Teams & Riders The Great Big Transfers and Rumours Thread

[Koronin]

Did not see that one coming!

I was a little surprised by this one as well. I was confident Ion was going to change teams, but I didn't expect Cofidis to be where he'd end up.

Vinicius Rangel seems to be heading towards the Movistar. He has great potential, he's Brazil's best prospect since Fisher

I expect Movistar to bring him through their system. He was brought to Spain through Valverde's team.

 

[carolina]

Yes.

It was announced during the Tour on Portuguese Eurosport (as Azevedo is now a commentator there for certain races) and it was said it would be a very different project from the ones we currently have, for portuguese young riders to be able to run more abroad.

Now they give us a team led by a 35 year-old rider with a dubious past and with 10 riders on board, which is very short to be able to ride the national calendar and a lot of races abroad. Honestly, it doesn't add much apart from the cosmetic package of being run by Azevedo. Even one of the DS is Américo Silva, a dinosaur with a lot of tactical nuances, not to speak about his history in teams who can be best speak of in another part of this forum.

Efapel went from fighting for the Volta to be able to fight for a top-5 at best. Guess they didn't want to invest as much as they were being doing for the past years.

Yeah... the first time he spoke about his new team it sounded like he wanted to build a portuguese version of Axeon. That would have been an exciting project... now that we know who's on the team it is a major let down.

 

[Mayomaniac]

I was a little surprised by this one as well. I was confident Ion was going to change teams, but I didn't expect Cofidis to be where he'd end up.




I expect Movistar to bring him through their system. He was brought to Spain through Valverde's team.

Yeah, the guy has good results in the spanish u23 races and 2nd in the Volta a Goias behind Joao Gaspar, who just returned to racing after his ban.
The only other guy from Brazil who'd I give a chance is the strong TTer Joa Pedro Rossi.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Yes.

It was announced during the Tour on Portuguese Eurosport (as Azevedo is now a commentator there for certain races) and it was said it would be a very different project from the ones we currently have, for portuguese young riders to be able to run more abroad.

Now they give us a team led by a 35 year-old rider with a dubious past and with 10 riders on board, which is very short to be able to ride the national calendar and a lot of races abroad. Honestly, it doesn't add much apart from the cosmetic package of being run by Azevedo. Even one of the DS is Américo Silva, a dinosaur with a lot of tactical nuances, not to speak about his history in teams who can be best speak of in another part of this forum.

Efapel went from fighting for the Volta to be able to fight for a top-5 at best. Guess they didn't want to invest as much as they were being doing for the past years.

From what I've heard the current Efapel team has already a new sponsor, Glassdrive Q8 Anicolor, and all the big gc riders will stay (apparently Moreira signed a big contract until 2024).
Azevedo is not a great manager, after he took over from Ekimov Katusha went on a downward spiral. Joao Benta and Casimiro as their main guys also doesn't scream new generation to me. Sure, Joaquim Silva is an interesting stagehunter on the hilly/medium mountain stages, but other than that they don't add a lot. Pedro Andrade is not a bad prospect and Fabio Fernandes is still really young, but it doesn't look like it's any different than a typical CT team from Portugal.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Coryn Rivera might be moving to Jumbo-Visma, and since Vos isn't confirmed to ride for them next year, I wonder if she'll be moving back to Liv, who needs some strong riders to replace Kopecky and Rooijakkers.

Coryn Rivera ruilt Team DSM in voor Jumbo-Visma

De vrouwenploeg van Jumbo-Visma heeft zich versterkt met de Amerikaanse Coryn Rivera. Dat hebben diverse bronnen aan de start van het WK in Antwerpen aan WielerFlits bevestigd. Met de 29-jarige renster uit Garden Grove heeft de Nederlandse ploeg een serieuze versterking gehaald. Rivera komt...

www.wielerflits.nl

 

[yaco]

I suggested that Rivera would move teams, though I didn't have Jumbo on my radar.

 

[TMP402]

Michael Schwarzmann signs two-year contract at Lotto Soudal | Lotto Dstny

The experienced 30-year-old German reinforces the team next year.

www.lottosoudal.be

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Michael Schwarzmann signs two-year contract at Lotto Soudal | Lotto Dstny

The experienced 30-year-old German reinforces the team next year.

www.lottosoudal.be

Solid signing

 

[Mayomaniac]

2nd year u23 rider André Domingues has signed a 2 year contract with Burgos - BH.
https://www.ojogo.pt/modalidades/ciclismo/noticias/ciclista-portugues-andre-domingues-ruma-a-equipa-espanhola-burgos-bh-14057192.html
He's a lightweight climber (only 49kg) who won the Volta a Portugal do Futuro while also winning the young rider's jersey and finishing 2nd in both the points and the KoM classification. He won the u23 NC MTT with a time that would have been the 4th fastest among the pros.
He's still young and hasn't raced the Volta a Portugal, but at the same time he has never shown anything outside of Portugal in the u23 or junior ranks, so no idea if it's gonna be a good move by Burgos.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Perfect move then, as Burgos never has shown anything outside (or inside, for that matter) of Portugal either. And as the team traditionally only consists of random breakaway fodder with the purpose of filling the lower ranks of start lists in Spanish races, this move essentially ends all hopes of ever achieving any success in the pro ranks for Domingues.

 

[RedheadDane]

Perfect move then, as Burgos never has shown anything outside (or inside, for that matter) of Portugal either. And as the team traditionally only consists of random breakaway fodder with the purpose of filling the lower ranks of start lists in Spanish races, this move essentially ends all hopes of ever achieving any success in the pro ranks for Domingues.

Excuse me?!

 

[Roku]

Results, particularly that atrocious stage, can sometimes hide reality, either for good or for bad.

IMHO, 2021 was the only one that Burgos did a worthy Vuelta. Cabedo was promiment in mountain stages and achieved a respectable GC place. Navarro managed to put in some decent performances in mountain breaks, while Bol was decent as usual. In previous years they couldn't even hold the pace of the breaks in flat stages...

To me, being competitive is much more relevant than getting a gifted win in a 3-rider break. That gift won't be repeated in 10 years, while getting consistent and respectable performances will yield more meaningful brand exposure.

 

[RedheadDane]

Gifted?

Sure, his team car "gifted" him with a nice bit of motivation!

Or are you saying he should have been DQed for getting pushed?

 

[Roku]

No, I meant the peloton gifted the stage to an extremely weak 3-rider break.

They even lost a 10 minute lead in 10 kms...

 

[RedheadDane]

It was awesome, nonetheless!

 

[Monte Serra]

Transfer rumour: Dumoulin to Bike Exchange.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1443149650916163584

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/inrng/status/1443149650916163584


Not sure if I buy it, there have also been reports that Tom has re-signed with Jumbo.

 

[Braaah]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1443153689577988096

View: https://twitter.com/AstanaPremTech/status/1443153689577988096?s=20


Moscon confirmed at Astana.

 

[Stilletto]

Rumours are that Moscon will be joined by Basso and Henao from INEOS.

 

[jarvo]

Not seen it on here but may have missed it, Owain Doull to EF Education

 

[perico]

Another that’s finally officially official now. I hate how things turned out with Lopez, but I think Movistar will be a stronger squad next year.

Alex Aranburu signs three-year contract with Movistar

Basque departs Astana after two seasons with team

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[yaco]

Jarrod Drizners another Aussie joins Lotto Soudal - Should be a feature of Ewan's sprint train - Interesting that at the beginning of 2020 he was all set to join BEX subject to a good season - He had an underwhelming 2020 and 2021 which caused BEX to lose interest.

 

[TMP402]

Lots of free agents available

Qhubeka NextHash on the brink as riders told to seek new teams

Financial problems could spell the end of the South African team

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[Sandisfan]

I wonder if Total Direct Energies or Uno-X Pro might try to get the WT License? Don't know if that is possible though.

 

[Koronin]

I wonder if Total Direct Energies or Uno-X Pro might try to get the WT License? Don't know if that is possible though.

I think it's past the deadline to sell the license.

 

[Tugboat]

Sam Gaze extends for a further three years at Alpecin-Fenix…

https://www.facebook.com/1497023190529123/posts/3117744298456996

View: https://www.facebook.com/1497023190529123/posts/3117744298456996/?d=n