Transfers and Rumours 2011 > 2012

[jens_attacks]

i just threw some names,hard to find anything else

 

[Anonymous]

utensilnord or christina watches

utd healthcare rumoured for Downing.

 

[just some guy]

utd healthcare rumoured for Downing.

Nice ........ UHC good team

 

[ramjambunath]

Deignan, Reus, Day and Downing (if confirmed ofc).
They're building quite a good squad.

 

[Mambo95]

utd healthcare rumoured for Downing.

That sounds unlikely. I think he's banned from entering the USA (due to illegally racing there on an incorrect visa)

 

[will10]

not sure if he was banned, did he even race in the US when he rode for Health Care? I seem to remember he was refused a visa and never got across there

 

[The Hitch]

Ah, so in a way encouraging teams to get new talent.

Not necessarily. To put it another way the limit is 28 but you are allowed 2 free neopros on top of that.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Pires to Saxo Bank official:

http://www.teamsaxobanksungard.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=3420

Interesting move, nice that he's got another WT slot rather than falling straight back into the national scene, which is what I feared may happen (though I'm still kind of baffled as to why he's moving from WT team to WT team while Sergio Sousa and Ricardo Mestre stay at home, mind).

 

[Parrulo]

According to portuguese newspaper Record, Bruno Pires (ex-Leopard-Trek) will join Saxo Bank-Sungard LINK

thats great news the guys is a good rider and will be a nice team mate at saxo.

saxo are silently but surely improving their support for contador

Interesting move, nice that he's got another WT slot rather than falling straight back into the national scene, which is what I feared may happen (though I'm still kind of baffled as to why he's moving from WT team to WT team while Sergio Sousa and Ricardo Mestre stay at home, mind).

ya thats true not taking anything away from pires but sergio sousa and ricardo mestre and 10 times better

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Deignan, Reus, Day and Downing (if confirmed ofc).
They're building quite a good squad.

Yes, and they already have Sutherland and Forster. It's good to see a team only a year into the Pro Conti ranks showing that sort of ambition.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

No need for the captions, I've seen them riding together and it was easy to see they were really good friends. If one of my best friends died I'd have a ****ing hard time as well...

devolder already sucked hard before weylandt died. it's the lowest thing of all. devolder should be more than ashamed of himself. everyone with eyes can see he used it as an excuse

 

[GJB123]

devolder already sucked hard before weylandt died. it's the lowest thing of all. devolder should be more than ashamed of himself. everyone with eyes can see he used it as an excuse

Major face palm moment here! There is only one person who needs to be ashamed and it isn't Devolder. Anyone with at least half a working brain should be able to work out to whom I am referring.

Regards
GJ

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

devolder already sucked hard before weylandt died. it's the lowest thing of all. devolder should be more than ashamed of himself. everyone with eyes can see he used it as an excuse

No worse then your behaivour in the stage thread when ww died, all you cared about were results and were the colombians ended up. Then the hypocrisy when soler crashed you said you didn't have the stomach to watch Suisse anymore. I consider myself a Dutch fanboy, but i wouldn't value thier lives more then other riders I'n the peloton. That was shameful.

FYI; I'm not suggesting people need to display grief when something like ww happens, people handle death differently that is fine.

 

[craig1985]

Interesting move, nice that he's got another WT slot rather than falling straight back into the national scene, which is what I feared may happen (though I'm still kind of baffled as to why he's moving from WT team to WT team while Sergio Sousa and Ricardo Mestre stay at home, mind).

I thought Mestre was going to AG2R?

 

[Christian]

It appears Radioshack is indeed setting up its own Luxembourg-based continental team next year. It will be lead by Bob Jungels, further candidates are Joël Zangerlé and Pit Schlechter (CT Differdange). This team could also take on the former LEOPARD TREK riders who could not find a new team. Adriano Baffi is rumoured to become the DS.

Stijn Devolder is probably to stay at Vacansoleil after all, and stagiaire Rüdiger Selig appears to have secured a spot at Radioshack for next year.

http://www.tageblatt.lu/sport/story/Kontinental--Team-fuer-Jungels-27075460

http://sport.rtl.lu/cyclissem/news/144707.html

 

[Christian]

Denifl and Mortensen to Vacansoleil, really happy they found ProTour slots!

http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=44141

http://twitter.com/#!/VacansoleilDCM/statuses/124775405558308864

 

[hatcher]

Letting Denifl go is crazy. Or maybe I just happen to only watch races he looks good in.

 

[hrotha]

Oh damn, not Jungels.

Letting Denifl go is crazy. Or maybe I just happen to only watch races he looks good in.

So you only watched two races this year.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

No worse then your behaivour in the stage thread when ww died, all you cared about were results and were the colombians ended up. Then the hypocrisy when soler crashed you said you didn't have the stomach to watch Suisse anymore. I consider myself a Dutch fanboy, but i wouldn't value thier lives more then other riders I'n the peloton. That was shameful.

FYI; I'm not suggesting people need to display grief when something like ww happens, people handle death differently that is fine.

this isn't about me, but about devolder and HIS supposedly friend, who's death he abused

 

[hatcher]

Oh damn, not Jungels.

So you only watched two races this year.

It was somewhere around two.

His results, 5th at Montreal aside, don't suggest he's a great loss, but he always looks classy to me. Seemed to get in lots of breaks, often looking the strongest. Like I said, maybe I always caught him on good days.

 

[search]

It was somewhere around two.

nah, he did a very good job as domestique in the races he was in, for example at Pais Vasco.

+ he's always easy to spot with his ugly sunglasses

 

[greenedge]

UHC and SBS are getting good solid riders to accomplish each of their goals. I am worried for Christina Watches, they nave not signed anyone.

 

[Christian]

Oh damn, not Jungels.

So you only watched two races this year.

If this is true then Jungels seems to have turned down offers from Sky, Saxo Bank and Quick Step. It might be a good idea to take it slow and go to Continental level first, but to be honest I didn't believe he would do that. At RadioShack he has some good mentors with Cancellara and Klöden. Same could be said of Quick Step though, with Martin and Leipheimer.

Denifl has a great spirit and always gives everything but in terms of results he is not a great loss. I hope he can get more results with Vacansoleil next year!

I am worried for Christina Watches, they nave not signed anyone.

Lund and Pedersen are rumoured to join them.

 

[ramjambunath]

If this is true then Jungels seems to have turned down offers from Sky, Saxo Bank and Quick Step. It might be a good idea to take it slow and go to Continental level first, but to be honest I didn't believe he would do that. At RadioShack he has some good mentors with Cancellara and Klöden. Same could be said of Quick Step though, with Martin and Leipheimer.

Denifl has a great spirit and always gives everything but in terms of results he is not a great loss. I hope he can get more results with Vacansoleil next year!

Lund and Pedersen are rumoured to join them.

That fits right in with the Vacansoleil psyche doesn't it.

Joke's aside, Jungels joining a Luxembourg continental team where the parent team has two stage racer time trial riders getting on can't be that much of a surprise.

 

[Anonymous]

If this is true then Jungels seems to have turned down offers from Sky, Saxo Bank and Quick Step. It might be a good idea to take it slow and go to Continental level first, but to be honest I didn't believe he would do that. At RadioShack he has some good mentors with Cancellara and Klöden. Same could be said of Quick Step though, with Martin and Leipheimer.
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I think the sky offer was a pre-contract, and a place on the gb 100% me squad for a year