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

[rallybanana]

José Joaquín Rojas, out of contract with Movistar, ponders his future in cycling
"I don't know what I'll do. I've got to think with my pillow this week and see what I can do."

José Joaquín Rojas, sin contrato con el Movistar, medita su futuro en el ciclismo

"No sé qué haré. Tengo que pensar con la almohada esta semana a ver qué hago"

www.laopiniondemurcia.es

 

[Ilmaestro99]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1713252991526982097

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[Rob5091]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1713252991526982097

View: https://twitter.com/friebos/status/1713252991526982097?t=B75mfst7FSKRzvQFvwMDJg&s=19

Yeah, a "Billy Beane/Moneyball" type attitude is needed by some teams at the moment. As long as the "sportswashing" big money is still around, the best most teams can aim for is GT stage wins. Even Bahrain is looking for another sponsor to boost their kitty.

 

[RedheadDane]

José Joaquín Rojas, out of contract with Movistar, ponders his future in cycling
"I don't know what I'll do. I've got to think with my pillow this week and see what I can do."

I'm gonna go out a long limb and assume that "I've got to think with my pillow" is some sort of figure of speech that has been directly translated, and makes more sense in Spanish.

 

[Roku]

It means to think and reflect about something.

 

[RedheadDane]

It means to think and reflect about something.

Yeah, I figured it wasn't anything like the expression "Beat your pillow". Though, Rojas might end up in that state as well...

 

[Kaptain Kool]

I think it's similar to the English-language expression, "I'll sleep on it."

 

[JRanton]

Wesley Kreder (Cofidis) retires after his heart issues: https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/wesley-kreder-32-moet-stoppen-wegens-hartproblemen/

 

[Sciatic]

I'm gonna go out a long limb and assume that "I've got to think with my pillow" is some sort of figure of speech that has been directly translated, and makes more sense in Spanish.

Yeah, I assumed their was something squirrelly in the translation, but I quite like “I’ve got to think with my pillow,” which sounds much more active than “I’ll sleep on it.”

 

[RedheadDane]

Yeah, I assumed their was something squirrelly in the translation, but I quite like “I’ve got to think with my pillow,” which sounds much more active than “I’ll sleep on it.”

Maybe it's like rubber duck debugging, except instead of talking to a rubber dug, you just talk to your pillow.

 

[Leadbelly]

Floris Van Tricht will ride for IPT Devo in 2024 before joining IPT itself a year later. Even so, he'll no doubt get more than a few race days with the main team next year and get to cross paths with his brother sooner rather than later.

Other names linked with the devo team are Mathis Avondts, Luke Valenti, Sergi Darder and Imry Faingzicht.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1713528692167545035

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[StryderHells]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1713252991526982097

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Boaro has announced his retirement, it’s on his instagram.

 

[SafeBet]

Italian Junior TT specialist and track star Luca Giaimi will likely join the Gen Z UAE Development team in 2024.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Jonas Gregaard has signed a 2 year deal with Lotto according to their Twitter.

Great deal for them, he’s been very solid as a domestique for Uno-X and should be a valuable guy to put around a rider like Van Eetvelt.

 

[JRanton]

Jonas Gregaard has signed a 2 year deal with Lotto according to their Twitter.

Great deal for them, he’s been very solid as a domestique for Uno-X and should be a valuable guy to put around a rider like Van Eetvelt.

Smart addition by Lotto.

 

[Rob5091]

Jonas Gregaard has signed a 2 year deal with Lotto according to their Twitter.

Great deal for them, he’s been very solid as a domestique for Uno-X and should be a valuable guy to put around a rider like Van Eetvelt.

Lotto are turning into quite a handy team - not bad for a Pro-team. Ewan going back to Oz will hopefully re-focus the team.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Lotto are turning into quite a handy team - not bad for a Pro-team. Ewan going back to Oz will hopefully re-focus the team.

It's shaping up to be a nice team built around ADL and LVE. In a few years there will hardly be any terrain in which those won't compete. Add in a couple of guys like Beullens, Vermeersch, Eenkhoorn and Kron and you have a solid WT squad.

And ofcourse, there still is Segaert. And guys like Menten and Vanhoucke are still only 26.

Christ, they might be cyclings equivalent of the Proces (Philly NBA)

 

[JosephD]

It's shaping up to be a nice team built around ADL and LVE. In a few years there will hardly be any terrain in which those won't compete. Add in a couple of guys like Beullens, Vermeersch, Eenkhoorn and Kron and you have a solid WT squad.

And ofcourse, there still is Segaert. And guys like Menten and Vanhoucke are still only 26.

Christ, they might be cyclings equivalent of the Proces (Philly NBA)

Let's just hope that "tanking" for their talented crop of juniors (Widar, Donie, De Schuyteneer & Grisel to name a few) works out better than Ben Simmons did...

I do really like Lotto's raise it down to the ground and build it up approach following some bizarre additions in the past

Sidenote: I read Tanking to the Top by Yaron Weitzman earlier this year, a fascinating look into the process, one in which the 76ers refused to comment, which usually means the book is pretty well informed. Would highly recommend

 

[JRanton]

Davide Martinelli (Astana) retires: https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/d...-bekeken-alles-bereikt-wat-ik-wilde-bereiken/

 

[JRanton]

David Van Der Poel (Alpecin Devo) retires: https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/d...-met-wielrennen-wilde-geen-speciaal-afscheid/

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Visma - Buy a Kid have picked up the next Martin Ødegaard according to Norwegian TV2. I guess there's nothing stopping them from signing Paula Ostiz or my 2 year old niece (I'm sure she'll become a star one day) to their women's team as well.

Håkon (16) hentes til gigant: - Man blir nesten tom for ord

TV 2 forstår at verdens kanskje beste sykkellag de siste årene henter enda et norsk stortalent til akademiet sitt. TV 2-ekspert er «forundret» over at Uno-X ikke var på banen - Uno-X-sjefen forsvarer at de ikke jakter tenåringer.

www.tv2.no

 

[RedheadDane]

Visma - Buy a Kid have picked up the next Martin Ødegaard according to Norwegian TV2. I guess there's nothing stopping them from signing Paula Ostiz or my 2 year old niece (I'm sure she'll become a star one day) to their women's team as well.

Who's the old Martin Ødegaard? Well, I suppose it's someone named Martin Ødegaard...

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Who's the old Martin Ødegaard? Well, I suppose it's someone named Martin Ødegaard...

He is a football player , he play for Arsenal FC. I guess we have to presume that he is very highly thought of in Norway

 

[Froome]

Another young rider from norway to visma, maybe the kids from norway and denmark have a vo2 max superior than the kids from slovenia.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

He is a football player , he play for Arsenal FC. I guess we have to presume that he is very highly thought of in Norway

He made his debut at the national team when he was 15 and was bought to Real Madrid when he was 16 for around 7,5m euros.

I guess that’s where the the comparison comes in, a young Norwegian kid being snapped up by the best team in the world at a very young age.