Transfers and Rumours 2014 > 2015

[coimbrawu]

Cannondale to merge with Garmin-Sharp?
http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/08-...amadio-sagan-lampre-italia-801173892124.shtml

Gazzetta says De Marchi and Longo Borghini will go to Astana, Sagan and Basso to Tinkoff-Saxo while Caruso to BMC.
Cannondale will no longer exist

 

[Forunculo]

Basso as a domestique then

 

[Netserk]

So so far for Cannondale riders?:

BASSO, Ivan ---> Tinkoff-Saxo
BENNETT, George
BETTIOL, Alberto ---> Garmin-Cannondale
BODNAR, Maciej ---> Tinkoff-Saxo
BOIVIN, Guillaume
CARUSO, Damiano ---> BMC
DE MARCHI, Alessandro ---> Astana
FORMOLO, Davide ---> Garmin-Cannondale
GATTO, Oscar
KING, Edward
KOCH, Michel
KOREN, Kristijan ---> Garmin-Cannondale
KRIZEK, Matthias
LONGO, Paolo ---> Astana
MARANGONI, Alan ---> Garmin-Cannondale
MARCATO, Marco
MARINO, Jean-Marc
MOHORIC, Matej ---> Garmin-Cannondale
MOSER, Moreno ---> Garmin-Cannondale
RATTO, Daniele
SABATINI, Fabio
SAGAN, Peter ---> Tinkoff-Saxo
SAGAN, Juraj ---> Tinkoff-Saxo
SALERNO, Cristiano
SARMIENTO, Jose Cayetano
VILLELLA, Davide ---> Garmin-Cannondale
VIVIANI, Elia ---> Garmin-Cannondale
WURF, Cameron

 

[lenric]

Basso's refusing to retire. That guy has more lives than a cat.

 

[SKSemtex]

Belkin, Giant, Cannondale ..... it is really sad to see the teams suffers from such a instability.

I was there England these few days. It was huge. Money generated from the first stage to Harrogate were more than 100 000 000 pounds according to BBC. How this cannot attract the sponsors

Cycling desperately need some German sponsors. Probably Kittel´s wins can help a little.

 

[staubsauger]

If the rumors are true Vissmann might become the new main sponsor of NettApp. If Alonso is taking over, maybe Kittel and/or Degenkolb will end up at Vissmann.

Hopefully they gonna buy Silvio Herklotz out of contract from Stölting anyway!

 

[The Flame]

Wiggo will definitely leave sky.

 

[cobblehead]

Kenneth Vanbilsen and Michael Van Stayen (both riding for topsport vlaanderen) rumoured to be joining Cofidis next season according to the newspaper "het nieuwsblad"

Tom Van Asbroeck and Yves Lampaert will also leave the team, both joining a unknown protour-team.

 

[whittashau]

Seems insane to think that Lampre will be the only Italian WT team

 

[Akuryo]

Seems insane to think that Lampre will be the only Italian WT team

There hasn't been a German team since 2010 with Milram in the WT.

 

[One Man Grupetto]

Seems insane to think that Lampre will be the only Italian WT team

Insane. And very sad. Maybe if we add in Astana we can make it 1 1/2 Italian WT teams.

 

[bikeracer33]

Kenneth Vanbilsen and Michael Van Stayen (both riding for topsport vlaanderen) rumoured to be joining Cofidis next season according to the newspaper "het nieuwsblad"

Tom Van Asbroeck and Yves Lampaert will also leave the team, both joining a unknown protour-team.

I heard somewhere that the team manager of Topsport said that Tom Van Asbroeck and Kenneth Vanbilsen have "pre-contracts" with Lotto. Regardless, looks like Topsport, essentially a devo team to begin with, will be graduating some riders this offseason which is good to see.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

There hasn't been a German team since 2010 with Milram in the WT.

germany is no cycling nation

 

[Jancouver]

germany is no cycling nation

Huh? Can you define cycling nation? China? India? I think there is more bikes on the roads than anywhere in Europe.

Either way, I'm sure Kittel, Greipel, Dagenkolb and Tony Martin and all the other Germans would disagree with your silly statement.

 

[Anderis]

Don't worry. Colombia is the only cycling nation and we all know it.

 

[luckyboy]

Seems insane to think that Lampre will be the only Italian WT team

Maybe whenever Mantova actually happens Lampre will **** off forever

 

[manafana]

really hope we dont lose too many teams in off season, won't be enough riders and we lose some decent pros screwed by the system.

 

[DirtyWorks]

really hope we dont lose too many teams in off season, won't be enough riders and we lose some decent pros screwed by the system.

Cannondale corporate is in cost-cutting mode, so they are probably going to vanish. I never understood how they could afford a WT team.

 

[Arnout]

Its still beyond me how so many different bike manufacturers can exist and also how many have spare money to throw at a cycling team.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Its still beyond me how so many different bike manufacturers can exist and also how many have spare money to throw at a cycling team.

there are 2 million bicycles in Bejing... - katie Melua song

 

[Arnout]

there are 2 million bicycles in Bejing... - katie Melua song

Yeah all of them top of the range Canyons and Pinarellos

Its 9 million by the way. And the current version is "there's 15 million cars in Beijing/ That's a fact/ It's a thing we can't deny/ Like the fact that I'm not moving till I die".

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Yeah all of them top of the range Canyons and Pinarellos

Chinese people like quality

 

[Arnout]

Chinese people like quality

I bet they're actually called Carbons and Picobellos in China While being, by sheer coincidence, exactly the same.

This is racism, I shouldn't do this.

 

[DirtyWorks]

Its still beyond me how so many different bike manufacturers can exist and also how many have spare money to throw at a cycling team.

Lots of brands but few manufacturers. Merida owns Specialized, Giant is Giant and sells lots of bikes to Trek. Cannondale and the rest buy from a couple of contractors. Those contractors are in Taiwan and China. They make excellent product that most of you are riding including some "Italian" brands.

The Chinese consumer market is in the very, very early stages, so yes, they will be riding many Pinarello bikes there soon enough.

It will be interesting to see if the UCI can fix losing at least two WT teams for 2015.

 

[yespatterns]

I bet they're actually called Carbons and Picobellos in China While being, by sheer coincidence, exactly the same.

This is racism, I shouldn't do this.

Yes, someone who isn't racist probably should not say racist things.