Transfers and Rumours 2013 > 2014

[Zinoviev Letter]

Bobbie Traksel to An Post. Seems like a reasonable move.

 

[Roderick]

Cisse De Greef finally has a team. Signed with Wanty. It's a shame this will end his top-22 streak in the Giro but at least he has a team now

 

[Afrank]

Brent Copeland told VeloNews Saturday that he’s “very interested” in bringing Horner on board, adding that, if the team can find the budget, he hopes to have Horner’s signature by Friday, January 24.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2014...er-copeland-hopeful-he-can-sign-horner_313829

 

[nepetalactone]

Do it, Lampre! Do it!

 

[movingtarget]

http://velonews.competitor.com/2014...er-copeland-hopeful-he-can-sign-horner_313829

It makes sense. They are not overloaded with GT riders. Sounds like it's just the dollars now.

 

[Panda Claws]

Francis "The Legend" De Greef joins Wanty.

http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/140119_De_greef_Wanty

 

[staubsauger]

It's gonna be 3 in a row for Papy Horner!

 

[Wallenquist]

Still no news on Samu ?

 

[shinoda13]

Nechita joins MG.Kvis - Trevigiani.

Yay, really glad for him. He was pretty good at the Worlds.

 

[Damiano]

"Ciro Scognamiglio ‏@cirogazzetta 7m
#Gazzetta Agreement for this year beetween Mattia Gavazzi and Christina Watches. First race for him probably in Croatia, middle of march"

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

"Ciro Scognamiglio ‏@cirogazzetta 7m
#Gazzetta Agreement for this year beetween Mattia Gavazzi and Christina Watches. First race for him probably in Croatia, middle of march"

thought he retired?

 

[maltiv]

I see this hasn't been mentioned yet: The u23 WC bronze medalist, Sondre Holst Enger, will ride for IAM from August as a stagiare.

Good choice by him imo, he should get plenty of opportunities there. He truly has a winner's mentality, so I'm not surprised that he chose a team where he won't have to be on domestique duties.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

That is a good call. I like that move for his development. He ought to get a pretty good calendar for his talents in August and September, and can probably still do the Norwegian native races at that point (hopefully Danmark Rundt if that starts in August, or is that starting in July this year?) with perhaps fewer obligations to domestique than he would have had at several other teams as well.

 

[stefrees]

Jonny bellis signed with Christina Watches

 

[Tashkent Terror]

Do it, Lampre! Do it!

Team Lampre Merida ‏@lampre_merida 2m

Yees now it's official! @hornerakg it's a @lampre_merida rider! Wellcome on board Chris !


Their spelling not mine!

 

[gerundium]

Team Lampre Merida ‏@lampre_merida 2m

Yees now it's official! @hornerakg it's a @lampre_merida rider! Wellcome on board Chris !


Their spelling not mine!

Lol almost thinking it wasn't going to happen anymore! Now let's see if he will race the giro/vuelta double.

 

[Liquigas]

According to the main page he's doing the Giro/Vuelta double.

Horner vs Quintana will be epic.

 

[Butterhead]

F... so now we have to watch this medical wonder again. Bad for cycling.

 

[pastronef]

F... so now we have to watch this medical wonder again. Bad for cycling.

I don't know, but Quintana disappearing in Colombia for 3 months and smashing at the Tour, or Nibali winning the Giro with one leg are also some kind of wonder.
no?

 

[webbie146]

I don't know, but Quintana disappearing in Colombia for 3 months and smashing at the Tour, or Nibali winning the Giro with one leg are also some kind of wonder.
no?

Yes if cycling through the years has learned me one thing, it's to dream big.
Giro is going to be a epic battle for sure haha

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Team Lampre Merida ‏@lampre_merida 2m

Yees now it's official! @hornerakg it's a @lampre_merida rider! Wellcome on board Chris !


Their spelling not mine!

At least Caju Rural will not get diluted further.

Hopefully Ulissi and Costa will leave Lampre as soon as possible.

 

[pastronef]

At least Caju Rural will not get diluted further.

Hopefully Ulissi and Costa will leave Lampre as soon as possible.

don't worry, fans view of the pro-cycling teams, are not the same view as the pro-riders of those teams
Costa and Horner have just signed a 1 year deal
If Ulissi does not like the smell of Horner Big Macs, he'll just have to wait the end of the season

 

[theyoungest]

At least Caju Rural will not get diluted further.

Hopefully Ulissi and Costa will leave Lampre as soon as possible.

Unlike Horner, Costa has actually had some clinic-related problems in the past...

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Unlike Horner, Costa has actually had some clinic-related problems in the past...

yep and lets see how fast he can go on Lampre this year.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I don't know, but Quintana disappearing in Colombia for 3 months and smashing at the Tour, or Nibali winning the Giro with one leg are also some kind of wonder.
no?

there's is nothing wondering about quintana training like a madman at home at 3000+ metres and then coming back to europe in extreme form. training hard on such altitude(which happens to be your home all your life) is better than having a gt in your legs.