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

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Skil Shimano even got 3rd in a stage if I recall correctly. They also managed to put half of the team in the first echelon in the La Grand Motte stage which was amazing.

They did have 6 riders in that front group of less than 30. Pure cicilisimo.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Burgos signed Cesar Macias, he's a fast little guy that finished behind Kockelmann in that L'Avenir sprint.
Good to see another Mexican get a pro contract, let's hope Carlos Alfonso García and Edgar Cadena are next.

 

[JosephD]

Burgos signed Cesar Macias, he's a fast little guy that finished behind Kockelmann in that L'Avenir sprint.
Good to see another Mexican get a pro contract, let's hope Carlos Alfonso García and Edgar Cadena are next.

Hopefully the Prieto twins too when they age out of U23 next season, espeically Jose Juan

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Quick Question: so the Mexican NC that are coming up are technically part of the 2026 UCI season and so the points count for that year.
Will they count towards Petrolike's tally or Burgos?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Quick Question: so the Mexican NC that are coming up are technically part of the 2026 UCI season and so the points count for that year.
Will they count towards Petrolike's tally or Burgos?

I guess (but only a guess, I haven't researched anything) it is like a mid-season transfer: it is acknowledged that riders sometimes move within the season, so points before the transfer go to the pre-transfer team.

Why the UCI think it's beneficial to declare the end of the year to be at a time other than when the calendar and, more importantly, rider contracts consider the year to end is anyone's guess.

And strictly speaking, the races in Europe last Sunday were after the last WorldTour race of the year, so should they have been regarded as 2026 season events?

 

[RedheadDane]

Why the UCI think it's beneficial to declare the end of the year to be at a time other than when the calendar and, more importantly, rider contracts consider the year to end is anyone's guess.

Is this one of those situations where it's only the UCI who considers some random date in the middle of October to be the end of the year, whereas anyone who's actually in possession of a calendar, and knows how those things works, know that it's still 2025, and whoever win the various races at the Mexican National Championships will be 2025 National Champions?

 

[staubsauger]

Surely you mean Christophe Rinero.

I had forgotten about Skil. On paper they were rather weak, but as you mention they did a decent 2009 Tour. Skil Shimano even got 3rd in a stage if I recall correctly. They also managed to put half of the team in the first echelon in the La Grand Motte stage which was amazing.

Gosh, of course I meant Rinero! 🤣
Total brain error!

 

[Samamba]

Quick Question: so the Mexican NC that are coming up are technically part of the 2026 UCI season and so the points count for that year.
Will they count towards Petrolike's tally or Burgos?

Team he's riding for now as he's under contract there.