Teams & Riders The Great Big Transfers and Rumours Thread

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Ineos vs JV vs UAE I have a feeling we will be seeing a lot this transfer market.

 

[Anderis]

Ineos vs JV vs UAE I have a feeling we will be seeing a lot this transfer market.

This transfer market? It already feels like all the good riders are in those teams and the rest of WT teams are just scraps of what's left!

 

[Salvarani]

This transfer market? It already feels like all the good riders are in those teams and the rest of WT teams are just scraps of what's left!

Yeah... but at least it is three teams and not one team these days.

 

[KZD]

Van Baarle to UAE would make a lot of sense. They have very good climbing domestiques, Majka, Formolo, Soler, Bennett, McNulty and good rouleurs, Bjerg, Laengen, Trentin but they are lacking a world class rouleur on their Tour team with the added bonus that he is able to climb pretty well too.

On top of that they would have a proper leader for the cobbled classics and perhaps doing a duo with Pogačar on RVV.

Having said that, it wouldn't surprise me if he stays with Ineos.

 

[Ricco']

Henok Mulubrhan joins Bardiani immediately.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Henok Mulubrhan joins Bardiani immediately.

I had hoped Savio was gonna pick him up. Let's hope Bardiani won't ruin him.

 

[search]

I had hoped Savio was gonna pick him up. Let's hope Bardiani won't ruin him.

well, for a start, they signed him too late to bring him to the Giro. But that may even be to the better?!

"In his first months as a pro rider there will be no World Tour races for him, to respect Adams rules, so he will not be at the start of Giro d'Italia"

 

[RedheadDane]

well, for a start, they signed him too late to bring him to the Giro. But that may even be to the better?!

"In his first months as a pro rider there will be no World Tour races for him, to respect Adams rules, so he will not be at the start of Giro d'Italia"

What "Adam's rule"? Stewart did GW just days after being promoted to the WT back in 2020.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What "Adam's rule"? Stewart did GW just days after being promoted to the WT back in 2020.

I assume it's the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System, but I haven't yet found the exact rule.

 

[RedheadDane]

I assume it's the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System, but I haven't yet found the exact rule.

Yes, but it didn't stop Stewart.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yes, but it didn't stop Stewart.

Now I don't know if the rules have been changed since or if it made a difference that Stewart's contract probably wasn't transfered to a different company. Maybe it's because a different anti doping authority will be testing him from now if he's going to reside in another country.

 

[RedheadDane]

Now I don't know if the rules have been changed since or if it made a difference that Stewart's contract probably wasn't transfered to a different company. Maybe it's because a different anti doping authority will be testing him from now if he's going to reside in another country.

But surely teams are generally allowed to let new signees ride WT races immediatly. Otherwise they couldn't bring new riders to TDU.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

But surely teams are generally allowed to let new signees ride WT races immediatly. Otherwise they couldn't bring new riders to TDU.

They aren't midseason transfers though.
It wouldn't be the first time the cycling authorities don't know their own rules, but I hope Bardiani has been well advised here.

 

[search]

But surely teams are generally allowed to let new signees ride WT races immediatly. Otherwise they couldn't bring new riders to TDU.

there was an issue when Lambrecht moved up to WT a couple of years ago. As far as I know, the rules are still the same:

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/lotto-soudals-bjorg-lambrecht-tour-whereabouts-confusion-365706

So you need to be on the bio passport for 6 weeks before you can do a WT race. It's mandatory for WT and PT teams, but not for continental teams. To be honest, I thought Bike Aid was still part of it as well, as they are listed as one of the teams which "contribute to the programme for the fight against doping ". But maybe that doesn't necessarily mean that they use ADAMS (while Groupama Devo probably does, going by the Stewart example).

Or Bike Aid does, but Bardiani messed up the period in between. No idea.

 

[RedheadDane]

Now I have a sad...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It seemed the move was specifically with the Giro in mind, but at least he'll still be paid better than at Bike Aid, And not doing the Giro is of course not necessarily bad for his career.

 

[Ricco']

But surely teams are generally allowed to let new signees ride WT races immediatly. Otherwise they couldn't bring new riders to TDU.

Maybe an issue with time required to setup a user on the database/create him an account/have all the process created in time to notify the athlete of certain steps?

Usually there is at least a month between the time someone signs with a team and the season starts. Now we are less than two weeks from the start of the Giro.

Last year Ponomar for example started his contract with Androni on the 7th of february and only started racing on 20th march.

 

[Samamba]

Carlos Barbero and Reinardt Janse van Rensburg to Lotto Soudal for the remainder of the season. Both were out of contract after Qhubeka folding at the end of last year.

Source: Het Nieuwsblad

 

[will-10]

Carlos Barbero and Reinardt Janse van Rensburg to Lotto Soudal for the remainder of the season. Both were out of contract after Qhubeka folding at the end of last year.

Source: Het Nieuwsblad

The chat around this seems to be for WT points, but I suspect it's more down to how thin their roster has ended up with injury/illness, starting with min. number of guys etc - Barbero and JvR don't strike me as points hoovers.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

In the article they mentioned that Drizners and Malecki would be out for a long time and they needed replacements.

 

[Roku]

Poor Malecki, he had a promising 2020 and now he seems on the verge of retirement unless a polish team picks him up and manages to rebuild from there.

Regarding Reinardt Van Rensburg, given how poorly Lotto is doing and the points allocation he might very well finish as one of the team Top10 scorers. I'm glad he manages to keep on riding for another year.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

According to wielerflits: Dutch conti-team VolkerWessels is thinking about moving into the PCT-ranks. In an interview the DS gave it a 50/50 chance that it will happen.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

According to wielerflits: Dutch conti-team VolkerWessels is thinking about moving into the PCT-ranks. In an interview the DS gave it a 50/50 chance that it will happen.

Would be good to see a dutch Proconti team again. At least two teams wanting to move up then with Tudor Procycling, formally Swiss Cycling Academy, want to as well.

 

[Lexman]

Merlier might be going to Quick Step but that's a rumour in radio peloton...

Tim Merlier mist de Giro na ‘gat’ in elleboog, maar blikt alweer vooruit: “Dat ik rond ben met Quick-Step? Ik hoor dat ook”

Tim Merlier (29) mist de Giro. Het “gat” in zijn elleboog – een souvenir van Parijs-Roubaix – is onvoldoende hersteld. Hij kijkt nu vooruit en met een half oog ook naar de Tour. “Het BK in Middelkerke is nu mijn nieuwe grote doel.”

www.nieuwsblad.be

 

[Lexman]

Teuns to leave Bahrain ? https://sporza.be/nl/2022/04/28/manager-dylan-teuns-over-nieuwe-ploeg-salaris-primeert-niet-wel-zijn-rol-en-het-programma~1651138444690/

He liked to work with Verbrugghe (now Israel) and Ellingworth (Ineos)...