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

[CyclistAbi]

I think it's neither. They just recently did a very good job at developing several young riders that will all need pay rise so some of the older guys had to go to make room for it in the budget, just like Quick Step was losing strong riders year after year but still staying strong a few yers ago.

In my opinion Ineos is too big of a team for having such low ambitions. I mean it's good to have talented kids around. But i do imagine that for a team such as Ineos that is not enough. Not by a long shot.

 

[pastronef]

You do realise which team Adam is currently on, right?

not an oil money team. Ineos produces chemicals for products we use every day in every day life. even chemicals for Toray carbon in our bike frames.
Adam, until now, is a Brit in a British identity team.

 

[HelloDolly]

Roglic at 33 is not going anywhere

And the rubbish on here about Adam Yates having no passion for the sport...what alod of bull. He has signed a contract that will help him live after retitrement and why not , youd do the same . The writing is on the wall ,,Adam Yates cannot beat Jonas, Pog and alot of the young guys except maybe in one weeks so why not move

UAE will now win more races

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Every time they were exposed as a team this year it was in flat or rolling terrain.

Out of curiosity, which races and stages are you thinking about here?

 

[CyclistAbi]

Ineos should get their act together and try poaching Roglič.

 

[EliseeReclus]

not an oil money team. Ineos produces chemicals for products we use every day in every day life. even chemicals for Toray carbon in our bike frames.
Adam, until now, is a Brit in a British identity team.

Ineos are one of the major players and pushers of Fracking and has significant holdings in Oil and Gas (more on gas rather than oil though).

 

[Libertine Seguros]

not an oil money team. Ineos produces chemicals for products we use every day in every day life. even chemicals for Toray carbon in our bike frames.
Adam, until now, is a Brit in a British identity team.

But one that does have oil refinery subsidiaries through PetroIneos and is involved in fracking.

And was for many years the highest budget team in the péloton.

Yes it's British rider + British team, but he was literally riding for a big money team whose sponsor is involved in oil + gas production, so it's not some culture change selling out for Yates to sign for UAE, it's SSDD as far as he's concerned.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Jonas is at Jumbo until 2024. Remco at Quickstep until 2026.

Roglic could be cheaper and easier to get after his health management problems at Jumbo as his doctor said

For a 50+ million budget, all riders are going to be cheap, but without any GT wins for a team of climbers, it is a big loss

 

[Anderis]

In my opinion Ineos is too big of a team for having such low ambitions. I mean it's good to have talented kids around. But i do imagine that for a team such as Ineos that is not enough. Not by a long shot.

You have to let someone go if your teams experiences inflation of talent, it's inevitable. You can let go riders like Carapaz or Van Baarle or riders like Pidcock and Hayter and Sheffield etc. Either one or another, there's no other option. I wouldn't call that imploding, just generational transition. As I said, Quickstep was also forced to go through it regularly and they were not a small team either. Every team that develops a lot of young riders in a short time will have to let some good riders go because the young ones will expect a payrise and the older ones will still expect a big paycheck. Perhaps, if the older riders are not Pogacar/Vingegaard/Van Aert level, it's wiser to keep the young ones.

 

[capuldemetal]

when movistar lost carapaz to ineos..."it was the rider's choice,it will be better paid"..when ineos loses yates to uae....these ricjh teams and a;; the rest...grapes are sour ,right?

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

EDIT: ffs stop trolling, completely different Ben Hermans ofcourse. The "real" one still has a contract with Israel.

The "unreal" one has nearly as many good results in 2022 as the "real" one though.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

not an oil money team. Ineos produces chemicals for products we use every day in every day life. even chemicals for Toray carbon in our bike frames.
Adam, until now, is a Brit in a British identity team.

And Britain supplies the UAE with high tech military gear.
Every country sportwashes when they see an opportunity. Look at the massive investment in cycling to nab gold medals at the US, UK and Aus Olympics.
UAE, Qatar etc are sportwashing using another technique and yes their human rights records are repulsive but also look at the foreign policies of western nations.

 

[EliseeReclus]

In my opinion Ineos is too big of a team for having such low ambitions. I mean it's good to have talented kids around. But i do imagine that for a team such as Ineos that is not enough. Not by a long shot.

I think it's maybe less about them having low ambitions and more about them changing orientation. They realise that as things stand they don't have a Tour de France contender (Thomas now too old, Bernal with question marks over the injury recovery, Carapaz never quite good enough) and can't throw money at getting a contender through the door immediately who can compete with Pogacar or Vingegaard, or that the money would be better spent developing their own contender rather trying to use established riders to compete.

What they seem to be doing is changing the make up of the squad to be mainly young riders (as things stand over 2/3 of next year's squad will be 27 or younger on 1/1/23, compared to having around 13-15 riders 30 or over during the Froome era) to develop into GC riders and are doing this at the expense of immediate results for the team (ie. letting Carapaz, Yates, Van Baarle go). I think realistically it's not the worst gamble to make as I think some of those young riders will be able to achieve similar results.

 

[greyclouds]

Bad news… Adam Yates was the only rider who could follow Pogi‘s pace on the two MTFs at every year‘s UAE Tour. Now, these two will even be on the same team…

UAE tour next year will be Pogi+Majka+Almeida+Ayuso+Yates all arriving at Jebel holding hands, 2 minutes ahead of everyone

 

[CyclistAbi]

@Anderis
@EliseeReclus

It would be like saying bankrupt Barcelona is a grassroots football team. As they couldn't win Champions League anymore. And now they shifted their orientation to samba. Forget about that and poach Roglič. Just like Barcelona did with Lewandowski. Leave the grassroots, samba and all other orientations to teams like Adria Mobil and Rog.

 

[SafeBet]

Ineos is doing a great job, I think.
They have yet to hit jackpot with one of the youngsters they have brought in the past 3-4 years but at some point it'll happen.
Plus A. Yates' ceiling in GTs is pretty clear. He's not winning the Tour for them. Arensman, C-Rod, Plapp or even one of the home riders could.

 

[EliseeReclus]

@Anderis
@EliseeReclus

It would be like saying bankrupt Barcelona is a grassroots football team. As they couldn't win Champions League anymore. And now they shifted their orientation to samba. Forget about that and poach Roglič. Just like Barcelona did with Lewandowski. Leave the grassroots, samba and all other orientations to teams like Adria Mobil and Rog.

The obvious comparison is what Barcelona did about 10-15 years ago when they were actually winning Champions Leagues. They would have 2-3 players come through La Masia into the first team squad most seasons, and their most effective players were generally ones who they had developed themselves, they then supplemented this with intelligent spending to fill in gaps in the rest of the team.

 

[CyclistAbi]

@EliseeReclus

Still Ineos isn't winning all that much and i don't expect that to change with kids. I mean for sure there will come a win or two on some races. But that is peanuts for a team such as Ineos.

Anyway. Rather big names are leaving the team. Lets see if any big names will sign in not that distant future.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So A.Yates to UAE, that's something. For those doubting his utility in the mountains: the guy's ability on 20-30 minutes ascents is almost unmatched and troubled even Pog himself at times. Sure, on some stages he will be AWOL but on others he'll be a very good addition to the team.

 

[Andy schleck]

Roglic at 33 is not going anywhere

And the rubbish on here about Adam Yates having no passion for the sport...what alod of bull. He has signed a contract that will help him live after retitrement and why not , youd do the same . The writing is on the wall ,,Adam Yates cannot beat Jonas, Pog and alot of the young guys except maybe in one weeks so why not move

UAE will now win more races

Roglic is still young. He started his career late.

 

[IndianCyclist]

UAE tour next year will be Pogi+Majka+Almeida+Ayuso+Yates all arriving at Jebel holding hands, 2 minutes ahead of everyone

That would be impossible for even God

 

[Breh]

Ineos is doing a great job, I think.
They have yet to hit jackpot with one of the youngsters they have brought in the past 3-4 years but at some point it'll happen.
Plus A. Yates' ceiling in GTs is pretty clear. He's not winning the Tour for them. Arensman, C-Rod, Plapp or even one of the home riders could.

No, that's not happening.

 

[staubsauger]

Arensman & Rodriguez could very well win the Giro d'Italia or Vuelta a Espana one day.

Arensman as soon as next year if he makes a long range move, taking advantage of Evenepoel & Roglic rivalry.

 

[EliseeReclus]

@EliseeReclus

Still Ineos isn't winning all that much and i don't expect that to change with kids. I mean for sure there will come a win or two on some races. But that is peanuts for a team such as Ineos.

Anyway. Rather big names are leaving the team. Lets see if any big names will sign in not that distant future.

They've not done badly: 38 wins (4th overall and their highest since 2018); 109 Podiums (1st overall); 249 Top 10s (2nd Overall), and you'd probably hope that given the age profile of the squad and that some big riders haven't had amazing results this year, they would be getting better results next year.

Losing Yates really isn't that big of a deal for them, he's won only 2 races each year (Deutschland tour stage and GC this year, Stage and GC for Catalunya last year). Carapaz has had a great Vuelta obviously, but during his time at Ineos it's probably become clear that he's a step below other GT GC guys.

I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that between Arensman being new, Bernal being able to race more and a year's worth of progression for Rodriguez, Hayter, Plapp and Pidcock they could have a higher win total than last year.

 

[CyclistAbi]

@EliseeReclus

It's too little for such team. On top of that it will likely take them a while. To turn some kid in Yates or better into Carapaz. Pidcock is an interesting one indeed. Still it will likely take a while before sending him to Tour and expecting him to win it.