Transfers and Rumours 2015 > 2016

[Lexman]

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Mark Cavendish & Mark Renshaw too MTN-Qhubeka, so expect the has-been leadout train to be Farrar, Boasson Hagen, Renshaw and Cavendish.

And Goss leaving
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mtn-qhubeka-hoping-to-secure-bigger-budget-and-sign-cavendish/

 

[jojogogo]

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Mark Cavendish & Mark Renshaw too MTN-Qhubeka, so expect the has-been leadout train to be Farrar, Boasson Hagen, Renshaw and Cavendish.

And Goss leaving
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mtn-qhubeka-hoping-to-secure-bigger-budget-and-sign-cavendish/

so looking like Farrar, Boasson Hagen, Eisel, Renshaw and Cavendish.

i wonder if this is why Meintjes did a U-Turn and signed with lampre?

Three years ago teams would have been queuing up to sign cavendish at whatever cost, now he has to find another sponsor just to get the salary his asking for.

 

[Vasilis]

Luke Rowe extends with Sky.
https://twitter.com/LukeRowe1990/status/641963037210083328

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

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I thought FDJ signed almost always French riders and this window they also signed Konovalovas and Reichenbach.

Evgueni Berzin
Baden Cooke
Christophe Detilloux
Patrick d'Hondt
Bernhard Eisel
Mauro Gianetti
Philippe Gilbert
Tim Gudsell
Fabrizio Guidi
Grzegorz Gwiazdowski
Frank Hoj
Chris Horner
Yauheni Hutarovich
Gustav Larsson
Johan Lindgren
Thomas Lövkvist
Bradley McGee
Ian McLeod
Gianni Meersman
Lars Michaelsen
Sven Montgomery
Andrea Peron
Gabriel Rasch
Davide Rebellin
Simone Rebellin
Mark Renshaw
Dominique Rollin
Daniel Schnider
Max Sciandri
Wesley Sulzberger
Flavio Vanzella
Jussi Veikkanen
Bradley Wiggins
Matt Wilson

... might disagree.

 

[Vasilis]

LottoNL-Jumbo signs Twan Castelijns
http://www.teamlottojumbo.com/cycling-news/lottonljumbo-signs-twan-castelijns
Edit: Sorry, already mentioned.

 

[TMP402]

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Daniel Hoelgaard from Team Joker has signed for FDJ: http://www.procycling.no/daniel-hoelgaard-har-signert-proffkontrakt/

A good signing, nice to see him get the opportunity.

I thought FDJ signed almost always French riders and this window they also signed Konovalovas and Reichenbach.

Pinot has come to the opinion that he wants non-French riders in his train, classics specialists for the flat, but also guys like Morabito on climbs.

 

[Beech Mtn]

Re: Re:

Mark Cavendish & Mark Renshaw too MTN-Qhubeka, so expect the has-been leadout train to be Farrar, Boasson Hagen, Renshaw and Cavendish.

And Goss leaving
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mtn-qhubeka-hoping-to-secure-bigger-budget-and-sign-cavendish/

so looking like Farrar, Boasson Hagen, Eisel, Renshaw and Cavendish.

i wonder if this is why Meintjes did a U-Turn and signed with lampre?

Three years ago teams would have been queuing up to sign cavendish at whatever cost, now he has to find another sponsor just to get the salary his asking for.

Tyler Farrar as a leadout man? That should work out well.

 

[TMP402]

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LottoNL-Jumbo signs Twan Castelijns
http://www.teamlottojumbo.com/cycling-news/lottonljumbo-signs-twan-castelijns

Dude. Previous page.

 

[Vasilis]

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LottoNL-Jumbo signs Twan Castelijns
http://www.teamlottojumbo.com/cycling-news/lottonljumbo-signs-twan-castelijns

Dude. Previous page.

Sorry. Never mind

 

[ciranda]

Re: Re:

I thought FDJ signed almost always French riders and this window they also signed Konovalovas and Reichenbach.

Simone Rebellin
... might disagree.

For the last ten years or so it has been very true and 34 non-french riders in almost twenty years is very few.

 

[Velolover2]

Please Trek, let's have another year with Zubeldia as a stage hunter.

 

[TMP402]

Two rumours. Firstly Ballan is serious about 2016 and may join Unieuro Wilier Trevigiani for the rest of this season.

Secondly, some more on We Are Wales: the team will be 12 strong, of which there will be 3 Bretons, 4 British riders and the rest from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Eastern Europe.

 

[Vesica]

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Mark Cavendish & Mark Renshaw too MTN-Qhubeka, so expect the has-been leadout train to be Farrar, Boasson Hagen, Renshaw and Cavendish.

next year's anti crash bike..

 

[TMP402]

Zubeldia and Voeckler extend, Simone Consonni (Colpack) and Mohoric rumoured to Lampre, Stephen Williams (?) in negotiations with We Are Wales, Cameron Wurf in talks to return to Cannondale... Vaughters is developing a habit of bringing fringe riders out of retirement.

 

[BigMac]

According to A Bola, Silvestre is to leave Trek and is pondering on abandoning the sport.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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[quote="TMP402"n.

Secondly, some more on We Are Wales: the team will be 12 strong, of which there will be 3 Bretons, 4 British riders and the rest from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Eastern Europe.[/quote]

A Conti team then presumably

 

[TMP402]

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[quote="TMP402"n.

Secondly, some more on We Are Wales: the team will be 12 strong, of which there will be 3 Bretons, 4 British riders and the rest from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Eastern Europe.

A Conti team then presumably[/quote]

That's the stated intention.

 

[Winnen]

Van Poppel to Sky.

 

[MatParker117]

Danny to be more specific.

 

[GP Blanco]

Van der Lijke (Lotto-Jumbo) tot Roompot to have more chances for himself.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Luka Mezgec joins Orica.

The transfers of JvdB and Politt to Katyusha are now official as well.

 

[trevim]

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According to A Bola, Silvestre is to leave Trek and is pondering on abandoning the sport.

Well he certainly never found his feet on WT but ending his career seems a bit harsh unless there are other issues we don't know about

 

[Christian]

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According to A Bola, Silvestre is to leave Trek and is pondering on abandoning the sport.

Well he certainly never found his feet on WT but ending his career seems a bit harsh unless there are other issues we don't know about

Thanks for the info BigMac - was wondering about Silvestre for a while and had been searching for info online but found none. IMHO Trek have completely misused him, only as a domestique in races that barely suit him, and never as a stage hunter or classics rider. For example he was in the lead group at the recent GP de Fourmies and Brussels Cycling Classic, I think those are the kind of races that really suit him.

He probably has not had a very good experience at Trek, if you follow his Facebook he sometimes seemed a bit overwhelmed and like he was homesick a lot. But like trevim said, abandoning the sport seems harsh, he could go back to continental level for a while. There he would certainly kill it, like he did with Leopard CT, and then maybe give WT another shot in a few years if the opportunity should arise.

 

[Ricco']

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According to A Bola, Silvestre is to leave Trek and is pondering on abandoning the sport.

Well he certainly never found his feet on WT but ending his career seems a bit harsh unless there are other issues we don't know about

He don't want to race for the minimum wage like many Portuguese riders and he prefers to have some stability. I don't condemn him.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Before going back to the Portuguese CT scene I would prefer retirement as well.