Transfers and Rumours 2011 > 2012

[Richeypen]

I would have to start cheering for him if he did that. It would be priceless.

Whether its been announced or not the contract will have already have been signed, whoever its with.

 

[woodie]

But Renshaw, Velits 1+2, Gretsch, Rasmussen, Ghyselinck and Degenkolb are already confirmed to be going to their new teams

Also, isn't Keukeleire free from Cofidis this year? I remember him rejecting a contract last season.

In the cases of these riders their new teams announced it so the riders were like "yeah we're going there"

I think its stupid anyway

 

[hrotha]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-reduces-roster-thanks-to-kireyev-retirement

This is the shadiest thing I've read all year.

 

[ansimi]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-reduces-roster-thanks-to-kireyev-retirement

This is the shadiest thing I've read all year.

That's saying a lot in this sport...

His last result was 40th at Tour de l'Ain less than a week before his retirement. I hope he got a good pay off.

 

[luckyboy]

lol this is what his wiki says now: "On Monday, August 22, 2011, Kireyev was forced into retirement to make way for Andrey Kashechkin and Alexander Vinokourov.[1]"

 

[Midnightfright]

Is there any rule against Kiriev coming out of retirement in the off season and resigning for Astana?

 

[janraaskalt]

Is there any rule against Kiriev coming out of retirement in the off season and resigning for Astana?

Yes, he can come back because there is no such rule (fortunately). Even Vino did it previously, after his retirement to prevent a more severe doping penalty. Which is a real shame.

 

[LukeSchmid]

Is there any rule against Kiriev coming out of retirement in the off season and resigning for Astana?

I am almost certain he will make a brilliant recovery and be back in the team next year. Either that or they were going to let him go anyway and paid him off to go early. Either way it is totally dodgy. Although I like Vino's attacking style this was not the way to get him back on the team. He made a decision to retire so he should have stuck by it.

 

[El Pistolero]

I am almost certain he will make a brilliant recovery and be back in the team next year. Either that or they were going to let him go anyway and paid him off to go early. Either way it is totally dodgy. Although I like Vino's attacking style this was not the way to get him back on the team. He made a decision to retire so he should have stuck by it.

Perhaps he got money to do this, it would be less bad then.

 

[Fus087]

Cause even when they're about to quit, they like to make cyclin boring.

Well said.

 

[hrotha]

Perhaps he got money to do this, it would be less bad then.

How? They didn't fire him, so there's no legal compensation. And that means if he got money he was bribed. Black money. Fraud.

 

[Fetisoff]

How? They didn't fire him, so there's no legal compensation. And that means if he got money he was bribed. Black money. Fraud.

Maybe he had a really good pension program set up

 

[janraaskalt]

How? They didn't fire him, so there's no legal compensation. And that means if he got money he was bribed. Black money. Fraud.

He'll get an better contract at Astana next year.

 

[El Pistolero]

How? They didn't fire him, so there's no legal compensation. And that means if he got money he was bribed. Black money. Fraud.

Astana and black money? No way!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

How? They didn't fire him, so there's no legal compensation. And that means if he got money he was bribed. Black money. Fraud.

It's not so much fraud as a bit of blackmail on a young and probably impressionable rider. Vino is going to be gone soon, he's not getting any younger. Kireyev hasn't raced much this season, maybe it was simply suggested to him that if he stuck it out to the end of the season he'd be let go anyway, or maybe "we won't put you on the road again this year, but if you take voluntary retirement, there'll be a space for you somewhere down the line". Maybe they've promised that if and when he wants rides with the Kazakh national team (I'm sure there's at least some conflict of interest between Astana and the national team) in races that they enter such as the Tour of Qinghai Lake, those .1-rated Estonian one-day races and small stage races in France, Spain and Italy, he can ride them and be recompensed quite well.

Is it fishy? You bet. The timing is ridiculous. Kireyev's a sacrificial lamb. They will have made it worth his while, whether it be with an outward bribe/blackmail, or whether it be with conjectural future benefits. He wouldn't have done it if nothing other than the love of Andriy Kashechkin was his motivation.

 

[vala-vala]

Svein TUFT confirmed for GreenEDGE.

 

[craig1985]

Astana is starting up a continental team next season, we'll probably see Kireyev riding for them next season.

 

[trevim]

Has Gustav Larsson signed any contract for the next season? He's leaving Saxo right?

 

[ingsve]

Has Gustav Larsson signed any contract for the next season? He's leaving Saxo right?

Yes, he has been reported as leaving and no he hasn't signed anything as fasr as has been reported.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-reduces-roster-thanks-to-kireyev-retirement

This is the shadiest thing I've read all year.

+1

very weird.

 

[Duartista]

Sarmiento confirms he has signed for Liquigas: http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=42544

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

good for him, had a decent giro (got in a few breaks).

 

[Michele]

Acqua&Sapone's DS was saying on a recent interview that he was a very good and promising rider.
Not as much as some others, but he works very hard at every race and ever do what the DS tell him.

 

[Lexman]

Kurt Hovelynck (former Quick Step) from Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly to Landbouwkrediet

source

 

[Michele]

He showed himself at the front in a couple of races.