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

[titan31]

But I guess you're not all wrong...
I hope that a good deal of the mental side can be sorted out at another team, though. He's never been the best at positioning, but he does have some very good speed. I think his main problems right now really are that he doesn't really like to get involved in the fighting stuff and also has very probably lost all confidence at this point. I don't know how they are going to work on this, though, I mean DQS has a psychologist... But Hodeg surely doesn't get along with PL and maybe he doesn't feel good in the team anymore, and maybe, if the Jakobsen incident also plays a role a switch of scenery can also help. I just hope.
But I would have thought the probability of being the designated sprinter at a lower team higher. On the other hand as a clear lead-out there's no pressure to bring results, if that is a big problem.

Ya, maybe he's fine with being the leadout guy and the likely higher wages in the short term, but if he wants to be a sprinter, he might have been better off going to to a Spanish pro conti side and seeing can he make the most of the opportunities he'd get there.

 

[Koronin]

I’d love to see Aquadro’s face when he realized one of his two go to teams is under new management and Gorka wants to go home.

LOL, so would I. In Gorka's case, if he's willing to negotiate the contract himself Movistar will work with him. They re-signed two or 3 riders who have Aquadro as their agent after they blacklisted him as the riders were willing to do the contracts themselves. Movistar, with how long they've been around, don't have problems negotiating directly with riders. Yes, it sounds like Gorka basically wants to go home.

 

[Landeirovic]

Team DSM en rondetalent Ilan Van Wilder uit elkaar

Ilan van Wilder en Team DSM spreken momenteel over een ontbinding van het doorlopende contract tot eind 2022. Diverse bronnen hebben aan WielerFlits bevestigd dat het Belgische talent inmiddels in gesprek is met andere ploegen. Onder welke condities en wanneer beide partijen de verbintenis...

www.wielerflits.nl

Van Wilder and Team DSM split up. What is happening there at DSM??!!

 

[Anderis]

I wonder what team he will end up at. An interesting signing opportunity for teams.

 

[Landeirovic]

I think Bora, Ineos or Trek

Uae is there always for young talents. DQS as Belgium team can be an option to for take Almeida his place.

 

[claude cat]

TDF rumor mill: Peter Sagan will join Team TotalEnergies

According to Dutch website Wielerflits the deal is done. Peter Sagan joins Team TotalEnergies from 2022.

cyclingtips.com

 

[staubsauger]

Team DSM en rondetalent Ilan Van Wilder uit elkaar

Ilan van Wilder en Team DSM spreken momenteel over een ontbinding van het doorlopende contract tot eind 2022. Diverse bronnen hebben aan WielerFlits bevestigd dat het Belgische talent inmiddels in gesprek is met andere ploegen. Onder welke condities en wanneer beide partijen de verbintenis...

www.wielerflits.nl

Van Wilder and Team DSM split up. What is happening there at DSM??!!

Looks like Spekenbrink went kinda maniac.
Finally they've secured big long-term sponsorship and now they are ruining their whole team with their strictness and obsession.

Argos and later Sunweb used to be a sympathetic underdog team for developing talents like Kittel & Dumoulin. Lately like I said they've become fully wicked with their tactical inflexibility, obsession on stupid rules and especially invasiveness by strictly implying them.

Wonder whether Bardet even stays their for next year.

 

[spalco]

Looks like Spekenbrink went kinda maniac.
Finally they've secured big long-term sponsorship and now they are ruining their whole team with their strictness and obsession.

Argos and later Sunweb used to be a sympathetic underdog team for developing talents like Kittel & Dumoulin. Lately like I said they've become fully wicked with their tactical inflexibility, obsession on stupid rules and especially invasiveness by strictly implying them.

Wonder whether Bardet even stays their for next year.

Haven't there been stories for years about Sunweb basically treating their riders like children in a boarding school?

 

[King Boonen]

TDF rumor mill: Peter Sagan will join Team TotalEnergies

According to Dutch website Wielerflits the deal is done. Peter Sagan joins Team TotalEnergies from 2022.

cyclingtips.com

Team sponsored by company that sells products made from dinosaurs signs one...

 

[King Of The Wolds]

Team sponsored by company that sells products made from dinosaurs signs one...

Touché.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Team sponsored by company that sells products made from dinosaurs signs one...

That's what i call "thinking ahead".

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

According to Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws, both Ineos Grenadiers and Lotto Soudal are eager to reel in Van Wilder immediately. From what i've heard, there are other teams interested as well.

 

[RedheadDane]

Fabio Jakobsen inks new deal with Deceuninck – Quick-Step | Deceuninck - Quick-Step Cycling team (deceuninck-quickstep.com)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Uno X have signed their second rider for their women's team. Bjørndal Ottestad is both a former Norwegian RR champion and the current TTT champion and CX champion (a title which she hasn't been able to defend since she won it in 2019).

https://twitter.com/x/status/1413406983059873797

View: https://twitter.com/UnoXteam/status/1413406983059873797

 

[Landeirovic]

finn fisher black would join uae on 1 august

Finn Fisher-Black verlaat Jumbo-Visma Academy per direct

UAE-Emirates snoepte onlangs Jumbo-Visma Development toptalent Finn-Fisher Black weg. De Nederlandse ploeg deed de jongeling ook een aanbod, maar kon niet opboksen tegen het exorbitante voorstel van de ploeg van teammanager Mauro Gianetti. Naar nu blijkt de 20-jarige Nieuw-Zeelander per direct...

www.wielerflits.nl

 

[Mayomaniac]

Trek-Segafredo signs 3 interesting u23 riders. The Danish climber Hellemose, the Italian fast guy/TTer Baroncini and the Dutch Daan Hoole.
https://www.tuttobiciweb.it/article/2021/07/12/1626081249/trek-hellemose-baronicini-hoole
One can say a few things about Trek, but when it comes to signing young guys they have been pretty good over the last 2 years.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

So Hilaire Van Der Schueren basically confirmed all of this in his Nieuwsblad interview:

Koch & D. Van Poppel --> Bora
Kristoff --> Wanty

He's also very interested in Van Wilder.

Further on in the newspaper they mentioned that Laurens Huys (current WB) signed with Intermarché aswell.

 

[Landeirovic]

So Hilaire Van Der Schueren basically confirmed all of this in his Nieuwsblad interview:

Koch & D. Van Poppel --> Bora
Kristoff --> Wanty

He's also very interested in Van Wilder.

Further on in the newspaper they mentioned that Laurens Huys (current WB) signed with Intermarché aswell.

Link about Laurens Huys?

 

[Colonel]

Valerio Conti to Cofidis

 

[Mayomaniac]

Valerio Conti to Cofidis

Not bad, a good stagehunter and not a bad climber either, he can also support G. Martin.

 

[Landeirovic]

Valerio Conti to Cofidis

where you read?

 

[Roku]

Backaert & De Backer (both B&B riders) retire at the end of the season. Backaert still quite young at only 31, but stalled after leaving Wanty and seems tired of the pro life.

Funny (or not), it seems the only way out of B&B is retirement or going back to the amateur ranks. In four years of history, every rider leaving the team, except for Lorrenzo Manzin retired. It seems Pacher and Coquard will be the heroes that join Manzin in the difficult quest of staying as a pro after wearing a B&B jersey.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Link about Laurens Huys?

I can't link a physical copy of a newspaper, sorry. I looked for an online-article but it wasn't in the online paper.

 

[RedheadDane]

They're splitting up the Van Dijkes!
Sort of...
Hessmann involved as well.

Team Jumbo Visma | Van Dijke and Hessmann step up to main squad Team…

 

[lemon cheese cake]

They're splitting up the Van Dijkes!
Sort of...
Hessmann involved as well.

Team Jumbo Visma | Van Dijke and Hessmann step up to main squad Team…

Maybe Hessmann is a secret third twin who was born in Germany?!

Plus Hessmann is another one ignoring die MANNschaft of Bora!!