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

[Samamba]

Danny Van Der Tuuk

Thank god

Also did Wielerflits just steal there info from Spanish newspaper and call it their own. Cause this was all published somewhere this morning.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Thank god

Also did Wielerflits just steal there info from Spanish newspaper and call it their own. Cause this was all published somewhere this morning.

I skimmed over the article but a closer look showed that they mentioned Marca

 

[Samamba]

I skimmed over the article but a closer look showed that they mentioned Marca

Ok I'm not gonna lie I also skimmed, but I saw "according to our sources" at the beginning. I guess they just ment the Van der Tuuk part for that

 

[Raf]

Thank god

Also did Wielerflits just steal there info from Spanish newspaper and call it their own. Cause this was all published somewhere this morning.

in Spanish Marca.
But with ATT (Czech CT team) should by in the next days a lot of info.
@Samamba can you tell about source about this gossip with Astana new rider

 

[Tim Cahill]

in Spanish Marca.
But with ATT (Czech CT team) should by in the next days a lot of info.
@Samamba can you tell about source about this gossip with Astana new rider

Deal Mike Teunissen en Visma | Lease a Bike geklapt, Astana nieuwe ploeg

Breaking Mike Teunissen gaat niet naar Visma | Lease a Bike. Hij vond in de Tour de France een akkoord met het Nederlandse WorldTeam, waar hij voor drie jaar tekende. De laatste weken probeert het teammanagement echter onder de deal uit te komen. Meerdere bronnen laten WielerFlits weten dat hij...

www.wielerflits.nl

 

[ingsve]

Uno-X has signed Olav Alexander Bu, coach of Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden, as new head coach for Uno-X Mobility.
"He will come in with new and fresh eyes, turn over every rock and will see what can be done differently. He has a different type of experience and and is an extremely wise person".

 

[Keldergoat]

Strange story, the Teunissen Visma deal collapsing. I guess now with the Van Dijke brothers leaving, they badly need a lead out for Kooij. Who else is available on the market?

 

[Izzyeviel]

Good news! Alex Manley has left Jayco for AG Soudal.

 

[RedheadDane]

Mike Teunissen signs with Astana Qazaqstan Team - Astana - Qazaqstan

Dutch rider Mike Teunissen (32 years old) has signed a two-year contract (for the 2025 and 2026 seasons) with the Astana Qazaqstan Team. Mike Teunissen is known as a strong classic rider and sprinter. Just some days ago, Teunissen delivered […]

www.astana-qazaqstan.com

 

[theyoungest]

Strange story, the Teunissen Visma deal collapsing. I guess now with the Van Dijke brothers leaving, they badly need a lead out for Kooij. Who else is available on the market?

I don't know how far along the deal with Teunissen really was. Wielerflits have gone a bit overboard with the one-sided reporting on this, it seems like they're the mouthpiece for Teunissen's management.

Kooij never really had a leadout, he's nearly always on his own. The only one you can say has done some useful work for him in the final k a few times is Affini, and he's still there. But I wouldn't be surprised to see Kooij leaving at the end of next year as well, he's never going to start the Tour at Visma (unless they have another disastrous season).

 

[yaco]

I don't know how far along the deal with Teunissen really was. Wielerflits have gone a bit overboard with the one-sided reporting on this, it seems like they're the mouthpiece for Teunissen's management.

Kooij never really had a leadout, he's nearly always on his own. The only one you can say has done some useful work for him in the final k a few times is Affini, and he's still there. But I wouldn't be surprised to see Kooij leaving at the end of next year as well, he's never going to start the Tour at Visma (unless they have another disastrous season).

He's ridden one GT in 4 years. Enough said!

 

[11-34]

Strange story, the Teunissen Visma deal collapsing. I guess now with the Van Dijke brothers leaving, they badly need a lead out for Kooij. Who else is available on the market?

Maurice Ballerstedt from Alpecin is leaving and hasn't announced yet, what he will do next year. It sounded like he would improve his situation. It might fit.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

He's ridden one GT in 4 years. Enough said!

Enough said about what?

 

[laarsland]

Strange story, the Teunissen Visma deal collapsing. I guess now with the Van Dijke brothers leaving, they badly need a lead out for Kooij. Who else is available on the market?

Famed lead-out Pozzovivo is unattached for 2025!

 

[Samamba]

Arkea is in serious financial problems, the company and thus also the team. Not sure what exactly is going on but they cant use the option in Champoussins contract cause they don't have the money (hence why he's probably going to Astana, they are technically not buying him out) and other riders are getting offered to other teams by their agents to see what's possible.

Astana wants Albanese too, not really surprising that one. EF is also in the picture.

 

[Berniece]

Arkea is in serious financial problems, the company and thus also the team. Not sure what exactly is going on but they cant use the option in Champoussins contract cause they don't have the money (hence why he's probably going to Astana, they are technically not buying him out) and other riders are getting offered to other teams by their agents to see what's possible.

Then that's the French team Sporza was writing about.

Spion in het peloton hoort veel "rare verhalen": "Kopman staat deel van zijn loon af aan ontevreden knecht" | sporza

Op enkele punten en komma's na is het wielerseizoen 2024 ingekaderd. Tijd om ons oor nog eens te luister te leggen bij onze spion in het wielerpeloton. Over een Franse ploeg die in de penarie zit, de Pidcock-saga en andere opvallende verhalen die leven in het peloton.

sporza.be

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Wielerflits have gone a bit overboard with the one-sided reporting on this, it seems like they're the mouthpiece for Teunissen's management.

That's only the tip of the iceberg where Wielerflits going overboard with regards to this story is concerned. In my opinion, their reputation is kind of shot at this point.

Naturally there was a lot of criticism by commenters on the site (the comment section there is usually a hellhole, but that's beside the point) on the way Wielerflits have reported on Teunissen. So what did Wielerflits decide was the best way to handle this? Scour the internet for the phone numbers of said commenters, and give them unsolicited calls. Actually bizarre behaviour.

And yes, they have admitted to this.

 

[Samamba]

Isnt one sided reporting simply Wielerflits "thing". They always do it. It generates clicks as it's often very negative and sensationalized so people talk about it.

The Lotto story was also horrible in that regards.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Isnt one sided reporting simply Wielerflits "thing". They always do it. It generates clicks as it's often very negative and sensationalized so people talk about it.

The Lotto story was also horrible in that regards.

I'd say it's become Wielerflits' thing. Prior to the Visma/Soudal merger reporting last year, they were more reliable than most. Definitely not the case anymore.

 

[theyoungest]

That's only the tip of the iceberg where Wielerflits going overboard with regards to this story is concerned. In my opinion, their reputation is kind of shot at this point.

Naturally there was a lot of criticism by commenters on the site (the comment section there is usually a hellhole, but that's beside the point) on the way Wielerflits have reported on Teunissen. So what did Wielerflits decide was the best way to handle this? Scour the internet for the phone numbers of said commenters, and give them unsolicited calls. Actually bizarre behaviour.

And yes, they have admitted to this.

Yeah, I read that too. It's like harassment. I think you can actually sue them for this.

Ever since Raymond Kerckhoffs joined them I feel they've turned from a relatively innocent, pleasantly amateurish website into this content machine, everything for the clicks. Kind of a Telegraaf vibe... which is where Kerckhoffs comes from. They also have this podcast that nobody listens to, so they desperately try to generate traffic by posting clickbait titles. It's a bit pathetic really.

 

[gerundium]

That's only the tip of the iceberg where Wielerflits going overboard with regards to this story is concerned. In my opinion, their reputation is kind of shot at this point.

Naturally there was a lot of criticism by commenters on the site (the comment section there is usually a hellhole, but that's beside the point) on the way Wielerflits have reported on Teunissen. So what did Wielerflits decide was the best way to handle this? Scour the internet for the phone numbers of said commenters, and give them unsolicited calls. Actually bizarre behaviour.

And yes, they have admitted to this.

WTF, this is an insane story. they are actually trying to scour the internet to find personal details of accounts on their site to call them about critical posts. just a bizarre turn of events

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

That's only the tip of the iceberg where Wielerflits going overboard with regards to this story is concerned. In my opinion, their reputation is kind of shot at this point.

Naturally there was a lot of criticism by commenters on the site (the comment section there is usually a hellhole, but that's beside the point) on the way Wielerflits have reported on Teunissen. So what did Wielerflits decide was the best way to handle this? Scour the internet for the phone numbers of said commenters, and give them unsolicited calls. Actually bizarre behaviour.

And yes, they have admitted to this.

WTF
That's so idiotic on their part
(it's also idiotic to put your phone number online unless you run a business or what not but that's besides the point)

 

[Statze2]

Arkea is in serious financial problems, the company and thus also the team. Not sure what exactly is going on but they cant use the option in Champoussins contract cause they don't have the money (hence why he's probably going to Astana, they are technically not buying him out) and other riders are getting offered to other teams by their agents to see what's possible.

Astana wants Albanese too, not really surprising that one. EF is also in the picture.

Hm this could be interesting in terms of WT license. What will happen then? Will there be one open until the next period or can an existing team jump in and buy the license with immediate effect for 2025? Q36.5, Tudor, Uno X, Lotto, Israel PT would be the teams who could fit in. Maybe Lotto can´t afford the license.

 

[yaco]

Enough said about what?

It's self evident that one of the leading sprinters has so far wasted his career at Jumbo. As a sprinter, you want big wins and they are grand tour stages.

 

[Samamba]

Hm this could be interesting in terms of WT license. What will happen then? Will there be one open until the next period or can an existing team jump in and buy the license with immediate effect for 2025? Q36.5, Tudor, Uno X, Lotto, Israel PT would be the teams who could fit in. Maybe Lotto can´t afford the license.

Lotto and/or Israel have absolutely no reason to even buy that license as they have more points, basically guaranteed to get a license themselves for 2026-2028 and have guaranteed WCs for 2025.

Others could technically do that but it isn't that easy has Arkea has a lot of riders under contract and those teams have them tho. Taking over someones license would mean taking over 1/3rd of the riders and staff under contract there (i don't know the exact rules but it's something lke that). It's pretty complicated and too late to do it probably. Also no reason to believe right now Arkea won't be there for 2025. 2026 is the problem.