- Feb 10, 2015
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Don't worry, Nippo will sign with him and Vaughters will destroy another team in order to save his, just like he did with Drapac.
I don't blame him after FDJ nearly destroyed his own team in the past after luring BigMat away from the agreed deal with him.
- Apr 10, 2019
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Jokes aside, Nakane is by far the best Japanese rider who's competing under the Nippo banner. He's a sprinter/fast guy who climbs really well. 6th on gc in the Tour de Langkawi this year and 6th in the Japan Cup last year, ahead of guys like Powless and Gesink.
He's competitive at PCT level and if he's the guy that you're sending to the smaller Asian races for the sponsors it's a good option. Of course it's different if he ends up being the token Japanese rider that they bring to the Tour for the sponsor, but overall he's a good rider.
Nippo, at the end of 2019 signed 1 (one) year deal with Delko Marseille valid for 2020. and yes check the following post about when Big-Mat left him almost high and dry
- Feb 10, 2015
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Interesting how only climbers have left AG2R so far and only non-climbers have been contracted. A full change of direction for the team.
Sep Vanmarcke is off to Israel Start Up Nation as per his Instagram post. EF lose another rider
- Jan 3, 2019
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"He's bringing the winning spirit to our team", says Sylvan Adams.
Well, eh ... Nothing against Sep, I even grant him a big win, but, ehm...
- Apr 10, 2019
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Yeah, that's like saying you're happy to have a teamplayer like GvA on your team.
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Ask McEwen, Evans, Porte, Hushovd, Roelandts, Van Aert and even friggin' Gilbert how much of a teamplayer Greg is. The guy threw away multiple victories for egoPhil.
- Feb 10, 2015
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Just to annoy you they publicly announced Ben O’Connor.
- Mar 15, 2010
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Gino Mäder ex NTT to Bahrain
Andre Carvalho ex Hagens Berman to Cofidis.
Andre Carvalho ex Hagens Berman to Cofidis.
- May 5, 2010
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Rumour: Valgren to EF.
www.feltet.dk
Medie: Valgren bliver holdkammerat med Cort
Det store hollandske medie Wielerflits sender Michael Valgren fra NTT Pro Cycling til EF Pro Cycling. Amerikanerne har ikke bekræftet skiftet
- Mar 26, 2015
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Rumour: Valgren to EF.
Medie: Valgren bliver holdkammerat med Cort
Det store hollandske medie Wielerflits sender Michael Valgren fra NTT Pro Cycling til EF Pro Cycling. Amerikanerne har ikke bekræftet skiftet
That would be the best possible transfer for him in my book, with his old teammate Breschel as the DS
I’d like to see him, Bettiol and Cort do the Ardennes classics together.... Maybe even bring Carthy along.
EF are going to sign someone good.
It makes sense, though, doesn't it? Nippo is set to join as a co-sponsor and they've lost so many riders on presumably high contracts and were even compensated for Martinez, so they should have some money left.
I was hoping for this all along since it was announced that NTT would quit, although recently I was rooting more for climbing-focused signigs and was disappointed to read that O'Connor and Mader have signed elsewhere but I would definetely welcome Valgren.
Though with him, Cort, Bettiol and Bissegger it seems like a bit heavy on similar type of riders while lacking in other departments. Maybe they've been inspired by Sunweb who had a great TdF with a bunch of similar type of riders as well.
It makes sense, though, doesn't it? Nippo is set to join as a co-sponsor and they've lost so many riders on presumably high contracts and were even compensated for Martinez, so they should have some money left.
I was hoping for this all along since it was announced that NTT would quit, although recently I was rooting more for climbing-focused signigs and was disappointed to read that O'Connor and Mader have signed elsewhere but I would definetely welcome Valgren.
Though with him, Cort, Bettiol and Bissegger it seems like a bit heavy on similar type of riders while lacking in other departments. Maybe they've been inspired by Sunweb who had a great TdF with a bunch of similar type of riders as well.
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- Aug 31, 2019
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Lopez likely heading to Movistar. A great signing which makes a lot more sense than Lopez to Ag2r or something, which would really be a "PCM transfer"
View: https://twitter.com/cirogazzetta/status/1319908266034561024?s=20
- Jun 24, 2013
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There's a rumour making the rounds on Twitter today that Aru might join Alpecin-Fenix
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- May 19, 2014
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