Transfers and Rumours 2014 > 2015

[SafeBet]

Dont know if mentioned

Cataldo -> Astana

1 year deal.

 

[Cimber]

Dont know if mentioned

Cataldo -> Astana

great news

 

[peloton]

Can they buy him out of that contract though?

Looks very unlikely to happen anytime soon.

 

[mudplugger]

yep, good rider for Bora and Thwaites will get plenty of opportunities.

Looks like he has gone with the guidance of his advisers...to stay in the second tier. With a good PC team he should get some big races anyway. He may have had more Kudos and a bit more cash in a WT team, but would in all probability have gone the way of many other young riders and become invisible.

Has the talent...just needs the team to give him a freer role more often.

 

[MatParker117]

Zandio is apparently retiring which gives Sky the space for Colbrelli and Viviani with the Cataldo deal (Earle and Seb Henao are the neo pros).

 

[themurph]

I've heard a rumour Andy Shleck might be heading for Europcar, has anyone any info

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I've heard a rumour Andy Shleck might be heading for Europcar, has anyone any info

Wow that would be awesome! I doubt it very much though. But Rolland and Andy tandem attack? I like!

Another rumour is that Cunego is retiring. Anyone with info on this?

 

[jens_attacks]

andy and europcar rumour is at least 6 months old. we'll see

 

[afpm90]

Who else leaves Europcar?

They still have Voeckler and Sicard

Bjorn Thurau, Natnael Berhane and Davide Malacarne are leaving and Voecler, IMO, is declining in quality.

They still have Rolland and Coquard but I think they don't have depth in their squad.

 

[DoubleF]

Wow that would be awesome! I doubt it very much though. But Rolland and Andy tandem attack? I like!

Another rumour is that Cunego is retiring. Anyone with info on this?

Cunego has just joined the University of Verona. https://twitter.com/DCunego/status/517345960994025472

 

[Lexman]

Bjorn Thurau, Natnael Berhane and Davide Malacarne are leaving and Voecler, IMO, is declining in quality.

They still have Rolland and Coquard but I think they don't have depth in their squad.

Not the best riders leaving imo, Voeckler had his share of bad luck this year but is indeed aging a bit

Rolland, Coquard & Sicard might do the job....

 

[MatParker117]

Not the best riders leaving imo, Voeckler had his share of bad luck this year but is indeed aging a bit

Rolland, Coquard & Sicard might do the job....

Haven't been doing so far as they haven't got a decent result since the Giro.

 

[MellowJohnny]

Fenn and possibly Viviani on the way to Sky, If i was Chris Sutton I'd be worried.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Fenn and possibly Viviani on the way to Sky, If i was Chris Sutton I'd be worried.

Sky have got rid of Eddy Boss though so maybe not as bad. Haven't seen if he is extending though, he hasn't really had the best of seasons so maybe on his way out?

 

[MatParker117]

Fenn and possibly Viviani on the way to Sky, If i was Chris Sutton I'd be worried.

He's a pretty good lead out man, had he not broken his collar bone I think Cav wins the 2012 Giro Points jersey. Him, Fenn & Swift could do a good job for Viviani.

 

[b.broadhurst]

Anybody else surprised that Cataldo has left for Astana?

Thought with the whole Sky Italia link that he would be kept.

24 riders confirmed.

6 waiting on new deals or moves to be confirmed:

Dombrowski
Edmondson
Knees
Pate
Stannard
Sutton

Brailsford said he was in talks with 2 more riders. So who leaves? Dombro to Garmin?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

He's a pretty good lead out man, had he not broken his collar bone I think Cav wins the 2012 Giro Points jersey. Him, Fenn & Swift could do a good job for Viviani.

Exactly: no point in hiring an upper tier sprinter and having nobody to set him up.

 

[MatParker117]

Anybody else surprised that Cataldo has left for Astana?

Thought with the whole Sky Italia link that he would be kept.

24 riders confirmed.

6 waiting on new deals or moves to be confirmed:

Dombrowski
Edmondson
Knees
Pate
Stannard
Sutton

Brailsford said he was in talks with 2 more riders. So who leaves? Dombro to Garmin?

That and Zandio is rumoured to be retiring. Also on the Sky Italia thing Colbrelli and Viviani are the rumoured riders that Dave was talking about.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Anybody else surprised that Cataldo has left for Astana?

Thought with the whole Sky Italia link that he would be kept.

24 riders confirmed.

6 waiting on new deals or moves to be confirmed:

Dombrowski
Edmondson
Knees
Pate
Stannard
Sutton

Brailsford said he was in talks with 2 more riders. So who leaves? Dombro to Garmin?

If they get Viviani and Colbrelli that will more than make up for it in terms of profile in Italy.

 

[b.broadhurst]

Will Dan Martin and the Yates twins ever join Team Sky?

 

[MatParker117]

Will Dan Martin and the Yates twins ever join Team Sky?

Martin I doubt as he was kicked out of the BC Academy for being 60kg and useless on the track. The Yates twins are targets for 2016.

 

[JRanton]

Anybody else surprised that Cataldo has left for Astana?

Thought with the whole Sky Italia link that he would be kept.

24 riders confirmed.

6 waiting on new deals or moves to be confirmed:

Dombrowski
Edmondson
Knees
Pate
Stannard
Sutton

Brailsford said he was in talks with 2 more riders. So who leaves? Dombro to Garmin?

Stannard signed an extension with Sky last year. I'd be surprised if it was only a one year deal for 2014.

I'm sure I read an article not long ago that confirmed Pate had a contract with Sky for 2015. Here it is: http://velonews.competitor.com/2014...pate-keeps-pushing_337595#FSdZPioaEgA80B2x.99

Pate said he wasn’t sure of what the rest of 2014 will bring, but he’s already set for next season, with one more year remaining on his contract with Team Sky.

“I am no Chris Horner,” he said with a laugh, referring to his 42-year-old compatriot. “I still have fun racing.”

 

[Parker]

Anybody else surprised that Cataldo has left for Astana?

Thought with the whole Sky Italia link that he would be kept.

24 riders confirmed.

6 waiting on new deals or moves to be confirmed:

Dombrowski
Edmondson
Knees
Pate
Stannard
Sutton

Brailsford said he was in talks with 2 more riders. So who leaves? Dombro to Garmin?

And then who do they get rid off at the end of 2015 when Yates, Yates, Geoghegan Hart and Cavendish arrive?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Will Dan Martin and the Yates twins ever join Team Sky?

They have no sporting reason to do so in the near future. Sky wouldn't be able to offer any of them the leadership opportunities they get now and Garmin can give Martin top rate support for hilly classics.

If the money on offer is nuts though that could change things.

 

[MatParker117]

Sky Guys without deals for 2015:
WIGGINS Bradley
SUTTON Chris
ROWE Luke
KNEES Christian
ZANDIO Xabier
EDMONDSON Joshua
DOMBROWSKI Joe

Current Sky Roster for 2015 (21 Riders)
BOSWELL, Ian
DEIGNAN, Philip
EARLE, Nathan
Henao, Sergio
EISEL, Bernhard
FENN, Andrew
FROOME, Christopher
HENAO, Sebastian
KENNAUGH, Peter
KIRYIENKA, Vasil
KöNIG, Leopold
LOPEZ, David
NIEVE, Mikel
NORDHAUG, Lars Petter
PATE, Danny
POELS, Wout
PORTE, Richie
PUCCIO, Salvatore
ROCHE, Nicolas
SIUTSOU, Kanstantsin
Stannard, Ian
SWIFT, Ben
THOMAS, Geraint

I assume Sky's final roster will be:
BOSWELL, Ian
DEIGNAN, Philip
EARLE, Nathan
EISEL, Bernhard
Henao, Sergio
FENN, Andrew
FROOME, Christopher
HENAO, Sebastian
KENNAUGH, Peter
KIRYIENKA, Vasil
KöNIG, Leopold
LOPEZ, David
NIEVE, Mikel
NORDHAUG, Lars Petter
PATE, Danny
POELS, Wout
PORTE, Richie
PUCCIO, Salvatore
ROCHE, Nicolas
SIUTSOU, Kanstantsin
Stannard, Ian
SWIFT, Ben
THOMAS, Geraint
WIGGINS Bradley
SUTTON Chris
ROWE Luke
KNEES Christian
EDMONDSON Joshua
Colbrelli, Sonny
Viviani, Elia