Transfers and Rumours 2015 > 2016

[MatParker117]

Re:

Craddock to Garmin. One climber less at Giant

Do we fit Tom for his Pinarello now or?

 

[nobilis]

Re:

Craddock to Garmin. One climber less at Giant

yeah who need those. They can't help you win a GT

 

[pastronef]

Re: Re:

Craddock to Garmin. One climber less at Giant

Do we fit Tom for his Pinarello now or?

Tom has still 2016 to ride for Giant, and the all buy-out budget went to Gamin´s bank account in December 2009...

 

[Walter Morgan]

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Gosh, CAS to Bretagne-Seche - didn´'t see this one coming.

Who??

 

[Anderis]

Wow, I really like Cannondale's signings for 2016 so far!

And judjing by: http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/09/news/craddock-to-cannondale-garmin-in-2016_385208
Nathan Brown also seems to have a contract for 2016. He isn't listed on procyclingstats or CQ as a Cannondale 2016 rider so far.

 

[jojogogo]

No way Cav is joining that group of has-beens at MTN after enjoying the support of massive teams like Sky and Etixx.

Lefavre should ditch Boonen and free up some funds.

Cav will feel at home with the rest of the has-beens at MTN.

 

[mjreck]

Re: Re:

Gosh, CAS to Bretagne-Seche - didn´'t see this one coming.

Who??

Chris Anker Sørensen?

 

[MatParker117]

Re: Re:

90% that Cav leaves EQS. Trek or MTN?

It feels like Trek can't have too many spaces left to even take Cavendish and a couple of lead out men, let alone would they be willing to give him 6-8 dedicated teammates for the Tour.

Here's a theoretical tour team:

Mollema, Arrendondo, Coledan, Cancellara, Didier, Felline, Nizzolo, Renshaw, Cav

 

[BigMac]

Re:

Wow, I really like Cannondale's signings for 2016 so far!

And judjing by: http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/09/news/craddock-to-cannondale-garmin-in-2016_385208
Nathan Brown also seems to have a contract for 2016. He isn't listed on procyclingstats or CQ as a Cannondale 2016 rider so far.

Craddock and Brown are BFFs. Expect total annihilation by the duo.

 

[nobilis]

No way Cav is joining that group of has-beens at MTN after enjoying the support of massive teams like Sky and Etixx.

Lefavre should ditch Boonen and free up some funds.

When you talk about massive support from big teams, I would just stick to his times at Highroad/Colombia/HTC and Etixx but not sure about his time at Sky. He would surely have a bigger support as a sprinter at Dimension Data Qhubeka (it's their future name I presume) than at Sky.

 

[nobilis]

Re: Re:

Gosh, CAS to Bretagne-Seche - didn´'t see this one coming.

Who??

Chris Anker Sørensen?

Yep

 

[Vesica]

Nelson Oliveira (Lampre) to Movistar! Very solid addition to the team.

http://www.biciciclismo.com/es/movistar-team-da-cobertura-a-nelson-oliveira-17-09-2015

They want to create a TTT team? Oliveira, Castroviejo, Dowsett, Malori..

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Nelson Oliveira (Lampre) to Movistar! Very solid addition to the team.

http://www.biciciclismo.com/es/movistar-team-da-cobertura-a-nelson-oliveira-17-09-2015

They want to create a TTT team? Oliveira, Castroviejo, Dowsett, Malori..

Izagirre brothers, Erviti... quite a few good engines there.

 

[nobilis]

Domingos Gonçalves (Efapel) rejoins his twin brother Jose at Caja Rural.

http://www.biciciclismo.com/es/el-caja-rural-rga-tendra-dos-goncalves-en-2016-18-09-2015

 

[l.Harm]

DVP says he had to leave Trek, didn't offer him a new contract. Strange stuff.

 

[RedheadDane]

Sebastian Lander to ONE Pro Cycling.

http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/one_pro_cycling_sign_sebastian_lander/

 

[Movitrain]

Nelson Oliveira (Lampre) to Movistar! Very solid addition to the team.

http://www.biciciclismo.com/es/movistar-team-da-cobertura-a-nelson-oliveira-17-09-2015

According to a portuguese source, Oliveira hasn't signed yet, still negociating, resigning with Lampre is still an option, though it seems very certain he will choose Movistar.

We shall see

 

[Valv.Piti]

Nelson Oliveira (Lampre) to Movistar! Very solid addition to the team.

http://www.biciciclismo.com/es/movistar-team-da-cobertura-a-nelson-oliveira-17-09-2015

They want to create a TTT team? Oliveira, Castroviejo, Dowsett, Malori..

Izagirre brothers, Erviti... quite a few good engines there.

Movistar definetely has one of the better rouleur-teams out there, but unfortunately still need climbing depth in the GT's. Especially apparent in the Vuelta..

That's also the reason why they are such a good pick for the TTT in Richmond, but nobody really talks about them, likewise the Tour.

 

[Ricco']

Nelson Oliveira (Lampre) to Movistar! Very solid addition to the team.

http://www.biciciclismo.com/es/movistar-team-da-cobertura-a-nelson-oliveira-17-09-2015

They want to create a TTT team? Oliveira, Castroviejo, Dowsett, Malori..

Izagirre brothers, Erviti... quite a few good engines there.

Movistar definetely has one of the better rouleur-teams out there, but unfortunately still need climbing depth in the GT's. Especially apparent in the Vuelta..

Well, that's due to their team choice.

Gorka Izagirre, Jesús Herrada, José Herrada, Ion Izagirre, Beñat Intxausti, John Gadret, Jonathan Castroviejo, Eros Capecchi, Igor Antón, Ruben Fernández, Winner Anacona.

All of them only did one or no GT this season, and some of them displayed good form in Limousin, Great Britain, etc. One or two in the Vuelta team would surely improve their squad.

 

[nobilis]

Nelson Oliveira (Lampre) to Movistar! Very solid addition to the team.

http://www.biciciclismo.com/es/movistar-team-da-cobertura-a-nelson-oliveira-17-09-2015

They want to create a TTT team? Oliveira, Castroviejo, Dowsett, Malori..

Izagirre brothers, Erviti... quite a few good engines there.

Movistar definetely has one of the better rouleur-teams out there, but unfortunately still need climbing depth in the GT's. Especially apparent in the Vuelta..

Well, that's due to their team choice.

Gorka Izagirre, Jesús Herrada, José Herrada, Ion Izagirre, Beñat Intxausti, John Gadret, Jonathan Castroviejo, Eros Capecchi, Igor Antón, Ruben Fernández, Winner Anacona.

All of them only did one or no GT this season, and some of them displayed good form in Limousin, Great Britain, etc. One or two in the Vuelta team would surely improve their squad.

Yeah my thoughts exactly. They chose to have a rouleur-based team for the vuelta where they could have had much more depths in terms of climbing abilities.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Nelson Oliveira (Lampre) to Movistar! Very solid addition to the team.

http://www.biciciclismo.com/es/movistar-team-da-cobertura-a-nelson-oliveira-17-09-2015

They want to create a TTT team? Oliveira, Castroviejo, Dowsett, Malori..

Izagirre brothers, Erviti... quite a few good engines there.

Movistar definetely has one of the better rouleur-teams out there, but unfortunately still need climbing depth in the GT's. Especially apparent in the Vuelta..

Well, that's due to their team choice.

Gorka Izagirre, Jesús Herrada, José Herrada, Ion Izagirre, Beñat Intxausti, John Gadret, Jonathan Castroviejo, Eros Capecchi, Igor Antón, Ruben Fernández, Winner Anacona.

All of them only did one or no GT this season, and some of them displayed good form in Limousin, Great Britain, etc. One or two in the Vuelta team would surely improve their squad.

Anton and Gadret are way past their prime, Ion, Jose, Jesus, Castro, Capecchia, Gorka and Ruben are fine, but not really good in high mountains -yet, for some of them I hope. Only Anacona and Intxausti, somewhat along with Visconto, can make a real difference uphill. Along with Amador who clearly wasnt close to anything in the Vuelta and honestly, still is a bit more of a rouleur than.

I know its about choices, but I still feel they need more firepower in the mountains, especially the Tour, if Quintana wants to win since Valverde probably wont devote himself 100%. Ruben Fernandez and Intxausti along with Anacona could be those, but at least one of them will do the Giro, probably both Ruben and Benat.

 

[TMP402]

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Sebastian Lander to ONE Pro Cycling.

http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/one_pro_cycling_sign_sebastian_lander/

Reasonable pro conti signing

 

[TMP402]

Many pieces of news to get through.

Astana: Scarponi and Malacarne extend
Bretagne: Boulo and Guillou to leave
Caja Rural: Domingos Gonçalves from Efapel and Jose Gonçalves extends
IAM: Oliver Naesen in negotiations from Topsport
Jo Piels: Janssen, Poutsma, te Stroet, van der Duin, van Luijk, van Rhee, Vermeulen, Rodenberg, Reinders, Brusselman, Bosman and Bakker all extend, Hoekstra to leave, Roosen to retire
Nippo: Grosu extends.
Orica: Hepburn extends
SEG: Arisen rumoured from Jo Piels
Soudal: Kenny de Haes to leave, possibly to Wanty
Trek: van de Walle to leave
Wallonie: de Winter, Dufrasne, Wertz and Ista all extend, Demoitie to Wanty and Planckaert joins from Roubaix-Lille Metropole

 

[Samamba]

Re:

IAM: Oliver Naesen in negotiations from Topsport

Naesen is also negotiating with Soudal.

 

[Moviestar]

In it's paper edition newspaper El Diario Vasco announces Betancur as the next addition to Movistar after Nelson Oliveira.