Transfers and Rumours 2011 > 2012

[sublimit]

wrong topic

Oops.

I forgot I switched threads.. ahem.

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

Sky's media management of this whole saga has been very average considering they are suppose to be a top WT team. Dragging it out, making Cav delete his tweets about moving to Sky and then Sky riders stating that he is pretty much moving to Sky is just comedic.

To be fair to them, the team haven't said anything about it in any of this. Their position has always been that they won't comment on other team's riders until if and when a transfer has been announced.

People have speculated based on some quotes from riders etc, but they have made the decision to keep it quiet. It's the seemingly complete frenzy of cycling fans that has snowballed it (and I know I have contributed to that by posting this link).

I'd imagine that Brailsford wants to keep it under wraps until after the Worlds so Cav just has to concentrate on the road race and that alone.

 

[taiwan]

Team Type 1 for 2012 looks pretty interesting so far:

BAZZANA Alessandro
BERTOGLIATI Rubens
BODROGI Laszlo
BOWDEN Alex
DUGAN William
EFIMKIN Alexander
ELDRIDGE Joe
ILESIC Aldo Ino
KING Benjamin
KOCJAN Jure
MEGIAS LEAL Javier
REIJNEN Kiel
VERSCHOOR Martijn
ANTOMARCHI Julien
COLLI Daniele
CUSIN Remy
EL FARES Julien
FORTIN Filippo
PREIDLER Georg
SEREBRYAKOV Alexander
MAGNER Tyler
ROSSKOPF Joey

Signed Colli, El Fares and Antonmarchi. Preidler might be one of the stronger neopros.

 

[Swabian Lass]

I'd imagine that Brailsford wants to keep it under wraps until after the Worlds so Cav just has to concentrate on the road race and that alone.

Hmmm possibly, but I wonder if wanting to announce that they've signed the World Champion is also a factor. Might be a bit risky, that!

You know, after all this, it'd be so funny if he didn't go to Sky.....

 

[hatcher]

Sky's media management of this whole saga has been very average considering they are suppose to be a top WT team. Dragging it out, making Cav delete his tweets about moving to Sky and then Sky riders stating that he is pretty much moving to Sky is just comedic.

Except no Sky riders have stated he is pretty much moving to Sky. Wiggins happened to say the name Cavendish. That's all that happened in that article.

Also, I'm not sure how weeks and months of people talking and writing about Sky and Cav = handling it poorly.

 

[just some guy]

from front page -

UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling, has added horsepower to its roster by signing ProTeam riders Jason McCartney and Philip Deignan from RadioShack, and Jeff Louder from BMC Racing as well as domestic riders Ben Day from Kenda/5-hour Energy and Jay Thomson from Bissell.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Team Type 1 for 2012 looks pretty interesting so far:

BAZZANA Alessandro
BERTOGLIATI Rubens
BODROGI Laszlo
BOWDEN Alex
DUGAN William
EFIMKIN Alexander
ELDRIDGE Joe
ILESIC Aldo Ino
KING Benjamin
KOCJAN Jure
MEGIAS LEAL Javier
REIJNEN Kiel
VERSCHOOR Martijn
ANTOMARCHI Julien
COLLI Daniele
CUSIN Remy
EL FARES Julien
FORTIN Filippo
PREIDLER Georg
SEREBRYAKOV Alexander
MAGNER Tyler
ROSSKOPF Joey

Signed Colli, El Fares and Antonmarchi. Preidler might be one of the stronger neopros.

Uh, Preidler, that's good news. He's definitely one of the interesting names this season. Hope he'll do well at TT1. Good signings in the other three as well.

 

[craig1985]

Yes, they are. But that's a different matter. I mean, they didn't change his program to keep him from riding a GT.

I initially figured that EE were mad at Castroviejo leaving he was dropped from doing the Vuelta.

 

[Reverend_T_Preedy]

from front page -

UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling, has added horsepower to its roster by signing ProTeam riders Jason McCartney and Philip Deignan from RadioShack, and Jeff Louder from BMC Racing as well as domestic riders Ben Day from Kenda/5-hour Energy and Jay Thomson from Bissell.

They're great signings. Deignan especially if he can sort his form out.

An article in Cycling Weekly suggests they're after young Brit Mark McNally as well (along with Europcar).

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/530212/europcar-and-united-healthcare-in-frame-as-mcnally-looks-to-make-step-up.html

 

[just some guy]

They're great signings. Deignan especially if he can sort his form out.

An article in Cycling Weekly suggests they're after young Brit Mark McNally as well (along with Europcar).

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/530212/europcar-and-united-healthcare-in-frame-as-mcnally-looks-to-make-step-up.html

I agree Wonder if they will ride the Giro

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I agree Wonder if they will ride the Giro

I just can't see them getting an invite. Too many decent pro-conti italian teams.

 

[just some guy]

I just can't see them getting an invite. Too many decent pro-conti italian teams.

I kind of agree, but this whole Giro starting in the states thing - maybe get a US team an invite this year - and then I though who - UHC seems the only one at real level.

Small chance but be a good thing

 

[Tuarts]

Team Type 1 for 2012 looks pretty interesting so far:

BAZZANA Alessandro
BERTOGLIATI Rubens
BODROGI Laszlo
BOWDEN Alex
DUGAN William
EFIMKIN Alexander
ELDRIDGE Joe
ILESIC Aldo Ino
KING Benjamin
KOCJAN Jure
MEGIAS LEAL Javier
REIJNEN Kiel
VERSCHOOR Martijn
ANTOMARCHI Julien
COLLI Daniele
CUSIN Remy
EL FARES Julien
FORTIN Filippo
PREIDLER Georg
SEREBRYAKOV Alexander
MAGNER Tyler
ROSSKOPF Joey

Signed Colli, El Fares and Antonmarchi. Preidler might be one of the stronger neopros.

Any of them Belgian?

 

[SimonC]

Wiggins talking out of his a*** again, since when has he become the spokesman for Sky. He's certainly got an inflated sense of his own importance.

Nice bit of Sky/Wiggo basing there, he's sharing his opinion nothing more much in the same way we do on here.

 

[MajorTom]

Strong rumor. Štangelj to end his career on Sunday and become DS at Astana.

 

[jens_attacks]

vino the manager is already hunting riders,big ones.
i think it's time for a big strong astana team like it was in 2007 or 2009
mazzoleni,klodi,kash,vino,savoldelli
contador,armstrong,horner,klodi,levi,chechu,zubeldia

and look at it now.
it's time for the kazakh mobsters to give some money to vino.

 

[Ancares]

Bicicilismo brings some news about Caja Rural:
Resigned:
Aitor Galdos, Igor Romero, Julio Sánchez Pimienta, Fabricio Ferrari, Alexander Ryabkin, David de la Cruz and Gari Bravo
Promoted from the farm team:
Karol Domagalski, Yelko Gómez
In:
Hernani Broco (LA-Antarte)
André Cardoso (Tavira-Prio)
Antonio Piedra (Andalucía-Caja Granada)
Marcos García (ex Xacobeo-Galicia and KTM-Murcia)
Out:
Javier Moreno (Movistar Team)
José Herrada (Movistar Team)
Iñigo Cuesta (retired)
Oleg Chuzdha
Higinio Fernández
Egoitz García
Rubén Martínez
Diego Milán
Arturo Mora
Rubén Reig
Joaquín Sobrino
Víctor de la Parte
Guillermo Lana
This two were related to dopping affairs and they haven't any big results, it will be hard for them to find a new team.
Xabier Artetxe (DS) will leave the team.
They are looking for a sprinter and they will have 18 riders.
This wasn't their best season. Let's see if they can improve as to ride La Vuelta.

 

[greenedge]

UHC are developing a strong enough team. They may not have enough talent though to beat riders like Henao or Levi at California/ Utah/ Challenge.

Castrajevo can develop his talent at Movistar To be honest at Euskatel where would he fit in???

 

[Libertine Seguros]

This wasn't their best season. Let's see if they can improve as to ride La Vuelta.

Disagree. They deserved to be at La Vuelta ahead of Andalucía for certain. They won the Vuelta a Asturias outright and were highly visible in the Spanish early season calendar. The talent pool at Caja Rural in 2011 was vastly superior to that at Caja Granada, who didn't really do much of note at any race.

 

[luckyboy]

Thanks for the Caja Rural news. Will be nice to hear where the riders leaving end up for the confirmed transfers thread.

 

[canyonball]

That's a big revolution for Caja Rural. What's going on within the team management? It's going to be hard for me to see Chuzda without the green, I would gladly welcome him on a portuguese team.

For now at least, the hopes for results fall on the shoulders of Cardoso and Broco. As much as I like them, It's a bit risky, being their first year abroad. Although you could say they are no strangers to spanish racing.

 

[ISDfan]

That's a big revolution for Caja Rural. What's going on within the team management? It's going to be hard for me to see Chuzda without the green, I would gladly welcome him on a portuguese team.

Сhuzda will go to Lampre-ISD , ukrainian sponsor strongly want to see him next year .

 

[canyonball]

Сhuzda will go to Lampre-ISD , ukrainian sponsor strongly want to see him next year .

Ok, that makes sense. Txurruka may have to fear then! His reputation is at risk.

 

[Ancares]

Disagree. They deserved to be at La Vuelta ahead of Andalucía for certain. They won the Vuelta a Asturias outright and were highly visible in the Spanish early season calendar. The talent pool at Caja Rural in 2011 was vastly superior to that at Caja Granada, who didn't really do much of note at any race.

Oh! Of course I didn't mean they did worse than Andalaucía. But when you see the expectancies that some of their young riders rised (Mora, Higinio, David de la Cruz ...), it looks like they could have performed better. And overall, it's true they had two great weeks just after it was known that they were not going to be at La Vuelta. But they were under that level for the rest of the season. They were not at all amongst the best Professional teams, they sucked at most of the French and Spanish races they did, and Spanish .1 races are not such a competitive thing.
So yes, huge talent pool, better level than Andalucia, but still nothing close to Skil, Androni, Farnese or even Bretagne and Topsport Vlaanderen.

 

[Sylvester]

Any rumours on Egoitz Garcia's future?