Transfers and Rumours 2013 > 2014

[Libertine Seguros]

If Sky have any sense then they'll send Kiryienka to the Giro. He's a Giro rider who performs best in horrible weather conditions (see Spring races this year and past Giro performances) versus his underwhelming Tour performances (this year and previous). Also Cataldo being Italian will ride the Giro. Froome's core group of helpers will most likely be Henao, Kennaugh and Siutsou next year.

His best GC finishing position was the 2009 Vuelta, wasn't it? And that was as Valverde's personal minder. Then again, that job (combined with Valverde holding the jersey for over half the race) meant he didn't have the freedom to drop time and get in the breaks like he did in the Giri he's done.

 

[killswitch]

If Sky have any sense then they'll send Kiryienka to the Giro. He's a Giro rider who performs best in horrible weather conditions (see Spring races this year and past Giro performances) versus his underwhelming Tour performances (this year and previous).

His best GT result ever was in the Vuelta 2009 tho while towing Valverde to the overall win. The poor performance seems to be the consequence of Kerrison's apparently inhuman training regime as every Sky rider is underperforming in the second half of the season.

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[CycloAndy]

His best GT result ever was in the Vuelta 2009 tho while towing Valverde to the overall win. The poor performance seems to be the consequence of Kerrison's apparently inhuman training regime as every Sky rider is underperforming in the second half of the season.

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His best results may have been in the Vuelta but I think his style of riding suits the giro more than the tour or vuelta.

 

[trevim]

Convert him to Flandrien. He can do decently in easier editions of Northern Classics.

Do you mean Farrar? I'll assume so.
I think the biggest mistake he made was to try to be a classics riders instead of a bunch sprinter: he said himself that he lacks some speed because he missed some speed training to reckon classics routes. On the insight, that 5th or 6th place he got in a sprint at Flanders was one of the worst things that happened to his career; it convinced him that he could contend in classics.

 

[The Hitch]

Kiri seems to be one of those riders who rates the other grand tours highly and is perfectly fine being given roles in them rather than just the Tour. I remember he was really excited about doing the giro a few years back, saying after his win in Pais Vasco that it would be the highlight of his season even though he was only like a free role rider not a leader. And then he went and got out that most epic of stage wins over the Finnestre.

 

[hfer07]

Ligthart confirmed at Lotto Belisol which is no surprise

Duarte stays with Colombia Coldeportes which is a big surprise

Perhaps Duarte decided to stay & have more freedom rather than being a domestique without any chance to go for personal glory. His contract is just for one more year, so I expect him to perform well to secure a contract with a pro team...

 

[JRanton]

Kiri seems to be one of those riders who rates the other grand tours highly and is perfectly fine being given roles in them rather than just the Tour. I remember he was really excited about doing the giro a few years back, saying after his win in Pais Vasco that it would be the highlight of his season even though he was only like a free role rider not a leader. And then he went and got out that most epic of stage wins over the Finnestre.

That win was absolutely crazy.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

His best GT result ever was in the Vuelta 2009 tho while towing Valverde to the overall win. The poor performance seems to be the consequence of Kerrison's apparently inhuman training regime as every Sky rider is underperforming in the second half of the season.

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exacty. sky's training regime is a f'n joke. look at henao and uran now. henao focussed all on vuelta and he's completely empty and since the tour everyone has been riding backwards, some guys even for entire season like jtl and dombrowski

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Perhaps Duarte decided to stay & have more freedom rather than being a domestique without any chance to go for personal glory. His contract is just for one more year, so I expect him to perform well to secure a contract with a pro team...

duarte doesn't train and he's not motivated to do anything basically. this year has been the worst of all his years so far. that won't improve.

 

[greenedge]

You forgot Cataldo and Kennaugh.Will be more like this.
Froome
Porte or Henao
Kennaugh
Wigginis
Kiry
Siutsou
Boasson Hagen
Thomas
Stannard

Yeah you are right- i completely forgot Cataldo- Kennaugh i placed in the Giro squad but realised he would ride the TDF- but then forgot about him.

 

[manafana]

exacty. sky's training regime is a f'n joke. look at henao and uran now. henao focussed all on vuelta and he's completely empty and since the tour everyone has been riding backwards, some guys even for entire season like jtl and dombrowski

deignans been going great guns wonder how sky training plan will affect him

 

[Beech Mtn]

exacty. sky's training regime is a f'n joke. look at henao and uran now. henao focussed all on vuelta and he's completely empty and since the tour everyone has been riding backwards, some guys even for entire season like jtl and dombrowski

I'm curious as to what Colombia will have for worlds with Henao and Uran in bad form at the moment. Betancur came into the Vuelta off. Is he progressing well, riding himself into good form for WC? Is Quintana even riding WC? He mostly appears to be doing public appearances and being fêted as is his due after the monster TdF. Who's going to be the Colombian leader for worlds?

 

[postmanhat]

exacty. sky's training regime is a f'n joke. look at henao and uran now. henao focussed all on vuelta and he's completely empty and since the tour everyone has been riding backwards, some guys even for entire season like jtl and dombrowski

Edmondson has progressed really well at Sky this year. Dombrowski not so much perhaps. JTL, who knows? You could possibly argue his whole career has been one leap forward, followed by three steps back.

Isn't more that, up to now, Sky have just focussed on The Tour and it's lead-up races? anything else being a bonus.

And frankly, Henao wasn't much cop at the Giro, whilst Uran probably doesn't care that much anymore

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I'm curious as to what Colombia will have for worlds with Henao and Uran in bad form at the moment. Betancur came into the Vuelta off. Is he progressing well, riding himself into good form for WC? Is Quintana even riding WC? He mostly appears to be doing public appearances and being fêted as is his due after the monster TdF. Who's going to be the Colombian leader for worlds?

colombia have a far bigger selecton then those guys. maybe they will even send some domestic guys like infantino. but betancurt should be in great form then

 

[JRanton]

If Sky have any sense then they'll send Kiryienka to the Giro. He's a Giro rider who performs best in horrible weather conditions (see Spring races this year and past Giro performances) versus his underwhelming Tour performances (this year and previous). Also Cataldo being Italian will ride the Giro. Froome's core group of helpers will most likely be Henao, Kennaugh and Siutsou next year.

Like I was saying, Kiri performs best in horrible weather conditions (most likely to be found at the Giro). Today he was with the front group after it was down to less than 10 riders.

 

[JRanton]

Edmondson has progressed really well at Sky this year. Dombrowski not so much perhaps. JTL, who knows? You could possibly argue his whole career has been one leap forward, followed by three steps back.

Isn't more that, up to now, Sky have just focussed on The Tour and it's lead-up races? anything else being a bonus.

And frankly, Henao wasn't much cop at the Giro, whilst Uran probably doesn't care that much anymore

No, the Giro (look at the team they sent) and Classics were also a big priority this year. The Vuelta less so, but they were still hopeful of a top 5 from Henao.

 

[Peter von]

If Sky have any sense then they'll send Kiryienka to the Giro. He's a Giro rider who performs best in horrible weather conditions (see Spring races this year and past Giro performances) versus his underwhelming Tour performances (this year and previous). Also Cataldo being Italian will ride the Giro. Froome's core group of helpers will most likely be Henao, Kennaugh and Siutsou next year.

I put Cataldo and Kiry in the Tour because they are too good to leave out of the tour IMO, even though Porte will go to giro i can't see him and Froome split the best doms 50-50 like Froome and Wiggo did(more or less) this year, i mean Cataldo might prefer to ride support for Froome in tour because it's much more prestigious to be part of a Tour winning side.
The same with Kiry really, he can after all perform in good weather and bad weather can occur in France in July.
But that's just my two cents, it's probably better man handlingwise to do it your way

 

[Jancouver]

Is this a team SKY discussion thread or is this Transfers/Rumors thread?

I'm confused

 

[Peter von]

Is this a team SKY discussion thread or is this Transfers/Rumors thread?

I'm confused

sorry i got a little side tracked there, people were talking about tour #14 selections, couldn't help myself.

So Team Alonso i've been thinking they should sign Flecha and a few guys to support him on cobbles, he is getting a bit too old, but still clearly a strong rider and they need to bring in some new energy into the team while they wait for some bigger names to run out of contract.

Can't wait to see how they they will act in this transfer season, hopefully in 2015 they can have a Banesto-ONCE thing going on with Monesto.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Vaughters is really talking Acevedo up on his twitter account. To an extent that makes it look possible that Garmin are interested.

(Personally, I think that would be a great move for both rider and team).

As an aside, with Deignan going to Sky and Acevedo almost certainly going to some big team or other, it looks as if riding the US stage race calendar currently provides a viable route to a big team contract.

 

[Afrank]

Acevedo has already signed with OPQS.

 

[roundabout]

I don't think it has been officially confirmed though?

 

[Afrank]

http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/opqs-signs-wout-poels-and-janier-acevedo/1404

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/opqs-signs-wout-poels-and-janier-acevedo/1404

Ah, I hadn't seen that. I remember a semi-announcement, followed by Acevedo saying he hadn't signed with anyone yet. I didn't see that he had signed in the end.

 

[roundabout]

http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/opqs-signs-wout-poels-and-janier-acevedo/1404

Thanks.

This suggests that he hasn't signed though

http://revistamundociclistico.com/ruta/15177-noticias-del-ciclismo-en-colombia-y-el-mundo.html