Transfers and Rumours 2015 > 2016

[Stilletto]

Ditto (ProCycling)
Albasini renewed 2 more years with Orica....

 

[Alexandre B.]

Bozic in the Bouhanni train ? Interesting.

 

[Stilletto]

Cofidis takes to twitter again,
Confirming Jonas Ahlstrand, Kenneth Vanbilsen, Michael Van Steyen, Dani Navarro and Geoff Soupe for 2016
and Nacer Bouhanni until 2017

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Why the hate for Sanz? Just because he's a sprinter? If Movistar wants to get rid of underperfomers, they should look at Ventoso, Dayer Quintana, Sutherland.

No, because he's an awful rider who can't do anything and isn't good enough for even the smallest continental teams, yet always gets a roster spot because he's nephew to the team manager.

He's not that awful, he had several decent results over the past few years.

http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=17944&year=2015&all=0&current=0
http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=17944&year=2014&all=0&current=0
http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=17944&year=2013&all=0&current=0

He's no world beater but no one expects him to be.

 

[BlackWhiteEagle]

Marczyński in Lotto Soudal.

 

[b.broadhurst]

Team Sky ‏@TeamSky 3m3 minutes ago
We're pleased to confirm Gianni Moscon as our 2nd signing of 2016! Full details http://po.st/Moscon #TeamSky2016

 

[Flamin]

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Marczyński in Lotto Soudal.

Nice transfer he should obviously thank Soudal for.

 

[MatParker117]

In Cav news Etihad Airways might sponsor MTN and pay Cav's salary:

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/etihad-airways-to-become-title-title-sponsor-of-mtn-qhubeka-191790

 

[Samamba]

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Marczyński in Lotto Soudal.

Nice transfer he should obviously thank Soudal for.

Yep, Soudal also wants a British rider (probably for the 2017 season).

 

[MatParker117]

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Marczyński in Lotto Soudal.

Nice transfer he should obviously thank Soudal for.

Yep, Soudal also wants a British rider (probably for the 2017 season).

Mclay or Doull being the likely candidates.

 

[greenedge]

In non-Sky transfer news, Nathan Haas is confirmed as leaving Cannondale-Garmin. Linked with MTN.

He could be a good leader for the Ardennes, and it will be nice to see him attack a lot.

 

[42x16ss]

In non-Sky transfer news, Nathan Haas is confirmed as leaving Cannondale-Garmin. Linked with MTN.

He could be a good leader for the Ardennes, and it will be nice to see him attack a lot.

Not quite sure if he's a leader, but Haas can certainly do a very good job for a leader, like he did for Hesjedal and Martin on several occasions. No reason he can't be a co leader at 1.1 and 1.HC races though.

 

[Anderis]

Simon Clarke to Cannondale!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/simon-clarke-signs-for-cannondale-garmin/

Their signings for 2016 are better, than I expected! Maybe they've managed to increase their budget somehow? I think their new riders will be earning more alltogether, than Martin and Hesjedal were.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Simon Clarke to Cannondale!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/simon-clarke-signs-for-cannondale-garmin/

Their signings for 2016 are better, than I expected! Maybe they've managed to increase their budget somehow? I think their new riders will be earning more alltogether, than Martin and Hesjedal were.

Danielson was probably on pay that reflected his past centrality to the team, so there may be a fair bit of money saved there.

 

[Movitrain]

Movistar confirmed the signing of Oliveira. His contract will run through 2017.

Bem-vindo, Nelson!

http://movistarteam.com/noticias/2015-9-24/nelson-oliveira-talento-en-progresion

 

[JRanton]

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Flo has a point folks.

Cheers.

No she doesn't. If Tinkov wasn't now skint and was making good signings then that's all we'd hear about in this thread too. One of the issues is that Sky has waited so long to announce their transfers when it seems like the majority have been done for several months now.

But it is not necessary to post every possible GT-iteration after the fintest rumour.

That's true. It's not something that I've done so why include my name in her post? I made one general comment on Sky's signings in the transfer thread. Shocking I know.

 

[JRanton]

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Flo has a point folks.

Cheers.

No she doesn't. If Tinkov wasn't now skint and was making good signings then that's all we'd hear about in this thread too. One of the issues is that Sky has waited so long to announce their transfers when it seems like the majority have been done for several months now.

But it is not necessary to post every possible GT-iteration after the fintest rumour.

Agreed. Sky is the only team whose fans insist on posting theoretical lineups for all 3 GTs everytime there is a rumor or signing. It's been the same for a few years now.

It's two posters, one in particular who does this. You make it sound like there's an army of Sky fans doing this. I agree there's no need to make those kinds of posts in this thread.

 

[MatParker117]

I freely admit to not having much of a life.

 

[Domulec]

Roompot has signed Antwan Tolhoek, a promising Dutch talent from Rabo Devo, who had a pretty good period as a stagaire at Tinkoff over the last few weeks.

 

[JRanton]

This is a handy list from PCS which shows the riders who are still without a contract for 2016: http://www.procyclingstats.com/statistics.php?statistic=contract_free_riders

Is Van Avermaet definitely staying at BMC? Dani Moreno is probably the best rider left on the market who we don't really know which team he will join. Lampre has been rumoured.

 

[Hakkapelit]

Re: Re:

Flo has a point folks.

Cheers.

No she doesn't. If Tinkov wasn't now skint and was making good signings then that's all we'd hear about in this thread too. One of the issues is that Sky has waited so long to announce their transfers when it seems like the majority have been done for several months now.

But it is not necessary to post every possible GT-iteration after the fintest rumour.

That's true. It's not something that I've done so why include my name in her post? I made one general comment on Sky's signings in the transfer thread. Shocking I know.

And mine cannot be a "general comment"

 

[JRanton]

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And mine cannot be a "general comment"

Of course it can.

 

[JRanton]

One Pro Cycling signs three Kiwis for 2016: Dion Smith, James Oram and Hayden McCormick

http://oneprocycling.com/kiwi-trio-announced-for-2016/

 

[JRanton]

Golas to Sky is now official: http://www.teamsky.com/teamsky/news/article/66617#FteWbIvB1rA3f3ax.97

 

[Anderis]

One Pro Cycling signs three Kiwis for 2016: Dion Smith, James Oram and Hayden McCormick

http://oneprocycling.com/kiwi-trio-announced-for-2016/

Smith and Oram are really interesting signings IMO. I was thinking about them as the next riders from American Conti teams who could eventually find their way to WT in the future.