You sound extremely salty. Why is he an arrogant brat? Do you have concrete examples of this, besides that he goes to the press and says that he wished Lotto didn't race him as much?
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Usually it's "how dare this guy leave my favourite team" or something along those lines
Except his arrogance is widely known and has little to do with Lotto.Usually it's "how dare this guy leave my favourite team" or something along those lines
Does Alpecin have money available to sign anyone after keeping their leaders?
Their roster for 2025 looks lackluster atm (other than Philipsen and MVDP) and worse than that, barely any rumours are floating their way of riders that can show something short term.
What do you mean, widely known. The kid is 18 years old. I doubt he has done a lot of interviews. Whatever character traits he has are still in development... and every successful kid at that age is arrogant.
You can't keep them apart for long, Wolff and Ferguson commence their professional careers at the same race.
You do wonder how much budget they have; I thought with their multi discipline success, Albert Philipsen would be going there, but no - and then they missed out on the Holmgrens, and now another in Chladonova, who is another with the Canyon connection.
Maybe they haven't got the budget, or they didn't bother showing interest - I'm not sure which is more accurate.
And now with Puck as a XCO World Champion (plus her road endeavours this year), her value must have skyrocketed as well and probably still not reflected on her current contract.
If I was Red Bull, with a rich history of sponsoring mountain biking, plus doing the first steps on the road, I would throw all the cans I could unto signing Puck, in the current field her style and personality are the better match one could get for Red Bull DNA.
They extended Groves.
I expect them to move some pieces from the Dev team up to the WT-squad.
Dehairs seems like a given (he won today in the GP Rik van Looy). He's fast, but more like a PCT-sprinter at best. I think he'll nicely slot in one of the lead-outs and will occasionally get his chance. He's 80 kilos and 1m90. He fits the role perfectly.
Tibor Del Grosso is another one who seems ready, but he might want to focus on CX more.
Emiel Verstrynge should go WT-pro, he finished second in a L'avenir stage.
Before this season I would've expected Wyseure to go pro aswell, but he might stay in the CT-ranks to focus mainly on CX. Dockx is young, he'll prolly stay aswell.
Bogna is interesting, didn't race much but raced well when he did. I think he's a Zwift-academy winner?
Siebe Roesems stagnated a little bit, but he might turn into a fine domestique. Which makes me think he together with Meeussen and Kamp might also have a shot.
If I look at that Dev team there are buttloads of talent, but half those guys ride CX aswell. And you can't run 7 riders on the MVDP schedule.
Yes, I've wondered for a few years why they haven't signed her as a RB athlete; she ticks all the boxes.
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I don't think Chladonova has any connection with Canyon. Apart from that, she often races with Canyon, which she probably bought with her own money, not with sponsorship.
Paul Seixas : "Je n'ai pas encore décidé si je continuerai ou non avec Decathlon-AG2R, ce sera quelque chose que nous verrons après le Championnat du Monde. C'est une situation difficile dont je ne peux pas parler maintenant."
Paul Seixas: "I haven't decided yet whether I will continue with Decathlon-AG2R or not, it will be something we will see after the World Championship. It's a difficult situation that I can't talk about now."
@bici.pro
Well here we go I guess.
Paul Seixas: "I haven't decided yet whether I will continue with Decathlon-AG2R or not, it will be something we will see after the World Championship. It's a difficult situation that I can't talk about now."
@bici.pro
Well here we go I guess.
View: https://twitter.com/danielarribas96/status/1832727124823658829
He staying at UAE and moves up to the WT team
Bram Vandecappele clickbaiting as usual. His own article didn't even say anything about Ineos being close to signing him, just that they might be interested lol. And I mean, of course they are interested, everyone is.
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Narvaez - Hirschi
Torres - Fisher-Black
Vermeersch - Bax
Herregodts - Covi
Unknown - Ulissi
Unknown - Vink
Unknown - Hodeg
3 spots left at UAE
I'm legitimately surprised that there was at least some fuel to the rumour about Torres and an offer there, though with UAE's financial backing he was never going to leave. If they are determined to not have a dev team and just capitalise on others' hard work then they should try for Paul instead, might be able to outbid Decathlon at least.
I think Majka, Novak and Grosschartner don't have a contract yet. And Covi is leaving?
Majka, Novak and Grosschatner all rumored to have extended.
Covi likely to leave
View: https://twitter.com/dnlbenson/status/1820377104099217830
There has to be some limit to how many talents UAE can keep together in one team. Even a poorer team can offer a higher contract to a rider who would be 2nd or 3rd in their hierarchy than a richer team would be able to offer to the same rider if he was12th in their hierarchy and Ineos is not exactly what can be described as a poor team.
Yes there was a bit of a honeymoon period but cracks are showing with Ayuso and to an extent Hirschi. Understandably young 18 years old guys will see more money in a week then they've ever had in their lives and it's hard to say no, but a few years down the line some will be a bit more ambitious. If I was Torres I wouldn't be signing the kind of bumper 5 year deal Del Toro got, give it 2 then see where you are, because if any of them have Tour ambitions it isn't happening with Pogacar.
I also think the fact riders develop well at UAE helps. It's not a kind of dead zone for talented riders, it's a professional environment and you do improve there.
VPP to Soudal confirmed
Source RTL Info Belgique
Source RTL Info Belgique
Pidcock giving signs that he's on his way out
View: https://x.com/IndeLeiderstrui/status/1832698059060387904
Some at Ineos must quietly think all their Christmases have come at once, free up a few million a year for who was a Ardennes/breakaway specialist, might even get a bit of a buyout-fee for him.
Hilarious how he's moaning despite deciding his own schedule and eschewing the biggest races in cycling so he could peak for offroad events.
View: https://x.com/IndeLeiderstrui/status/1832698059060387904
Some at Ineos must quietly think all their Christmases have come at once, free up a few million a year for who was a Ardennes/breakaway specialist, might even get a bit of a buyout-fee for him.
Hilarious how he's moaning despite deciding his own schedule and eschewing the biggest races in cycling so he could peak for offroad events.
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