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

[Mayomaniac]

He'll probably ride Down Under, UAE and Romandie with the opportunity to race for GC in at least two of them. And he should already have improved by then.

Sounds like a good plan to me.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

After Bert lemmen signing and now this, it's clear visma is desperate to find the next Roglic!!!!!

 

[Potomac]

Fred Wright to Q36.5
already liked that team. now they get Dunbar and Wright, it'll be love from me

These guys must seem confident Q36.5 is going to get invited next year.
Isn't that team on the wrong side of the annual points battle?

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

These guys must seem confident Q36.5 is going to get invited next year.
Isn't that team on the wrong side of the annual points battle?

With Arkea folding and with the Intermarche-Lotto merger Q36.5 will be the 3rd PT team to get automatic invitations behind Uno-X(/Cofidis) and Tudor.

 

[tobydawq]

Chris Harper now also to Q36.5. They really do seem to be taking a step up.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Tronchon follows Berthet to FDJ, as previously rumored.

 

[Netserk]

Tronchon follows Berthet to FDJ, as previously rumored.

Bad transfers for Ag2r despite higher budget.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Chris Harper now also to Q36.5. They really do seem to be taking a step up.

They, Tudor and whichever of Uno-X and Cofidis misses out on the final WT slot are going to absolutely dominate proceedings for the wildcards next cycle. All four are very lucky that Lotto and Intermarché are merging, otherwise the next three years would be a bit of a bloodbath.

 

[pastronef]

They, Tudor and whichever of Uno-X and Cofidis misses out on the final WT slot are going to absolutely dominate proceedings for the wildcards next cycle. All four are very lucky that Lotto and Intermarché are merging, otherwise the next three years would be a bit of a bloodbath.

and that Arkea is 99% folding (but I'm baffled that NO NEWS AT ALL is coming from Hubert and the team ffs)

 

[Devil's Elbow]

and that Arkea is 99% folding (but I'm baffled that NO NEWS AT ALL is coming from Hubert and the team ffs)

Even if Arkéa somehow find a new sponsor, they are simply a level below at this point.

 

[pastronef]

I had a deep dive into the French Gruppetto forum whose members where shaken by Askey leaving the Holy Church of FDJ to sign with Israel-PremierTech. and others made an analysis of many ethics of many sponsors teams, as we always did on here (pollution, regimes, fuels, gambling, etc)
then the one new poster comes, joins the forum and his first post is this. putain!

Well, if we put some morality into this forum and into cycling now... we're not out of the woods yet!!!!!!
No one seems bothered to see Julian Alaphilippe at Tudor, co-sponsored by Hugo Boss, the official costume designer and outfitter of the Third Reich, the Gestapo, and the German army. No one was offended to see Laurent Jalabert displaying the Deutsche Bank logo on his ONCE jersey in the late 1990s, the bank that accepted the dismissal of two Jewish directors in 1933 and financed the Auschwitz concentration camp. And I'm giving you a post that this entire forum applauded Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon, Marc Madiot with a Renault jersey on their shoulders, a company well known for its collaboration and which does its utmost to supply Hitler's armies with military equipment (trucks, tanks for the Wehrmacht, exhaust pipes usable as incendiary bombs, etc.). This production generates handsome profits. Jacques Anquetil between 1964 and 1966 raced in a Ford jersey, Henry Ford was known for his anti-Semitism. Ford Werke A.G. is considered "a key part of the Nazi arsenal," producing 60% of the Wehrmacht's tracked and armored personnel carriers. And on the organizer side, who remembers Jean Leulliot, founder of Paris-Nice, the Route de France, the Etoile des Espoirs and who during the War (against Goddet's advice) organized the Circuit de France (a sort of adulterated Tour de France) with his collaborationist newspaper La France Socialiste. Emile Idéee, reigning French champion, received threats from Jean Leulliot that he would be visited by the Gestapo if he did not take part... He was tried at the Liberation and it was Jacques Goddet (with or without his colonial hat on his head?...ugh colonialism) who interceded on his behalf. Closer to us, La Depêche du Midi, sponsor of the Route d'Occitanie... it just sheltered René Bousquet, head of the Vichy Police, a major player in the Veld'Hiv roundup and who became administrator of the Toulouse newspaper for several years under the direction of the Baylet family... Only Gino Bartali had morals! But he was the only one!

 

[Izzyeviel]

what a lovely intelligent man he is.*



* or words to that effect...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bad transfers for Ag2r despite higher budget.

Losing/replacing AG2R is still the worst outgoing transfer, although as we've now learned being sponsored by anyone other than Gino Bartali comes with all sorts of issues.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Poor Alaphilippe catching strays, honestly you can accuse the Nazis of a lot of things but looking scruffy is not one of them. Besides, maybe Hugo didn't know?

 

[Potomac]

I had a deep dive into the French Gruppetto forum whose members where shaken by Askey leaving the Holy Church of FDJ to sign with Israel-PremierTech. and others made an analysis of many ethics of many sponsors teams, as we always did on here (pollution, regimes, fuels, gambling, etc)
then the one new poster comes, joins the forum and his first post is this. putain!

Well, if we put some morality into this forum and into cycling now... we're not out of the woods yet!!!!!!
No one seems bothered to see Julian Alaphilippe at Tudor, co-sponsored by Hugo Boss, the official costume designer and outfitter of the Third Reich, the Gestapo, and the German army. No one was offended to see Laurent Jalabert displaying the Deutsche Bank logo on his ONCE jersey in the late 1990s, the bank that accepted the dismissal of two Jewish directors in 1933 and financed the Auschwitz concentration camp. And I'm giving you a post that this entire forum applauded Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon, Marc Madiot with a Renault jersey on their shoulders, a company well known for its collaboration and which does its utmost to supply Hitler's armies with military equipment (trucks, tanks for the Wehrmacht, exhaust pipes usable as incendiary bombs, etc.). This production generates handsome profits. Jacques Anquetil between 1964 and 1966 raced in a Ford jersey, Henry Ford was known for his anti-Semitism. Ford Werke A.G. is considered "a key part of the Nazi arsenal," producing 60% of the Wehrmacht's tracked and armored personnel carriers. And on the organizer side, who remembers Jean Leulliot, founder of Paris-Nice, the Route de France, the Etoile des Espoirs and who during the War (against Goddet's advice) organized the Circuit de France (a sort of adulterated Tour de France) with his collaborationist newspaper La France Socialiste. Emile Idéee, reigning French champion, received threats from Jean Leulliot that he would be visited by the Gestapo if he did not take part... He was tried at the Liberation and it was Jacques Goddet (with or without his colonial hat on his head?...ugh colonialism) who interceded on his behalf. Closer to us, La Depêche du Midi, sponsor of the Route d'Occitanie... it just sheltered René Bousquet, head of the Vichy Police, a major player in the Veld'Hiv roundup and who became administrator of the Toulouse newspaper for several years under the direction of the Baylet family... Only Gino Bartali had morals! But he was the only one!

I'm sure that guy is fun at social events

 

[Potomac]

Chris Harper now also to Q36.5. They really do seem to be taking a step up.

Are they collecting Anglophone riders?
They have quite the assembly of Aussie, Brit, Irish and Canadian.
They just need a Kiwi and and a Yank to complete the collection.

 

[pastronef]

I'm sure that guy is fun at social events

I think he saw the ambiance in the French gruppetto forum after the Askey-Israel news, and also the hate of some French users towards Tietema-Rockets who DARED getting a French license, so he went all-in with his rant.

 

[yaco]

Chris Harper now also to Q36.5. They really do seem to be taking a step up.

Jayco yet again being outbid by Pro Conti teams for riders.

 

[pastronef]

silly mode on: WAIT A MINUTE! and if Sir Dave stopping all negotiations for 2026 new riders means that MATHIEU and Canyon are discussing with them?

 

[Rockestar_33]

Jayco yet again being outbid by Pro Conti teams for riders.

Eh. He's a good domestique but the insistence that he rides GC when Yates (previously) and O'Connor weren't there was a little annoying, as for me both Dunbar and Zana were better suited.

Squad was (and still is) a little climber heavy anyway. Need more lead out riders IMO

 

[yaco]

Eh. He's a good domestique but the insistence that he rides GC when Yates (previously) and O'Connor weren't there was a little annoying, as for me both Dunbar and Zana were better suited.

Squad was (and still is) a little climber heavy anyway. Need more lead out riders IMO

I think the opposite. Unless, Zana stays Jayco are light on for tall mountain climbers. They are fine for punchy climbers, while they have lead out riders but they dont ride as a team. You only had to look at Stage one of Renewi. Walscheid, Stewart, Mezgec, groenewegen, Reinders and Donaldson should be about the best lead out in this race, however,they were all over the place.

 

[RedheadDane]

Eh. He's a good domestique but the insistence that he rides GC when Yates (previously) and O'Connor weren't there was a little annoying, as for me both Dunbar and Zana were better suited.

Hold on. Real Chris Harper wants to ride GC?
Who does he think he is? Jonas Vingegaard?

 

[ingsve]

Even if Arkéa somehow find a new sponsor, they are simply a level below at this point.

Actually they are currently on the 3rd WC spot for next year ahead of Cofidis and Q36.5 so if they stay around they have the advantage of all the invites next season.

 

[Rockestar_33]

I think the opposite. Unless, Zana stays Jayco are light on for tall mountain climbers. They are fine for punchy climbers, while they have lead out riders but they dont ride as a team. You only had to look at Stage one of Renewi. Walscheid, Stewart, Mezgec, groenewegen, Reinders and Donaldson should be about the best lead out in this race, however,they were all over the place.

Walscheid and Mezgec are the only WT level lead out men there. Stewart straight up has been poor this year, Reinders is average and Donaldson could get there but currently isn't.

Hold on. Real Chris Harper wants to ride GC?
Who does he think he is? Jonas Vingegaard?

Not sure if it's him or Jayco.

 

[yaco]

Walscheid and Mezgec are the only WT level lead out men there. Stewart straight up has been poor this year, Reinders is average and Donaldson could get there but currently isn't.

Not sure if it's him or Jayco.

You missed the gist of my original post. Why are Jayco losing three riders to PCT teams with all being grand tour stage winners.