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

[Eddy Evenepoel]

There is also Alexander Kamp whose personality apparently is so tough to live with that a Danish national title, a podium in Bretagne Classic and a fifth in Amstel is not enough for Trek to want to extend his contract.

Could he be a great fit for Uno-X?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Could he be a great fit for Uno-X?

I hope they don't sign too many riders in their late 20s or early 30s. There's not much #development in that.
I'm not a big fan of Kamp's personality either, but it can't be denied that he's a pretty good rider on his best days and that he would strengthen the team.

Jakob Egholm could be another potential signing for them, and his brother Kristian could join their development team.

 

[DNP-Old]

There is also Alexander Kamp whose personality apparently is so tough to live with that a Danish national title, a podium in Bretagne Classic and a fifth in Amstel is not enough for Trek to want to extend his contract.

Could you elaborate on this personality matter? My interest has peaked.

 

[tobydawq]

Could you elaborate on this personality matter? My interest has peaked.

I think he's just a guy with his own ideas of doing things. He doesn't have much interest in helping others. When he won the national title and when he was fifth in Amstel he went out of his way in the post-race interviews to sound like it meant absolutely nothing to him. I have also heard that he sometimes suddenly travels to Colombia of all places for long training periods which apparently have not been cleared with the team - I don't know much about this particular thing, though.

 

[Valv.Piti]

In this day and age with UCI points, relegations and so on, not signing Kamp sounds pretty stupid. He's a very good one-day racer and can get lots of good secondary places in big races, but probably not much more than that (which should be valuable in its own right). Not a great helper, not consistent in stage racing, apparently a funky personality... sure, who cares? He has the ability to net you a good amount of points for probably not that much.

 

[tobydawq]

In this day and age with UCI points, relegations and so on, not signing Kamp sounds pretty stupid. He's a very good one-day racer and can get lots of good secondary places in big races, but probably not much more than that (which should be valuable in its own right). Not a great helper, not consistent in stage racing, apparently a funky personality... sure, who cares? He has the ability to net you a good amount of points for probably not that much.

Well, DSM will probably not be too interested...

 

[Samamba]

Milan Menten to Lotto DSTNY.

Bingoal basically lost all of their best riders Lotto en Intermarché.

Well apart from the goat Bas Tietema ofcourse

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

I think he's just a guy with his own ideas of doing things. He doesn't have much interest in helping others. When he won the national title and when he was fifth in Amstel he went out of his way in the post-race interviews to sound like it meant absolutely nothing to him. I have also heard that he sometimes suddenly travels to Colombia of all places for long training periods which apparently have not been cleared with the team - I don't know much about this particular thing, though.

Sounds like a bad fit for Uno-X then.

 

[tobydawq]

Sounds like a bad fit for Uno-X then.

Yeah, I think he could go to Astana or something like that.

 

[wansteadimp]

I think he's just a guy with his own ideas of doing things. He doesn't have much interest in helping others. When he won the national title and when he was fifth in Amstel he went out of his way in the post-race interviews to sound like it meant absolutely nothing to him. I have also heard that he sometimes suddenly travels to Colombia of all places for long training periods which apparently have not been cleared with the team - I don't know much about this particular thing, though.

Sounds perfect for DSM.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Well, DSM will probably not be too interested...

On the other hand a team like Movistar that lets riders do their own thing sounds like a good fit for him.

 

[Billie]

A Danish rider taking trips to South America without his team knowing. Must be a first

 

[tobydawq]

A Danish rider taking trips to South America without his team knowing. Must be a first

The Danish Betancur.

 

[Valv.Piti]

The Danish Betancur.

I think he's referring to a certain Michael Rasmussen...

 

[ciranda]

Trek extended his first two year deal so can't be that bad. He started traveling to Colombia after he got to know Simon Pellaud of course.

 

[tobydawq]

I think he's referring to a certain Michael Rasmussen...

Mexico is in South America now?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Mexico is in South America now?

No, Mexico ligger i Spanien

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Milan Menten to Lotto DSTNY.

Bingoal basically lost all of their best riders Lotto en Intermarché.

Well apart from the goat Bas Tietema ofcourse

Well, they are a development team. It's sort of their goal.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The Rasmussen joke also kind of doesn't work because Mexico was where he claimed he was, but wasn't.

 

[staubsauger]

The Rasmussen joke also kind of doesn't work because Mexico was where he claimed he was, but wasn't.

Didn't Breukink in fact also knew chicken trained in the Dolomites?

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Didn't Breukink in fact also knew chicken trained in the Dolomites?

It was Davide Cassani that Rasmussen bumped into on that fatal training ride when he claimed he was out of reach in Mexico.

 

[Lexman]

Milan Menten to Lotto DSTNY.

Bingoal basically lost all of their best riders Lotto en Intermarché.

Well apart from the goat Bas Tietema ofcourse

you have source? no mention on wielerflits, or Sportwereld or PCS...

 

[Samamba]

you have source? no mention on wielerflits, or Sportwereld or PCS...

Nieuwsblad paper version. No idea why it isn't on their website yet.

 

[Lexman]

Nieuwsblad paper version. No idea why it isn't on their website yet.

Ah ok thank you...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

On the other hand a team like Movistar that lets riders do their own thing sounds like a good fit for him.

Transfers from DSM to Movistar do seem to be in vogue - though once more it's on the women's side of the bunch, with Floortje Mackaij now signing for two years to stay with old running buddy Liane Lippert.