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

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if RAGT Semences and Jean Delatour got a TDF invite, then the Unibet Rockets can get one
Jean Delatour had Patrice Halgand who was quite good and also a couple of decent French riders (Laurent Lefevre, Goubert). Not a great team, but decent enough to compete.

RAGT Semences was indeed horrible and possibly the worst team to participate in TdF since 2000.
 
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Hold on, has the "Guys... I regret, I wanna stay with Alpecin!" thing involving Edward Planckaert been resolved?
Apparently there are rumours that QS has signed L. Rex, which would require someone else being removed from the team.
 
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Jean Delatour had Patrice Halgand who was quite good and also a couple of decent French riders (Laurent Lefevre, Goubert). Not a great team, but decent enough to compete.

RAGT Semences was indeed horrible and possibly the worst team to participate in TdF since 2000.
Its them or skil shimano (the team now known as Picnic Post)
 
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Apparently there are rumours that QS has signed L. Rex
Finally it all makes sense

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Hold on, has the "Guys... I regret, I wanna stay with Alpecin!" thing involving Edward Planckaert been resolved?
Apparently there are rumours that QS has signed L. Rex, which would require someone else being removed from the team.

This isn't a rumor. Quick Step's CEO has already confirmed this.
 
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Finally it all makes sense

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T. Rex is with Visma, though.


This isn't a rumor. Quick Step's CEO has already confirmed this.

Weird that PCS hasn't updated things, then. They're usually pretty up-to-date.
 
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If someone wants to have a late night laugh.

Matthew Fox, 23 year old guy who rode in the French amateur scene (and as a trainee for Lotto) this year, will survive the merger. Yes guys like Bonneu, Thompson, Veistroffer, Smith, even possibly Marit and Thijssen won't survive, but Fox will :tearsofjoy:

Well at least that's what I'm taking away from him doing bikefits with Lotto on Orbea's today.
 
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If someone wants to have a late night laugh.

Matthew Fox, 23 year old guy who rode in the French amateur scene (and as a trainee for Lotto) this year, will survive the merger. Yes guys like Bonneu, Thompson, Veistroffer, Smith, even possibly Marit and Thijssen won't survive, but Fox will :tearsofjoy:

Well at least that's what I'm taking away from him doing bikefits with Lotto on Orbea's today.
Well, they should have room for 2 neo pros that get their own spots rather than taking spots from anyone else. I'm guessing Jarno Widar still counts for the other neo pro spot. Don't know if they have more?
 
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Well, they should have room for 2 neo pros that get their own spots rather than taking spots from anyone else. I'm guessing Jarno Widar still counts for the other neo pro spot. Don't know if they have more?

The will have >8 that count as a neopro... That has nothing to do with it. It's a money thing. Merger should've led to a way bigger budget but it didn't. At this point they don't even know for sure if Intermarché is on board.
 
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The will have >8 that count as a neopro... That has nothing to do with it. It's a money thing. Merger should've led to a way bigger budget but it didn't. At this point they don't even know for sure if Intermarché is on board.
So the merger could simply end up being Intermarché calling it quits like B&B rather than an actual merger then?
 
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