Transfers and Rumours 2015 > 2016

[LaFlorecita]

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CN say these are Sky's signings:

Landa, Kwiatkowski, Golas, Intxausti, Van Poppel, Moscon

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-sky-to-sign-seven-new-riders-for-2016/

My guess on those leaving would be:

Earle, Pate, Zandio, Eisel

I like all of those signings. Golas is only a domestique of course (and Kwiat's best mate) but they'll probably need someone like that given the likely departures.

Man stop talking about Sky transfers in the transfers thread.You know you aren't allowed to
Nice transfers,but i'm curious if guys like Kwiatkowski or Landa will adapt fast enough to deliver even from the start.

If you had bothered to actually read my post you would have realized I have no issue with people talking about Sky's transfers in this thread, after all that is what the thread is for. However, repeating the same things and same names over and over again is not necessary in my opinion and it is also not necessary to discuss Sky's transfers 10x as much as other team's transfers.

 

[TMP402]

A Czech, two Poles, two Belorussians. Tinkoff Skyxo.

 

[MatParker117]

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A Czech, two Poles, two Belorussians. Tinkoff Skyxo.

Could also call them Skyskatel.

 

[Vasilis]

Re: Re:

CN say these are Sky's signings:

Landa, Kwiatkowski, Golas, Intxausti, Van Poppel, Moscon

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-sky-to-sign-seven-new-riders-for-2016/

My guess on those leaving would be:

Earle, Pate, Zandio, Eisel

I like all of those signings. Golas is only a domestique of course (and Kwiat's best mate) but they'll probably need someone like that given the likely departures.

I'd rather keep Eisel and let Sutton go instead, he's hardly done anything this year really, Eisel is road captain and also well respected within the peloton and so is useful regardless of actual results.

 

[BigMac]

Flo has a point folks.

Cheers.

 

[TMP402]

Re: Re:

CN say these are Sky's signings:

Landa, Kwiatkowski, Golas, Intxausti, Van Poppel, Moscon

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-sky-to-sign-seven-new-riders-for-2016/

My guess on those leaving would be:

Earle, Pate, Zandio, Eisel

I like all of those signings. Golas is only a domestique of course (and Kwiat's best mate) but they'll probably need someone like that given the likely departures.

I'd rather keep Eisel and let Sutton go instead, he's hardly done anything this year really, Eisel is road captain and also well respected within the peloton and so is useful regardless of actual results.

 

[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.

 

[JRanton]

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

 

[WheelofGear]

I wonder who Tinkov is going to buy. There is not many left.

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke?

 

[Moviestar]

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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.

Sutherland had a false start at the beginning of this season with a broken collarbone. As a result of that he lag behind the build-up programmes of other teammates for most of the season. In the Vuelta he did his job reasonable not more, not less.

 

[JRanton]

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I wonder who Tinkov is going to buy. There is not many left.

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke?

Would be a good fit at that team for sure.

 

[snccdcno]

Nah, doubt Tinkov would be dumb enough to sign JTL in the first place.

Got to be a exceptional kind of stupid to ever consider signing him.

 

[TMP402]

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Nah, doubt Tinkov would be dumb enough to sign JTL in the first place.

Got to be a exceptional kind of stupid to ever consider signing him.

Ballan.

 

[snccdcno]

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Nah, doubt Tinkov would be dumb enough to sign JTL in the first place.

Got to be a exceptional kind of stupid to ever consider signing him.

Ballan.

 

[WheelofGear]

JTL, Ballan, Cobo and Horner on the same team!

 

[Hakkapelit]

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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.

 

[jaylew]

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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.

 

[KubaWinter]

Marczyński officially in Lotto-Soudal.

 

[The Principal Sheep]

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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.

If you don't want the kiddies putting crayon over the walls you have to teach them where they are allowed to draw, surely there is a Sky thread where they can discuss any non-transfer talk?

 

[ILovecycling]

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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.

Tinkoff trasnfer and possible GT teams would be discussed a lot in AC,Oleg and Majka threads tho.


Btw I think that cap rooms should be applied asap in cycling because those teams are ridiculous (not only Sky,but Movistar,Astana,EQS...) it will look like in Primera division few years from now.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Even as a Sky fan I get bored of the 'fantasy GT lineups' every time another Sky rumour surfaces so I can see how other would be peed off about it.

I wish Sky would hurry up and announce their signings, or are they still waiting for a little suprise?

 

[GuyIncognito]

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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.

 

[Anderis]

I also don't quite get the hate for Sanz. He scored more CQ points this year than 7 other Movistar riders.

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

Shame, because he is an usefull rider. Maybe could have got the result of his life in this year's Amstel if he hadn't punctured. But someone needs to leave Cannondale. They have 20 riders confirmed, and assuming they'll keep 27 men roster, candidates for remaining spots were:
Acevedo, Bauer, Bettiol, Formolo, Haas, Lasse Hansen, Ben King, Koren, Marangoni and Villella
+ some riders rumoured, like Ten Dam, Offredo and Cameron Meyer.

I would like to have all of them, apart from Marangoni and maybe Acevedo (awful season this year) and Ten Dam (past his prime). But there aren't enough spots in the team for all.

 

[Wallenquist]

Rumour:

Borut Bozic
Rayanne Bouhanni
Hugo Hofstetter

to join Cofidis.

EDIT

Didn't last long as a rumour. Now confirmed.

 

[Stilletto]

Jesus Hernandez renewed with Tinkoff according to ProCyclingstats retweet.