Transfers and Rumours 2011 > 2012

[Fetisoff]

BMC super-team is getting even bigger with Marco Pinotti & Tejay van Garderen.

When will the team become the team to hate just like NY Yankees ?

But it already did

 

[Zoncolan]

Pinotti and Van Garderen to BMC
http://www.bmc-racing.com/us-en/team/news/team/bmc-racing-team-signs-pinotti-van-garderen.html

Wow. Really turning into a super team.

 

[Ferminal]

Pinotti is a bit of a surprise, although I'm sure I remember it being suggested by a paper a few weeks ago. Will give them some purpose at the Giro (doubt Hushovd or Gilbert would race it).

 

[Machu Picchu]

...what about Pinotti? was also linked to sky and bmc I think, any recent news?_?

Pinotti and Van Garderen to BMC
http://www.bmc-racing.com/us-en/team/news/team/bmc-racing-team-signs-pinotti-van-garderen.html

Ask and ye shall receive!

 

[Green_&_Gold]

Ask and ye shall receive!

Then i would Cavendish for GreenEdge please.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Then i would Cavendish for GreenEdge please.

would be pretty lame for the first australian team to ride the aS$s off all season for cav. I figured more aussies would get a go with such a project

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

BMC will shed all their load of crap riders they still have like kohler etcetera. To make room for the guys they are getting now...

Hushovd, Gilbert, Evans, v Garderen, Pinotti, sigh...if they get Freire next they have the collections of world champions almost complete

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

how do greenedge think they will get a pt license unless they have a big rider in their team? they all have mediocre riders or riders with not too many points. unless radioshack and leopard will go together the remaining wildcard for pt will surly go to lotto with greipel and jvdb

 

[LukeSchmid]

how do greenedge think they will get a pt license unless they have a big rider in their team? they all have mediocre riders or riders with not too many points. unless radioshack and leopard will go together the remaining wildcard for pt will surly go to lotto with greipel and jvdb

Jens Mouris is almost 2m tall, does he count?

 

[jens_attacks]

i agree with ryo on greenedge although i'm all for globalization and all these things.they have to work hard for at least one more year and then the license...

bmc is indeed a superteam and i very much like the idea.pro cycling needs to grow,the potential is huge and i hope i will live the day when a pro cycling team will have an 100 million dollars budget for a single season.

 

[luckyboy]

BMC will shed all their load of crap riders they still have like kohler etcetera. To make room for the guys they are getting now...

Hushovd, Gilbert, Evans, v Garderen, Pinotti, sigh...if they get Freire next they have the collections of world champions almost complete

Ballan is supposed to be leaving though.

At least with these new signings, now the team won't look so lop-sided.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Jens Mouris is almost 2m tall, does he count?

__________

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Jens Mouris is almost 2m tall, does he count?

yeah that's very funny. what size exactly is mediocre?

 

[TRDean]

I know this isn't totally germain to this thread but... Ryo, what do you know about Rafael Infantino? I had personally never seen him ride before and was highly impressed.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I know this isn't totally germain to this thread but... Ryo, what do you know about Rafael Infantino? I had personally never seen him ride before and was highly impressed.

he used to be a big talent. an un-colombian type of rider and also track rider in early years. he even did top 5 world championships itt in zolder as a junior. he rode in italy for a number of years where his itt really declined, as with any rider in italy basically but he became a really good climber there. he tore apart the fields and won in races like valle aosta, giro del friuli, trofeo matteotti u23 and giro delle valli cunesi. one of his most amazing wins in 2008 valle aosta was this one:

1 Abreu Rafael Infantino (Col) G.S. Podenzano Juvenes Steriltom 3.46.33 (36.495 km/h)
2 Alessandro Colo' (Ita) Promociclo 1.49
3 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Filmop Sorelle Ramonda Parolin 1.51
4 Vincenzo Ianniello (Ita) G.S. San Marco Concrete Imet Caneva 2.16
5 Ardila Alex Norberto Cano (Col) G.S. Unidelta Bottoli Arvedi Garda
6 Angelo Pagani (Ita) Filmop Sorelle Ramonda Parolin 2.32
7 Francis Greef De (Bel) Davitamon Win For Life Jong Vlaanderen 2.44
8 Bedoya Julian Atehortua (Col) G.S. San Marco Concrete Imet Caneva 2.55
9 Enrico Zen (Ita) Filmop Sorelle Ramonda Parolin 3.51
10 Daniel Martin (Irl) V.C. La Pomme Marseille 3.54

he finally got a contract with italian amica chips team but the team folded soon. he went back to colombia into the perfect arms of raul mesa and epm-une, former orbitel, where his itt became more of a weapon again.

still the problem that has haunted him since his youngest days is he's the most unregular rider I've ever seen. he follows the best days with the worst days which means he's basically useless for gc riding, also in colombia. so he is used as an attacker and helper mostly. his itt performance in colorado was one of his infamous good days, also the day before he rode well in the "mountain"stage. he reminds me somewhat of el milagroso javier zapata who was infamous in colombia, he was called miracle man because on a strong day no one could beat him in any discipline, like itt, climbing, downhilling.

infantino is a pretty bad downhiller though btw

also he is quite big for a colombian (1.84) and has blonde hair and both dominican and colombian passport as he has a dominican mother, that I think is actually of portugese descent.

edit: here is is pretty impressive wc 2002 itt result, look at those names!!

1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) 28.30.37 (48.831 km/h)
2 Mark Jamieson (Aus) 0.10.36
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) 0.25.98
4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) 0.30.17
5 Rafael Infantino Abreu (Col) 0.39.92
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) 0.44.18
7 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) 0.45.03
8 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) 0.50.92
9 Roberto Traficante (Ita) 0.57.12
10 Matej Jurco (Svk) 0.58.20

 

[TRDean]

Thanks a million Ryo!! That was a great summary...

 

[Zaschrona]

Frantisek Rabon confirmed he has signed a 2-year deal with Omega-Pharma-Quickstep for next year.

 

[luckyboy]

Is there a link for that anywhere?

 

[search]

Is there a link for that anywhere?

http://frantisekrabon.com/en/home/rabon-has-a-two-year-contract-c98.htm

Edit: oh, okay, he doesn't mention the team in that statement

Edit 2: according to this report it has been confirmed by Zdenek Stybar in De Telegraaf

 

[Zaschrona]

Is there a link for that anywhere?

There are rumours in many Czech medias, and these rumours are true, I have a source who is really close to Rabon and he confirmed the deal to me 2 weeks ago, but I couldn't talk about it earlier than today.

 

[luckyboy]

Ah ok, thanks.

 

[auscyclefan94]

BMC will shed all their load of crap riders they still have like kohler etcetera. To make room for the guys they are getting now...

Hushovd, Gilbert, Evans, v Garderen, Pinotti, sigh...if they get Freire next they have the collections of world champions almost complete

I doubt they'd shed Kohler. He's been doing quite well and is the swiss national tt champ so that doesn't seem likely.

Kroon, Kristoff, Zahner, ballan (most likely) & Louder are all out's. not sure who else tbh but maybe GVA.

They have 27 riders contracted to BMC atm, take 5 out of the team and add the 4 they have signed then they actually have less than last year so far.

 

[pmcg76]

Frantisek Rabon confirmed he has signed a 2-year deal with Omega-Pharma-Quickstep for next year.

How many former HTC guys is that at QSOP now, Martin, Rabon, Velits twins, who else?

 

[will10]

I doubt they'd shed Kohler. He's been doing quite well and is the swiss national tt champ so that doesn't seem likely.

Kroon, Kristoff, Zahner, ballan (most likely) & Louder are all out's. not sure who else tbh but maybe GVA.

They have 27 riders contracted to BMC atm, take 5 out of the team and add the 4 they have signed then they actually have less than last year so far.

Wow, nothing gets past you does it ACF?

 

[luckyboy]

How many former HTC guys is that at QSOP now, Martin, Rabon, Velits twins, who else?

Check the Confirmed Transfers thread!

It's just those so far anyway.