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

[joseph89]

James Knox contract extended with Soudal-QuickStep

Source: Lefevere Nieuwsblad Column

 

[joseph89]

Interview with Chairman of the Board (Soudal-Quickstep) Bessel Kok

Highlights

- 31 million euros from Canadian millionaire Sylvan Adams to buy team
- Meeting with Ineos
- Pinarello is considering stopping as bicycle sponsor of Ineos at the end of 2024. At the same time, Specialized would end the collaboration with TotalEnergies and Bora-Hansgrohe by then. Specialized would put everything on Ineos and then immediately have the two greatest talents of the moment in its portfolio: Evenepoel and Pidcock.
- (Rumour) Zdenek Bakala would have approached Richard Plugge, the CEO of Jumbo-Visma, to lead the team. That would have happened after Patrick Evenepoel visited Bakala in Geneva.

Bestuursvoorzitter Bessel Kok breekt een lans voor Lefevere: “Dat Patrick graag een glas drinkt? Ik ook”

Van een fusie met Ineos tot een bod van 31 miljoen euro van de Canadese miljonair Sylvan Adams. Over de Soudal Quick-Step-wielerploeg zingen de geruchten in het rond. Waar ligt de toekomst van superster Remco Evenepoel? En is de rol van Patrick Lefevere straks echt uitgespeeld? Zelf zegt...

www.hln.be

 

[Colonel]

Interview with Chairman of the Board (Soudal-Quickstep) Bessel Kok

Highlights

- 31 million euros from Canadian millionaire Sylvan Adams to buy team
- Meeting with Ineos
- Pinarello is considering stopping as bicycle sponsor of Ineos at the end of 2024. At the same time, Specialized would end the collaboration with TotalEnergies and Bora-Hansgrohe by then. Specialized would put everything on Ineos and then immediately have the two greatest talents of the moment in its portfolio: Evenepoel and Pidcock.
- (Rumour) Zdenek Bakala would have approached Richard Plugge, the CEO of Jumbo-Visma, to lead the team. That would have happened after Patrick Evenepoel visited Bakala in Geneva.

Bestuursvoorzitter Bessel Kok breekt een lans voor Lefevere: “Dat Patrick graag een glas drinkt? Ik ook”

Van een fusie met Ineos tot een bod van 31 miljoen euro van de Canadese miljonair Sylvan Adams. Over de Soudal Quick-Step-wielerploeg zingen de geruchten in het rond. Waar ligt de toekomst van superster Remco Evenepoel? En is de rol van Patrick Lefevere straks echt uitgespeeld? Zelf zegt...

www.hln.be

Spez end with Energies end of the 2023 season
Spez re-signed with Bora until 2026

 

[RedheadDane]

Henok Mulubrhan moves to Astana Qazaqstan Team - Astana - Qazaqstan

23-year-old Henok Mulubrhan from Eritrea will join Astana Qazaqstan Team for the next two seasons (2024 and 2025). “I am so happy to join Astana Qazaqstan Team. It was my big dream to make this huge step into the WorldTour […]

www.astana-qazaqstan.com

 

[pastronef]

Spez end with Energies end of the 2023 season
Spez re-signed with Bora until 2026

oh nice, I was looking for that and couldn't find it. where did you read it.
also, there's no way I can find how long Canyon stays with Movistar.

 

[joseph89]

Interesting clause in Pinarello x Ineos sponsorship contract. 'Product Validation Clause'. Something that Team Ineos has in all contracts with its sponsors.

“Team Ineos has the right not to use our bikes if they feel they are not the best in the market,” says Sbirissa. “Then they can use other bicycles and we still have to pay the contract. A situation that has of course never occurred before.”

EXCLUSIEF. Onze reporter een dag achter de schermen bij Team Ineos: “Bahrain of UAE, die kunnen Evenepoel, Pogacar en Vingegaard in één ploeg opstellen als ze willen”

In de mailbox van het Nieuwsblad: een uitnodiging om een dag ‘embedded’ Team Ineos te volgen op de eerste dag van de Vuelta. Een kans om in de coulissen te kijken van een ploeg die journalisten het liefst achter de barrière houdt. Wij gingen op zoek naar de huis-, tuin- en keukengeheimen van...

m.nieuwsblad.be

 

[Braaah]

Henok Mulubrhan to Astana.

Decent signing but if they want to remain as a WT team in 2026, a lot more needs to be done I guess...

 

[repre]

Henok Mulubrhan to Astana.

Decent signing but if they want to remain as a WT team in 2026, a lot more needs to be done I guess...

Stewart and Schelling as well are good signings, but i agree this is a C and D level signings and they need at least some options to do Top-5 GC, if they want to keep license.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Stewart and Schelling as well are good signings, but i agree this is a C and D level signings and they need at least some options to do Top-5 GC, if they want to keep license.

Fortunato got sick/peaked to early and was bad during the Giro, but if he performs consistent on his TotA and Asturias level that he showed this season he's a good signing. Mire of a Ciccone style stage- and KoM hunter than a gc rider in gts, but compared to what they have now it's a big improvement.

 

[pastronef]

Interview with Chairman of the Board (Soudal-Quickstep) Bessel Kok

Highlights

- 31 million euros from Canadian millionaire Sylvan Adams to buy team
- Meeting with Ineos
- Pinarello is considering stopping as bicycle sponsor of Ineos at the end of 2024. At the same time, Specialized would end the collaboration with TotalEnergies and Bora-Hansgrohe by then. Specialized would put everything on Ineos and then immediately have the two greatest talents of the moment in its portfolio: Evenepoel and Pidcock.
- (Rumour) Zdenek Bakala would have approached Richard Plugge, the CEO of Jumbo-Visma, to lead the team. That would have happened after Patrick Evenepoel visited Bakala in Geneva.

Bestuursvoorzitter Bessel Kok breekt een lans voor Lefevere: “Dat Patrick graag een glas drinkt? Ik ook”

Van een fusie met Ineos tot een bod van 31 miljoen euro van de Canadese miljonair Sylvan Adams. Over de Soudal Quick-Step-wielerploeg zingen de geruchten in het rond. Waar ligt de toekomst van superster Remco Evenepoel? En is de rol van Patrick Lefevere straks echt uitgespeeld? Zelf zegt...

www.hln.be

so, by the look of it it will be easier for Ineos to get Remco and Specialized in 2025.
2024 is too early for sponsors deals and other stuff to be changed.

 

[joseph89]

so, by the look of it it will be easier for Ineos to get Remco and Specialized in 2025.
2024 is too early for sponsors deals and other stuff to be changed.

If ineos wants/can get him for 2024 then sponsorship deals ie Pinarello won't prevent it happening. In theory he could join ineos and be the only one riding a specialized due to an alleged "Product Validation" Clause in all their sponsor contracts.

 

[pastronef]

If ineos wants/can get him for 2024 then sponsorship deals ie Pinarello won't prevent it happening. In theory he could join ineos and be the only one riding a specialized due to an alleged "Product Validation" Clause in all their sponsor contracts.

sure he could. probably, and hopefully, they understood it would be too much of a mess and 2025 is easier

 

[RedheadDane]

Stewart and Schelling as well are good signings, but i agree this is a C and D level signings and they need at least some options to do Top-5 GC, if they want to keep license.

Tell me more. Campbell or Mark? Or some other Stewart I haven't heard about?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Tell me more. Campbell or Mark? Or some other Stewart I haven't heard about?

Maybe they‘ll buy out Jake Stewart?

 

[Landeirovic]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1695327473100099660

View: https://twitter.com/raulbanqueri/status/1695327473100099660?t=oSMxegBhG497QSozw4nshQ&s=19


Isaac del Toro Avenir winner will sign in Uae

Probably first 1 year in Development team and some races with elite?

 

[joseph89]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1695327473100099660

View: https://twitter.com/raulbanqueri/status/1695327473100099660?t=oSMxegBhG497QSozw4nshQ&s=19


Isaac del Toro Avenir winner will sign in Uae

Probably first 1 year in Development team and some races with elite?

No way he and his agent should accept a year in the dev team when you have morgado and christen heading straight to the WT.

 

[RedheadDane]

No way he and his agent should accept a year in the dev team when you have morgado and christen heading straight to the WT.

Christen did take 6ish months with Axeon.

 

[yaco]

I fail to understand why so many of the young talents are going to UAE, unless they want a bucketful of cash - I just can't see how UAE can develop so many riders.

 

[RedheadDane]

Well, UAE only has one spot left for the WT team.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Massive lols if Caja Rural approached Del Toro but Bora didn't after racing against him in Sibiu. 2 min of research about his prior results and you give him your number/ask for his number and if you don't want to sign him to your wt straight you probably do that after his results in Valle d'Aosta already.

Bora probably prefers signing some random crossover athletes instead...

 

[Mayomaniac]

Also, Movistar, Jayco, Bahrain, EF and even freaking Ineos should be all knockimg on his door right now.

 

[T-Nielsen]

I fail to understand why so many of the young talents are going to UAE, unless they want a bucketful of cash - I just can't see how UAE can develop so many riders.

Who doesn't like buckets of cash.

 

[pastronef]

Who doesn't like buckets of cash.

expecially in a sport with a brief career, dangers and doubts on future deals and sponsors. I'd grab it if I could and I agree with them

 

[joseph89]

Christen did take 6ish months with Axeon.

No difference to del toro in A.R Monex Pro. Not sure what you point is?

 

[Mayomaniac]

No difference to del toro in A.R Monex Pro. Not sure what you point is?

His current club is at a really low level, usually he has no teammates to help him (rode Valle d'Aosta as the only guy left on the team after only 2 stages and finished 3rd on the gc), so I'd say the level at an actual developmental team is much higher.