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

[Red Rick]

Dani Martinez on a 1 year deal blows my mind. What the hell is that?

 

[Samamba]

Dani Martinez on a 1 year deal blows my mind. What the hell is that?

Bora does not communicatie contract length, so no it's not 1 year. Rumours are it's a 3 year deal.

 

[Big Doopie]

Carlos is staying.

Great young guy.

And gets along well with Remco.

 

[Big Doopie]

Carlos Rodríguez likely to stay with INEOS Grenadiers after breakthrough Tour de France

Tremendous turn of events in the future of Carlos Rodriguez. The 22-year-old Spanish rider, who looked set to join Movistar Team for the 2024 season, is reportedly very close to accepting a brutal ren...

cyclinguptodate.com

(QUOTE!)According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, more specifically the journalist specialized in the cycling market, Ciro Scognamiglio, Carlos Rodriguez will almost certainly remain at INEOS and will not leave for Movistar: "Updated information: The 22-year-old Spanish rider, 5th in the Tour de France and Spanish champion in road cycling in 2022, will probably (80%) remain at INEOS Grenadiers".(END QUOTE!)

If Rodriguez stays does this mean the end of the Remco rumors?

Uh. No.

They could totally complement each other.

And they like each other too, me thinks.

 

[Hell-G]

Lorenzo Fortunato to Astana​

Astana Qazaqstan Team signs Lorenzo Fortunato - Astana - Qazaqstan

Astana Qazaqstan Team is happy to announce the new rider for the seasons of 2024 and 2025: the Italian Lorenzo Fortunato (27) signed a two-year deal with the Kazakh team. “I am really happy to join team Astana, the team […]

www.astana-qazaqstan.com

 

[Mayomaniac]

Lorenzo Fortunato to Astana​

Astana Qazaqstan Team signs Lorenzo Fortunato - Astana - Qazaqstan

Astana Qazaqstan Team is happy to announce the new rider for the seasons of 2024 and 2025: the Italian Lorenzo Fortunato (27) signed a two-year deal with the Kazakh team. “I am really happy to join team Astana, the team […]

www.astana-qazaqstan.com

Finally a decent climber for Astana once again. Won't fill the void that MAL left on his own, but it's a start.

 

[samhocking]

A few weeks ago there was talk about a meeting between Brailsford and Quickstep owner Bakala and there are some crazy rumours that Bakala already sold his shares to Ineos owner Ratcliffe and that the merger is happening.

Brailsford was at Le Tour which was unexpected as he's been pretty much 100% focused outside cycling on Ineos Sports so wouldn't surprise me. Also explains departures of primarily riders looking to become GC leaders maybe as clearly it will be a Remco, Thomas & Bernal show for the next couple of years there.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Brailsford was at Le Tour which was unexpected as he's been pretty much 100% focused outside cycling on Ineos Sports so wouldn't surprise me. Also explains departures of primarily riders looking to become GC leaders maybe as clearly it will be a Remco, Thomas & Bernal show for the next couple of years there.

Apparently Carlos Rodriguez will stay with them, so he'll probably be the nr. 2 gc guy, unless Bernal bounces back really fast.
Potentially Rodriguez or Bernal + Landa for the Giro?

 

[janraaskalt]

Potentially Rodriguez or Bernal + Landa for the Giro?

Potentially, if you add up Ineos and Soudal-Quickstep

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Another Lidl-Trek signing. Ryan Gibbons joins on a 2 year contract.

Looks like they are trying to improve lead out train for Milan and maybe pederson

https://twitter.com/x/status/1693549102003298688

View: https://twitter.com/LidlTrek/status/1693549102003298688?t=S7B8pwY-V4HXUtK68sZo1A&s=19

 

[samhocking]

Apparently Carlos Rodriguez will stay with them, so he'll probably be the nr. 2 gc guy, unless Bernal bounces back really fast.
Potentially Rodriguez or Bernal + Landa for the Giro?

Interesting. Carlos and Remco are very good mates apparently and Remco is good mates with Thomas. But who knows what's going on or not.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Interesting. Carlos and Remco are very good mates apparently and Remco is good mates with Thomas. But who knows what's going on or not.

Yeah, atm it's just rumours and wispers.

 

[will-10]

As curious as the Ineos/Remco situation is I'm unconvinced on the merger rumour - there's already at least 35 guys under contract for '24 between the two teams.

 

[ciranda]

I had high hopes for Hellemose (even picked him for my dynasty fantasy team: https://firstcycling.com/dynasty.php?ID=2017&y=2021), but his results over these two years have shown no similarities to his breakout-season in 2021.

slow but steady improvements though, he was the most active on the final arctic race stage and looks ready for real mountains such as in the vuelta

 

[Colonel]

Any of that been confirmed?

Trek just announced Gibbons.

 

[RedheadDane]

Trek just announced Gibbons.

But which one was confirmed by the time you first posted it?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Restrepo to EOLO-Kometa

 

[Mayomaniac]

Gibbons is a nice signing for a sprint train, he climbs more like Matthews than like a typical sprinter. Finished top 30 in the TdS when Carapaz won the race without entering any breakaways or focussing on the gc and back in 2017 he won the gc in Langkawi, he was 3rd on the Cameron Highlands mtf.
Would be a really good signing for a pct team, but also good for a sprint train.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Gibbons was top class in stage 20 of the 2021 Vuelta, I remember him attacking the breakaway in the hills and them having great difficulty catching him, he was just unlucky that the race totally kicked off behind him.

 

[Colonel]

But which one was confirmed by the time you first posted it?

Gibbons for starters, knew he was signed already when I made the post. Just wasn't announced.
Vink will drop to Genz - that's not really an announcement worthy
Formolo will do MS

 

[RedheadDane]

Gibbons for starters, knew he was signed already when I made the post. Just wasn't announced.

But how did you know? What sort of secret source did you use?

 

[yaco]

But how did you know? What sort of secret source did you use?

Just accept that Colonel knows his stuff and is kind enough to share their information.

 

[RedheadDane]

Just accept that Colonel knows his stuff and is kind enough to share their information.

I can't be curious?
Did Gibbons mention it in a podcast, or something?

Quite often "It's definitely official!" turns out to be "It was mentioned in some newspaper, without actually quoting the team/rider."

 

[Mayomaniac]

Gibbons was top class in stage 20 of the 2021 Vuelta, I remember him attacking the breakaway in the hills and them having great difficulty catching him, he was just unlucky that the race totally kicked off behind him.

Yeah, the guy can climb really well. H should probably focus a bit more on hillier one day races.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Euskaltel have signed Victor de la Parte. They obviously can't sign the best Basque riders, but an experience guy who's still able to score more than 100 UCI points in a season, will be valuble in the continued fight to become a top 30 team. I'm hoping they'll soon announce Aberasturi as well.