Transfers and Rumours 2012 > 2013

[pastronef]

Rumor has it Brajkovič wants out of Astana. Sky wants him but is not prepared to pay his high price, so the most likely is that he'll go back to Radioshack.

strange, last year he agreed with Bruyneel to leave, because of the arrival of the Schlecks

 

[maltiv]

strange, last year he agreed with Bruyneel to leave, because of the arrival of the Schlecks

If he left only due to the arrival of the Schlecks then it's only logical that he's going back. The Schlecks probably won't race for a very long time...

 

[Fidolix]

If this site can be trusted Arroyo should be a done deal at SBTB and the Haedo brother have extended . And that Boaro (nice), Kroon, N. Sørensen, Paulinho (didint he already have a contract with the team for 2013?), Aaen, Tosatto, and Christensenalso prolonged.

It also says that Cav's pal Ferrari will go to Lampre and that Cobo stays with Movi

Nicki, Kroon and Paulinho already had contracts to the end of 2013, question is if they got prolonged further than that.

Hard to say if it can be more trusted than any other site, they also still have Kreuziger as a done deal for Saxo.

 

[Fidolix]

Rumor has it Brajkovič wants out of Astana. Sky wants him but is not prepared to pay his high price, so the most likely is that he'll go back to Radioshack.

Maybe it was time he showed something for this high price.

 

[greenedge]

Even HTC had guys like Siutsou, Rogers, Wiggins p), Monfort, Lofkvist, Kirchen, Pinotti, Velits, Lewis, van Garderen, etc... Is Argos still trying to make to the WT with this team? They have worse climbers than Greenedge

Weening, Clarke, Albasini, Gerrans and Meyerare ok.

 

[trevim]

Weening, Clarke, Albasini, Gerrans and Meyerare ok.

Come on, it's a big stretch to call those guys climbers.

 

[Michele]

Weening, Clarke, Albasini, Gerrans and Meyerare ok.

Weening is on form once in a big while, Clarke as much as I can like him dont see him as a climber but more sort of one day race, Albasini is good when on form, Gerrans is a one day racer not a climber and Meyer doesnt seems to have shown yet what can of rider he is.

So neither on 2013 they will have any real climber, beside Albasini.

 

[greenedge]

Ok, maybe it is a bit of a stretch but on breaks they are still stronger than most other breakaway riders on the climbs and they are all good on hills.
Meyer today admittedly was not up against great climbers in the break but he worked so hard to keep the break going and rode them off his wheel and stuck with the GC favourites group for a bit.

 

[Michele]

For breaks they are fine, no doubt.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Maybe it was time he showed something for this high price.

lol. what an idiot. talk about overrated riders...

 

[Fidolix]

Manuele Boaro has extended his contract with Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank for another 3 years.

"Manuele is a very exciting rider, and this year he has repeatedly shown that he is capable of excellent time trials. At the same time, I still believe that Manuele has great development potential, so I'm very pleased that we now have an agreement so that we can continue our work, "said team owner Bjarne Riis.

 

[Nysrogh]

Manuele Boaro has extended his contract with Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank for another 3 years.

"Manuele is a very exciting rider, and this year he has repeatedly shown that he is capable of excellent time trials. At the same time, I still believe that Manuele has great development potential, so I'm very pleased that we now have an agreement so that we can continue our work, "said team owner Bjarne Riis.

Good move but both parties. Very good tt, and we saw in the giro, that he can do the breakaways as well

 

[Cimber]

Manuele Boaro has extended his contract with Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank for another 3 years.

"Manuele is a very exciting rider, and this year he has repeatedly shown that he is capable of excellent time trials. At the same time, I still believe that Manuele has great development potential, so I'm very pleased that we now have an agreement so that we can continue our work, "said team owner Bjarne Riis.

good for both Boaro and Riis. And good to see that Riis actually manages to keep young talented riders on the team for once.

Oh, and 3 year contracts seem to be the new black in cycling

 

[Cimber]

Riis states that he expects to announce some new riders during the Vuelta and that things in general look promising:

http://translate.google.com/transla...riis-pr%C3%A6senterer-snart-nye-navne?forside

Oh and gotta love his comment about the Vuelta vs. the Tour:

And actually Riis thinks the Vuelta is a lot more exciting than the Tour de France.
"It's easier to stay awake in the car at least," says Bjarne Riis to sporten.tv2.dk and laughs.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Oh and gotta love his comment about the Vuelta vs. the Tour:

And actually Riis thinks the Vuelta is a lot more exciting than the Tour de France.
"It's easier to stay awake in the car at least," says Bjarne Riis to sporten.tv2.dk and laughs.

Lol yes I remember reading people saw him sleeping in the car

 

[Afrank]

Maybe it was time he showed something for this high price.

He probably thinks beating Contador one time is enough to justify a high price.

 

[Fidolix]

He probably thinks beating Contador one time is enough to justify a high price.

Oh you mean a Contador in a build up period completely out of form...

Try put things in the right perspective.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Oh you mean a Contador in a build up period completely out of form...

Try put things in the right perspective.

Psst... sarcasm..

...

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Oh you mean a Contador in a build up period completely out of form...

Try put things in the right perspective.

 

[Fidolix]

Psst... sarcasm..

...

nope, it was seriously ment, seriously. Amazing. Think its fair to say the so called rolleyes gave it away.

 

[Fidolix]

Giuseppe Martinelli, Astanas manager official confirmed Kreuziger is changing team, but won´t say to which team.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Giuseppe Martinelli, Astanas manager official confirmed Kreuziger is changing team, but won´t say to which team.

probably because he doesn't know. why would he?

 

[DominicDecoco]

nope, it was seriously ment, seriously. Amazing. Think its fair to say the so called rolleyes gave it away.

Fido, move your curser over the 'roll eyes' smiley - what does it say in () ?

 

[Fidolix]

Fido, move your curser over the 'roll eyes' smiley - what does it say in () ?

It says (Green cheese)
Why?

 

[DominicDecoco]

Oh, dear...
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