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

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Above average around the spectre of participants - national and regional level. Athletes with PB between 7.0 and 7.2 in 60m and 11.0 and 11.3 in 100m. Times that still require dedication and many hours of practice to achieve. Of course, the shorter the distance the better.

So a professional athlete in another sport could hold their ground against “amateurs” that are way behind even the best women in that other sport, that’s not a big surprise. a better measurement is probably comparing things like this to the elite of women, and they run below 7 60s and below 11 100s.
The cycling equivalent would be a male cyclist doing like a 48-50 minutes Alpe D’Huez climb (women record is 46:37). A lot of top athletes in one sport would easily be competitive against the best women in another sport.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Shh . . . don’t let his knees, shoulders, spine, ankles, or feet hear that, they will want to have a word with you 😜

If he had played rugby I would have nothing to fear because they wouldn't be able to have a word with me.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Also lovely to read these people crapping all over triathlon athletes.

If you're off that opinion I'm just going to assume your strategy in the swimming part would be to let your 25% body fat keep you afloat whilst the current drifts you towards the end.

 

[tobydawq]

Also lovely to read these people crapping all over triathlon athletes.

If you're off that opinion I'm just going to assume your strategy in the swimming part would be to let your 25% body fat keep you afloat whilst the current drifts you towards the end.

They're probably so fat that the water shies away from them (because lipid is hydrophobic) and they can just walk.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

Also lovely to read these people crapping all over triathlon athletes.

Even more amazing when one remembers that, of the top 10 riders in the peloton, 2 just waltzed into cycling after careers in the "lower sports" of ski stomping and fishball packing, another was a footballer until late teens and 2 others were primarily cyclocross riders who dominated road races as an afterthought.

 

[Pozzovivo]

Even more amazing when one remembers that, of the top 10 riders in the peloton, 2 just waltzed into cycling after careers in the "lower sports" of ski stomping and fishball packing, another was a footballer until late teens and 2 others were primarily cyclocross riders who dominated road races as an afterthought.

Isn't it amazing how easy it is to transition from a Mickey Mouse sport like rowing or ski-mountaineering (which is basically sunday hiking with skis) to dominating the biggest races in cycling?

Just look at Anton Palzer, who traded in his crampons for cleats and now rules the peloton—thanks, of course, to his enormous VO2 max. Then there’s Jason Osborne, who apparently just slapped some wheels on his canoe and instantly became a cycling prodigy. At this rate, I’m expecting Magnus Carlsen to transition from chess and put wheels on his Bishop to pin MVDP down in Flanders. After all, cycling is clearly just a side hobby for all these multi-talented endurance superheroes. Blummenfelt would clearly have won the TDF with ease.

 

[OlavEH]

fishball packing

Say what? Who is this?

 

[Pozzovivo]

Say what? Who is this?

A danish guy. Jonas something.

 

[Wyndbrook]

As someone who has had mediocre careers in a number of sports I never found one where I was able to do better than the others. They are all tough at the top.
The only odd one is road running where in my country the average standard in non elite races is appreciably lower than say thirty/forty years ago. Used to think I did well to finish in the top 40%. My times from that era would now be in the top10/15%.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Paula Ostiz (girl who is named Taco) has been the next top junior to be signed by a Movistar a long time before she'll be able to ride for them.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1834517374906876370

View: https://x.com/Movistar_Team/status/1834517374906876370

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

A Colombian site wants us to believe that Pogacar will leave for Ineos next year

Pogacar podría irse del UAE en 2025: revelan sorpresiva oferta de otro equipo World Tour

Pogacar es el ciclista deseado por todos los equipos del World Tour.

www.antena2.com

Do we have a credibility ranking for media stories? <5%, I would suggest.

 

[JR1012]

Barbara Guarischi extended her contract at SD Worx for two more years.

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[MJR]

Also lovely to read these people crapping all over triathlon athletes.

Ever ridden with 'em? Their fitness is impressive, of course, but they usually have dreadful handling skills on the bike. I speak from a lot of experience.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Paula Ostiz (girl who is named Taco) has been the next top junior to be signed by a Movistar a long time before she'll be able to ride for them.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1834517374906876370

View: https://x.com/Movistar_Team/status/1834517374906876370

It is so surreal to see Movistar women doing such a keen job of locking in young prospects and highlighting top young national talent, while Unzué continues to exhibit all his old failings with regards to development and even exacerbate them by managing to break the reliable supply chain they had coming from Lizarte.

 

[JR1012]

Bauernfeind and Niedermaier both extended their contract at Canyon.

 

[MLKarlos]

A Colombian site wants us to believe that Pogacar will leave for Ineos next year

Pogacar podría irse del UAE en 2025: revelan sorpresiva oferta de otro equipo World Tour

Pogacar es el ciclista deseado por todos los equipos del World Tour.

www.antena2.com

Do we have a credibility ranking for media stories? <5%, I would suggest.

Lol

 

[Didinho]

Last weekend Greg Van Avermaet was 13th in the Belgium 70.3 Ironman. Some 14-15min behind the winner.

 

[pastronef]

Bauernfeind and Niedermaier both extended their contract at Canyon.

always remember Canyon started the Devo team those 2 riders rode for, because of Dygert. Chloe got so much shite she didn't deserve and also contributed on developing young girls

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Ever ridden with 'em? Their fitness is impressive, of course, but they usually have dreadful handling skills on the bike. I speak from a lot of experience.

Yeah, I do them myself. They aren't the best bike handlers. But if you just swam 1.5km your reactions and bike handling would be a lot worse aswell.
You're on a bike and muscles that aren't ususally tired are hurting, you've just done a huge effort and now your body is switching from one intensive workout to another.
I do have better handling than most of my competitors since I did some low level CX-races and some U18/U21 races as a kid. But yeah, most of them don't have the skill of a pro cyclist, but they would still trump most amateurs. Just don't forget that they're in the middle of some huge intensive performances

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

It is so surreal to see Movistar women doing such a keen job of locking in young prospects and highlighting top young national talent, while Unzué continues to exhibit all his old failings with regards to development and even exacerbate them by managing to break the reliable supply chain they had coming from Lizarte.

Who's running their WWT-squad?

 

[tobydawq]

Ever ridden with 'em? Their fitness is impressive, of course, but they usually have dreadful handling skills on the bike. I speak from a lot of experience.

That was not the matter at hand. Of course they shouldn't be allowed on bikes, but doing an ironman in less than 8 hours is absolutely not a joke.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Who's running their WWT-squad?

Sebas Unzué. At this stage is of course unknown whether or not they'll be any good at developing the female talents they have signed.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

TotalEnergies signing everyone except my boy Kaden Hopkins.

They signed Samuel Leroux today. Totally deserved, great guy and multiple time French beachracing champion.
He's one of the few non-Dutch or non-Belgian riders who can keep up during the beachracing season.

 

[Ricco']

A Colombian site wants us to believe that Pogacar will leave for Ineos next year

Pogacar podría irse del UAE en 2025: revelan sorpresiva oferta de otro equipo World Tour

Pogacar es el ciclista deseado por todos los equipos del World Tour.

www.antena2.com

Do we have a credibility ranking for media stories? <5%, I would suggest.

Very sad, this is the biggest proof of the decline of colombian cycling one could have.

If even the Quintana to X world tour team isn't marketable anymore for colombian media, they are reaching rock bottom.

 

[ice&fire]

A Colombian site wants us to believe that Pogacar will leave for Ineos next year

Pogacar podría irse del UAE en 2025: revelan sorpresiva oferta de otro equipo World Tour

Pogacar es el ciclista deseado por todos los equipos del World Tour.

www.antena2.com

Do we have a credibility ranking for media stories? <5%, I would suggest.

They'd be more credible if they'd used Ayuso in their fake rumour