should educate yourselves

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

wandahl is great, if you ph d level cycling nerds don't know about him you should educate yourselves

I know of him: I don't recognise him by appearance, and the forename did not trigger the surname, because 95% f the time I refer to sportsmen by their surnames.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Van Baarle --> Soudal - QS

Lindsay De Vylder & Jonas Geens --> Alpecin

Source: HLN

 

[RedheadDane]

Right, this is rather random.
I was snooping around on some preliminary startlists on PCS, and noticed that Øxenberg was down for Burgos with Ineos. So I clicked his profile, and noticed that he actually hasn't been racing for Kern-Haus since 29/6, but he also hasn't been moved up to Ineos:

Peter Øxenberg

Peter Øxenberg (born 2005-10-23 in Nørreby) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Denmark, currently riding for Team Lotto Kern-Haus PSD Bank. His best results are winning a stage in Orlen Nations Grand Prix and 2nd place in Eschborn-Frankfurt U23.

www.procyclingstats.com

TEAM LOTTO KERN-HAUS PSD BANK

TEAM LOTTO KERN-HAUS PSD BANK

www.uci.org

Now, if PCS are right, and he is indeed riding Burgos with Ineos, then I guess we can expect a "Peter moves to WorldTeam!" announcement soon. And then poor AC will get all confused about who the heck 'Peter' is...

 

[Roku]

Weirdest transfer of the season: Filippo Fiorelli signs for Visma.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Weirdest transfer of the season: Filippo Fiorelli signs for Visma.

Budget Van Aert and real Van Aert finally united!

 

[RedheadDane]

Budget Van Aert and real Van Aert finally united!

Who's who?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Budget Van Aert and real Van Aert finally united!

It still won't beat Ganna and Zana if they get united as well.

 

[laarsland]

Van Baarle --> Soudal - QS

Lindsay De Vylder & Jonas Geens --> Alpecin

Source: HLN

Lindsay being a male rider still results in double takes from me.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wasn't he called Lindsay Bob De Vylder, or was that an error someone had made once like with Latour?
His Dutch Wiki page says he has some other middle names.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Wasn't he called Lindsay Bob De Vylder, or was that an error someone had made once like with Latour?
His Dutch Wiki page says he has some other middle names.

As long as he is not called Wouter Lambertus Martinus Henricus…

 

[Samu Cuenca]

As long as he is not called Wouter Lambertus Martinus Henricus…

Only Dutch parents would give their child such a pretty name.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Rabobank and Nike must've demanded the statement signing of Fiorelli as a clause for joining up. Now we're talking.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Weirdest transfer of the season: Filippo Fiorelli signs for Visma.

Finally a proper transfer man this is what it's all about. Fiorelli is gonna be the Italian Laporte. Amazing. Thought he was the kind of rider bound for Ineos like langelotti and Oscar Rodriguez.

Starting to like Visma's transfer policy.none of this investing in big young talents nonsense. Real transfers signing random established riders and hoping they work . Much more entertaining.

Would be nice to see what he can do with belge pozzato riding for him

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Lindsay being a male rider still results in double takes from me.

Historically, it was a male English/Scottish name derived from Lincolnshire if I'm not mistaken

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Lindsay being a male rider still results in double takes from me.

Wait til you hear about Fleetwood Mac.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Very bad sign for the state of the sport when a team with Van der Poel and Philipsen can't find a sponsor, we have not seen the like since HTC folded 14 years ago. Between this and the Tour viewership numbers (which are down literally everywhere), it's clear that the current era is turning into an abject disaster in all aspects.

The problem is that the usual suspects will treat this as a sign that teams need the greater security afforded by their packagable One Cycling super league private members' club that they can sell off to the highest bidder à la F1, yet it's the fact that all the best riders are tied up into a small handful of teams that is causing the issue for viewership and driving up the cost of sponsoring a competitive team, leading more successful teams to be reduced to also-rans or struggle to hold on to sponsors that will enable them to keep operating at a competitive level.

 

[laarsland]

Wait til you hear about Fleetwood Mac.

Under the skin was good, not great from Lindsey.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Under the skin was good, not great from Lindsey.

I'm one of those hipsters that prefers Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green.

Though "Landslide" is a great song.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Rabobank and Nike must've demanded the statement signing of Fiorelli as a clause for joining up. Now we're talking.

Honestly, Fiorelli might improve a lot after joining a big team and leaving Bardiani (see Pellizzari).

 

[laarsland]

I'm one of those hipsters that prefers Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green.

Though "Landslide" is a great song.

The coke-albums are evergreens. I find Lindsey’s solo output to be the most interesting.

Special shout for Stevie Nix perhaps being the best track on «Separation Sunday» by The Hold Steady. Lord, to be 33 forever.

 

[search]

Honestly, Fiorelli might improve a lot after joining a big team and leaving Bardiani (see Pellizzari).

maybe, yeah. Or he just replaces van der Sande.

 

[Ulfhednar]

I'm one of those hipsters that prefers Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green.

Though "Landslide" is a great song.

I'm no hipster, but I prefer the Peter Green version as well. I think the music is simply much better!