Transfers and Rumours 2015 > 2016

[BigMac]

Oh no, thought he'd finally go teamless.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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

Yes! First race I noticed him in was Pais Vasco 13 and has kinda stuck with him, he is super frustrating, but hoping the Movistar culture and the Columbians on the team can make him more comfortable here.

Low risk, high reward. Ill take him!

 

[kenk09]

Nieve actually stays at Sky for the next 2 years

Mikel Nieve ‏@NieveMikel 2m2 minutes ago View translation
Contento de seguir vistiendo este maillot durante los próximos 2 años!@TeamSky

 

[WheelofGear]

Landa's Giro team is going to be scary.

 

[MatParker117]

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Landa's Giro team is going to be scary.

On more than one front:

Landa, Konig, Nieve, Kiryienka, Siutsou, Golas, Knees, Puccio, Viviani

 

[WheelofGear]

Re: Re:

Landa's Giro team is going to be scary.

On more than one front:

Landa, Konig, Nieve, Kiryienka, Siutsou, Golas, Knees, Puccio, Viviani

Yeah something like that. Maybe Lopez if they doesn't sign Golas.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I wonder if Landa going to Sky played a little part there....

2 of my favorites from the Euskaltel years. I can't root against any of them, hoping the best! And I also think you could add Henao to that list..

 

[MatParker117]

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I wonder if Landa going to Sky played a little part there....

2 of my favorites from the Euskaltel years. I can't root against any of them, hoping the best! And I also think you could add Henao to that list..

Think he'll go to the tour with Froome.

 

[WheelofGear]

Nah, Mat. Their french team will be primarily consist of English-speaking riders.

Froome, Thomas, Kennaugh, Boswell, Roche, Stannard, Rowe. And most likely Poels and Kwiatkowski if they sign him too.

 

[WheelofGear]

It doesn't look good for Contador. He needs more climbers to help him in the high mountains.

 

[pastronef]

Nieve actually stays at Sky for the next 2 years

Mikel Nieve ‏@NieveMikel 2m2 minutes ago View translation
Contento de seguir vistiendo este maillot durante los próximos 2 años!@TeamSky

yeppa yeppa yeppa!

aupa Mikel!

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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

Agreed. I was a bit worried when it became clear that they were losing their best two riders, but overall the intake seems very strong and quite varied. If they hold on to Formolo, I would say that the "transfer season" was overall a step forward. Speaking of which, any news on Formolo?

 

[MatParker117]

Cav's off to MTN:

http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/09/news/cavendish-likely-to-ink-mtn-deal-say-agents_385272

Imagine this means Oakley is stumping up for his salary and this will be MTN's tour team:

Pauwels, Teklehaimanot, Cummings, Reinhardt, Jacques, EBH, Farrar, Renshaw, Cav

 

[pastronef]

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Cav's off to MTN:

http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/09/news/cavendish-likely-to-ink-mtn-deal-say-agents_385272

Imagine this means Oakley is stumping up for his salary and this will be MTN's tour team:

Pauwels, Teklehaimanot, Cummings, Reinhardt, Jacques, EBH, Farrar, Renshaw, Cav

OAKLEY?

he'll have to cut all his Specialized personal sponsorship I guess.

 

[MatParker117]

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Cav's off to MTN:

http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/09/news/cavendish-likely-to-ink-mtn-deal-say-agents_385272

Imagine this means Oakley is stumping up for his salary and this will be MTN's tour team:

Pauwels, Teklehaimanot, Cummings, Reinhardt, Jacques, EBH, Farrar, Renshaw, Cav

OAKLEY?

he'll have to cut all his Specialized personal sponsorship I guess.

Reason I say Oakley is MTN are with Cervelo.

 

[TMP402]

van der Lijke confirmed to Roompot, and Terpstra is leaving them.

Durasek extends with Lampre.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

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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

Antoine Demoitié to Wanty is a good move. He deserves a chance to ride some of the bigger races.

Planckaert still at Continental level is getting silly now. He should be getting shots at ProConti or domestiquing at a WT Classics squad.

 

[jsem94]

Planckaert should indeed be picked up by a WT team at this rate..

 

[Der Effe]

Campenaerts to Lotto NL official

http://www.teamlottojumbo.nl/wielrennen/campenaerts-komt-naar-team-lottonljumbo

 

[Pricey_sky]

Nieve actually stays at Sky for the next 2 years

Mikel Nieve ‏@NieveMikel 2m2 minutes ago View translation
Contento de seguir vistiendo este maillot durante los próximos 2 años!@TeamSky

Really thought he would be going but maybe Landa moving across swayed him or perhaps Sky giving him the freedom at the Vuelta changed his mind.

 

[De Snelle Duif]

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Antoine Demoitié to Wanty is a good move. He deserves a chance to ride some of the bigger races.

Planckaert still at Continental level is getting silly now. He should be getting shots at ProConti or domestiquing at a WT Classics squad.

Yeah, I really don't understand why Wanty or a team like Bretagne isn't interested. A constant stream of top tens isn't bad at all for any team. I hope he has a breakthrough performance next year so he can at least try out PCT for a few years afterwards.

 

[classicomano]

Sam Oomen is close to signing for Giant, that would be another great talent signing for them.

 

[b.broadhurst]

Well this is scary.....

Froome Landa Thomas Poels Roche Kwiatkowski Kennaugh Stannard Rowe

 

[pastronef]

https://www.twitter.com/TourDeJose/status/645118233331265536

Lefevere: "When we signed Cav, he was with SKY. There was one condition: if he changed teams in three years again, it had to be SKY again."

http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/dmf20150919_01875026

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If Landa leads the Giro can't see him doing the Tour at full steam though. Just a hypothetical of placing the nine strongest riders in a team is potentially scary, but what is Kwiatkowski's role in that support team? Surely they will need to have done plenty to placate people with other goals such as Kwiatkowski and Landa that may mean they aren't at their best, plus Nico Roche has always been better at the Vuelta. What about Leopold König? Or one of the Belarusians who've been such a key part of the domestique squad in the last three years?