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

[Faserr]

If there is a transfer fee in his contract and they get good money, why not?

 

[Samamba]

Apparently RBH tries to buy out Etxeberria.

Haimar Etxeberria deja el Kern Pharma para irse al Red Bull-Bora

La marcha de la promesa guipuzcoana de la formación navarra se cerrará en las próximas horas

www.diariodenavarra.es

They clearly dont give a *** anymore if someone has a contract or not ^^

Denk not caring about riders having contracts or not has been a well known fact for years (lots of other managers find him a *** because of it) but in this case he or Red Bull in general doesn't seem to be "at fault" as etxeberria apparently has a limited buy out clause. So if true it's fair play. Pretty sure Jayco also wanted him.

 

[Cycling111]

If there is a transfer fee in his contract and they get good money, why not?

They didn't think that when the same thing happened to them.

 

[Samamba]

They didn't think that when the same thing happened to them.

Uijtdebroecks did not have a buy out clause in his contract. Completely different.

Of course Bora/Red Bull have done the same thing with riders without that clause so yes they are hypocrites but this one is not like that.

 

[Faserr]

They also signed the contract after all three parties agreed and after the transfer fee was fixed.

 

[Samamba]

there was an interview with Zimmermann in German press the other day, who said that he didn't need to sign a new contract. His old one remains valid. So unless someone at Lotto decided to give Girmay better conditions (which is unlikely, I guess), it would likely mean that he signs elsewhere indeed.

Zimmermann also said that his main job next year will be to help van Eetvelt, so the current plan seems to be to keep him on board.

There's a Costa Blanca training camp in December, and the team will be presented at the Lotto headquarter on January 15.

https://pressreader.com/article/282089168044509

Is there any way to read this without paying?

The jan 15th presentation would be very late... Also a bit weird cause I would think they have a second training camp at that moment, maybe it's right after.

Also yeah the goal is of course to keep Van Eetvelt, I'm not sure where they are on that right now. Before december training camp I'm not going to be sure about the selection.

 

[Samamba]

They also signed the contract after all three parties agreed and after the transfer fee was fixed.

Yeah after threatening to use Belgian labor law to unilaterally break the contract, obviously not the same lmao. Just like with Van Gils, Van Wilder at the time, and plenty of other cases it's all way more hostile than when a buy out clause is literally put into a contract (I do think it's basically an obligation in Spanish contracts).