Transfers and Rumours 2015 > 2016

[Vesica]

Lot of BMC people still without contact, GVA, Oss, Wyss, Dillier, Atapuma, Moinard. I think most (or all) of them will be resigning.

Giant-Alpecin could look to someone like Lachlan Norris or Toms Skujins in replacement for Lawson Craddock.

 

[Vasilis]

Looks like Ten Dam is going to Giant indeed then.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ten-dam-linked-to-giant-alpecin/

 

[TMP402]

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Irish prospect Eddie Dunbar joins Axeon from NFTO.

I wonder what's happening with NFTO. They were supposed to go up to pro conti, but have lost von Hoff and now Dunbar, their best current and future riders, and there's no talk of going up any more.

They mustn't have managed to get hold of the money they hoped to have. It will be hard for them to do so now, with ONE in place as a British Pro Conti outfit, better positioned to attract sponsorship and able to poach riders.

That's a very good move for Dunbar, by the way. There was talking of him being signed by a WT team, but he's just way too young. Axeon are geared towards developing young rider and can offer Dunbar a much better calendar than any British Conti team can. Those teams simply don't take part in enough high quality races. An Post on the other hand do take part in more high quality races, but mostly of the flat, windy or cobbled lowland variety. At Axeon he'll actually get a race calendar involving good races with real climbs, which is exactly what he needs.

Talking of An Post, I believe Edmondson is out of contract.

He won a stage and the overall of the Ronde de l'Oise in June, DNF'd in the British national road race, and has neither raced nor tweeted since then. He was on the provisional startlists for Boucles de la Mayenne, Druivenkoers Overijse and the Tour of Britain, which suggests he hasn't been injured.

I remember reading something about An Post looking to go to more hilly races to suit him, so clearly they see a future for him, but the above doesn't look promising. Obviously he's had complaints about his work ethic before - I hope we're not losing a bright young cyclist here.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Irish prospect Eddie Dunbar joins Axeon from NFTO.

I wonder what's happening with NFTO. They were supposed to go up to pro conti, but have lost von Hoff and now Dunbar, their best current and future riders, and there's no talk of going up any more.

They mustn't have managed to get hold of the money they hoped to have. It will be hard for them to do so now, with ONE in place as a British Pro Conti outfit, better positioned to attract sponsorship and able to poach riders.

That's a very good move for Dunbar, by the way. There was talking of him being signed by a WT team, but he's just way too young. Axeon are geared towards developing young rider and can offer Dunbar a much better calendar than any British Conti team can. Those teams simply don't take part in enough high quality races. An Post on the other hand do take part in more high quality races, but mostly of the flat, windy or cobbled lowland variety. At Axeon he'll actually get a race calendar involving good races with real climbs, which is exactly what he needs.

Talking of An Post, I believe Edmondson is out of contract.

He won a stage and the overall of the Ronde de l'Oise in June, DNF'd in the British national road race, and has neither raced nor tweeted since then. He was on the provisional startlists for Boucles de la Mayenne, Druivenkoers Overijse and the Tour of Britain, which suggests he hasn't been injured.

I remember reading something about An Post looking to go to more hilly races to suit him, so clearly they see a future for him, but the above doesn't look promising. Obviously he's had complaints about his work ethic before - I hope we're not losing a bright young cyclist here.

That is weird. He only signed for An Post in the middle of March. Presumably he would have needed some time to get to full race fitness but he already had excellent form in May and June. In a few weeks he took GC in the Ronde de l'Oise, plus stage wins in that race and the Tour of Azerbaijan and finished second in the Ras.

The guy basically rode a three month season. In that time he showed that he is still a big talent. And then he promptly disappeared again. Is he off drinking beer with Betancur somewhere? Is he just one of those riders who has the physical talent but not the right type of personality to be a pro?

 

[42x16ss]

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Sam Bewley re-signs for 2 years with OGE. The current state of play here is that they now have 16 riders under existing contracts or who have re-signed with the team

Albasini, Bewley, Chaves, Cort, Durbridge, Ewan, Gerrans, Hepburn, Howson, Impey, Keukeleire, Matthews, Meier, Tuft, A.Yates, S.Yates.

They have 6 confirmed new signings:
Edmondson (neo), Haig (neo), Juul-Jensen, Mezgec, Power (neo), Tzurruka

They have 5 departures with confirmed "new homes"
Blythe, Clarke, Howard, Mouris & Weening. Meyer & Santaromita are listed as departures but as yet no confirmed destinations.

Therefore the situation is 22 currently contracted riders. The following remain unconfirmed with regards to their futures.
Docker (age 29), Hayman (age 37) & Lancaster (age 36 at start of 2016 season).

All three COULD be re-signed bringing numbers up to 25 although there are reports of looking for another experienced climber. If the latter is the case then at least one of the above may be on the way out given the touted move to smaller team numbers post 2016.
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Hayman and Docker should be resigned. Docker is solid and improving in the classics and is a good leadout for Ewan, while Hayman seems to be reinvigorated with his role of mentoring Ewan and Chaves, just look at his performance in the Vuelta. Lancaster I'm less sure of.

Orica still has their "marquee signing" that still hasn't appeared. Looking at unsigned names available, could it be down to Van Avermaet or Anton?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Sam Bewley re-signs for 2 years with OGE. The current state of play here is that they now have 16 riders under existing contracts or who have re-signed with the team

Albasini, Bewley, Chaves, Cort, Durbridge, Ewan, Gerrans, Hepburn, Howson, Impey, Keukeleire, Matthews, Meier, Tuft, A.Yates, S.Yates.

They have 6 confirmed new signings:
Edmondson (neo), Haig (neo), Juul-Jensen, Mezgec, Power (neo), Tzurruka

They have 5 departures with confirmed "new homes"
Blythe, Clarke, Howard, Mouris & Weening. Meyer & Santaromita are listed as departures but as yet no confirmed destinations.

Therefore the situation is 22 currently contracted riders. The following remain unconfirmed with regards to their futures.
Docker (age 29), Hayman (age 37) & Lancaster (age 36 at start of 2016 season).

All three COULD be re-signed bringing numbers up to 25 although there are reports of looking for another experienced climber. If the latter is the case then at least one of the above may be on the way out given the touted move to smaller team numbers post 2016.
.

Hayman and Docker should be resigned. Docker is solid and improving in the classics and is a good leadout for Ewan, while Hayman seems to be reinvigorated with his role of mentoring Ewan and Chaves, just look at his performance in the Vuelta. Lancaster I'm less sure of.

Orica still has their "marquee signing" that still hasn't appeared. Looking at unsigned names available, could it be down to Van Avermaet or Anton?

Anton at this point in his career is more a small two person tent than a marquee.

 

[42x16ss]

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Sam Bewley re-signs for 2 years with OGE. The current state of play here is that they now have 16 riders under existing contracts or who have re-signed with the team

Albasini, Bewley, Chaves, Cort, Durbridge, Ewan, Gerrans, Hepburn, Howson, Impey, Keukeleire, Matthews, Meier, Tuft, A.Yates, S.Yates.

They have 6 confirmed new signings:
Edmondson (neo), Haig (neo), Juul-Jensen, Mezgec, Power (neo), Tzurruka

They have 5 departures with confirmed "new homes"
Blythe, Clarke, Howard, Mouris & Weening. Meyer & Santaromita are listed as departures but as yet no confirmed destinations.

Therefore the situation is 22 currently contracted riders. The following remain unconfirmed with regards to their futures.
Docker (age 29), Hayman (age 37) & Lancaster (age 36 at start of 2016 season).

All three COULD be re-signed bringing numbers up to 25 although there are reports of looking for another experienced climber. If the latter is the case then at least one of the above may be on the way out given the touted move to smaller team numbers post 2016.
.

Hayman and Docker should be resigned. Docker is solid and improving in the classics and is a good leadout for Ewan, while Hayman seems to be reinvigorated with his role of mentoring Ewan and Chaves, just look at his performance in the Vuelta. Lancaster I'm less sure of.

Orica still has their "marquee signing" that still hasn't appeared. Looking at unsigned names available, could it be down to Van Avermaet or Anton?

Anton at this point in his career is more a small two person tent than a marquee.

Good point, but he's a more established name than anyone in that squad except Gerrans and possibly Matthews. He also climbs better than anyone on that team with the possible exception of Chaves (although the Yates brothers, Power and Haig should be nipping at his heels in a year or two.)

 

[TMP402]

Re: Re:

Sam Bewley re-signs for 2 years with OGE. The current state of play here is that they now have 16 riders under existing contracts or who have re-signed with the team

Albasini, Bewley, Chaves, Cort, Durbridge, Ewan, Gerrans, Hepburn, Howson, Impey, Keukeleire, Matthews, Meier, Tuft, A.Yates, S.Yates.

They have 6 confirmed new signings:
Edmondson (neo), Haig (neo), Juul-Jensen, Mezgec, Power (neo), Tzurruka

They have 5 departures with confirmed "new homes"
Blythe, Clarke, Howard, Mouris & Weening. Meyer & Santaromita are listed as departures but as yet no confirmed destinations.

Therefore the situation is 22 currently contracted riders. The following remain unconfirmed with regards to their futures.
Docker (age 29), Hayman (age 37) & Lancaster (age 36 at start of 2016 season).

All three COULD be re-signed bringing numbers up to 25 although there are reports of looking for another experienced climber. If the latter is the case then at least one of the above may be on the way out given the touted move to smaller team numbers post 2016.
.

Hayman and Docker should be resigned. Docker is solid and improving in the classics and is a good leadout for Ewan, while Hayman seems to be reinvigorated with his role of mentoring Ewan and Chaves, just look at his performance in the Vuelta. Lancaster I'm less sure of.

Orica still has their "marquee signing" that still hasn't appeared. Looking at unsigned names available, could it be down to Van Avermaet or Anton?

Not sure Orica is the best fit for GVA. In the classics he would have only Keukeleire really able to be there with him in the final 20km of the big cobbled classics, maybe maybe maybe Hayman, and in the rest of the year, he's competing with Albasini, Matthews, Gerrans and Impey for "the only guy left who's faster than Valverde" type of stage wins in random WT stage races. I would prefer to see him leading a team with several decent workers in the classics and able to give him a relatively free role in the rest of the year, like FDJ. All of this is if he moves, which, given how many BMC riders are not yet renewed, he probably won't.

 

[TMP402]

Lot of BMC people still without contact, GVA, Oss, Wyss, Dillier, Atapuma, Moinard. I think most (or all) of them will be resigning.

Giant-Alpecin could look to someone like Lachlan Norris or Toms Skujins in replacement for Lawson Craddock.

Sadly no merger with IAM. They continue to look distinctly second division. If MTN/Dimension Data are not allowed to go WT but IAM are allowed to stay there, there's something seriously wrong.

 

[Tugboat]

Hayden Roulston (Trek Factory Racing) announces the end of his professional road career to concentrate on making the New Zealand track team for the Rio Olympics and then retirement.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/72752440/kiwi-cyclist-roulston-targets-track-gold-at-rio-then-retirement

 

[dirkprovin]

Re: Re:

Sam Bewley re-signs for 2 years with OGE. The current state of play here is that they now have 16 riders under existing contracts or who have re-signed with the team

Albasini, Bewley, Chaves, Cort, Durbridge, Ewan, Gerrans, Hepburn, Howson, Impey, Keukeleire, Matthews, Meier, Tuft, A.Yates, S.Yates.

They have 6 confirmed new signings:
Edmondson (neo), Haig (neo), Juul-Jensen, Mezgec, Power (neo), Tzurruka

They have 5 departures with confirmed "new homes"
Blythe, Clarke, Howard, Mouris & Weening. Meyer & Santaromita are listed as departures but as yet no confirmed destinations.

Therefore the situation is 22 currently contracted riders. The following remain unconfirmed with regards to their futures.
Docker (age 29), Hayman (age 37) & Lancaster (age 36 at start of 2016 season).

All three COULD be re-signed bringing numbers up to 25 although there are reports of looking for another experienced climber. If the latter is the case then at least one of the above may be on the way out given the touted move to smaller team numbers post 2016.
.

Hayman and Docker should be resigned. Docker is solid and improving in the classics and is a good leadout for Ewan, while Hayman seems to be reinvigorated with his role of mentoring Ewan and Chaves, just look at his performance in the Vuelta. Lancaster I'm less sure of.

Orica still has their "marquee signing" that still hasn't appeared. Looking at unsigned names available, could it be down to Van Avermaet or Anton?

Your "read" is basically the same as mine. Hayman's nous & experience is still valuable on and off the road; both as a road captain and as a mentor for the young guys.

Docker v Lancaster; I would also go for the younger man as they often do similar roles with Docker having futher utility for the cobbled races. Lancaster is struggling to "get there" for certain finishes.

Anton ? Have my doubts given his recent years. GVA - just don't think the fit is quite right with a lot of guys of similar characteristics for Ardennes and selective finishes and the price tag is likely to be steep.

 

[Anderis]

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Orica still has their "marquee signing" that still hasn't appeared. Looking at unsigned names available, could it be down to Van Avermaet or Anton?

Wasn't that "marquee signing" Mezgec?

 

[nobilis]

Lot of BMC people still without contact, GVA, Oss, Wyss, Dillier, Atapuma, Moinard. I think most (or all) of them will be resigning.

Giant-Alpecin could look to someone like Lachlan Norris or Toms Skujins in replacement for Lawson Craddock.

Sadly no merger with IAM. They continue to look distinctly second division. If MTN/Dimension Data are not allowed to go WT but IAM are allowed to stay there, there's something seriously wrong.

MTN even before signing Cavendish were better than teams like IAM or FDJ. So no problem I guess for them to be promoted to WT, of course if they meet the other criteria (Financial, Ethical, Sturctural), which obviously shouldn't be a problem. The last WT spot should be between IAM and Direct Energie, if the latter decide to recruit.

 

[Lexman]

Devolder and Popovitsj resign for one year with Trek

http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/1.2461935

It will be Popovitsj last year...

 

[Lexman]

Just read that Wanty won't extend / renew Leukemans contract who wants to continue for another year...

 

[GP Blanco]

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Tjallingii (Lotto Jumbo) extends his contract with half a year. He will quit after the Giro d'Italia (possibly the National Championships as well).

http://nos.nl/artikel/2061376-tjallingii-kondigt-afscheid-aan.html

So he must have a role within the team afterwards (DS or something)?

He will focus on a coaching career, not necessarily sports but business as well.

 

[WheelofGear]

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Just read that Wanty won't extend / renew Leukemans contract who wants to continue for another year...

Trek just lost Van Poppel, Steegmans and Roulston. Maybe there is a spot for him in Trek's classics squad?

 

[Lexman]

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Just read that Wanty won't extend / renew Leukemans contract who wants to continue for another year...

Trek just lost Van Poppel, Steegmans and Roulston. Maybe there is a spot for him in Trek's classics squad?

at 38 years ?

 

[WheelofGear]

Re: Re:

Just read that Wanty won't extend / renew Leukemans contract who wants to continue for another year...

Trek just lost Van Poppel, Steegmans and Roulston. Maybe there is a spot for him in Trek's classics squad?

at 38 years ?

Why not? That makes him even more suited. They will all be 35+ when we hits the cobbles. Cancellara, Irizar, Popovych, Devolder and Rast.

 

[Lexman]

Re: Re:

Just read that Wanty won't extend / renew Leukemans contract who wants to continue for another year...

Trek just lost Van Poppel, Steegmans and Roulston. Maybe there is a spot for him in Trek's classics squad?

at 38 years ?

Why not? That makes him even more suited. They will all be 35+ when we hits the cobbles. Cancellara, Irizar, Popovych, Devolder and Rast.

yeah you're right....

 

[nobilis]

Re: Re:

Just read that Wanty won't extend / renew Leukemans contract who wants to continue for another year...

Trek just lost Van Poppel, Steegmans and Roulston. Maybe there is a spot for him in Trek's classics squad?

at 38 years ?

Even at 38. He's still very competitive on the cobbles. I'm surprised Wanty aren't keeping him. I thought he was on very good terms with Van der Schueren.

 

[hrotha]

38 was like 29 in Trek years until a few seasons ago. He'd be fine.

 

[Moviestar]

According to El Pais Moreno and Betancur are both confirmed with Movistar.

http://deportes.elpais.com/deportes/2015/10/05/actualidad/1444062728_617013.html

 

[WheelofGear]

Heard a rumor about Gadret to Direct Energie. Would make sense since he wanted to end his career on a French team.

 

[Lexman]

Re: Re:

Just read that Wanty won't extend / renew Leukemans contract who wants to continue for another year...

Trek just lost Van Poppel, Steegmans and Roulston. Maybe there is a spot for him in Trek's classics squad?

at 38 years ?

Even at 38. He's still very competitive on the cobbles. I'm surprised Wanty aren't keeping him. I thought he was on very good terms with Van der Schueren.

maybe a question of budget?