Transfers and Rumours 2015 > 2016

[GuyIncognito]

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Two Australians, Jesse Kerrison and Ben Dyball to Dynamo Cover, the later moving from Avanti.

Both solid signings, Kerrison is only 21 and done well in our NRS and won stages in some Asian races. Dyball is a nice little climber who was the first non Irainian home (and we all know about the Irainians) on the Mt Fuji stage of the Tour of Japan this year.

Kerrison has a ton of speed, but this year he couldn't even get to the finish of flat stages. He had one single top 10 all season (a 9th place).

What usually happens with guys like that is that they have to lose so much weight and trade so much speed for stamina just to get to the finish in any condition to sprint, that they end up not being particularly good sprinters as pros.

 

[StryderHells]

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Two Australians, Jesse Kerrison and Ben Dyball to Dynamo Cover, the later moving from Avanti.

Both solid signings, Kerrison is only 21 and done well in our NRS and won stages in some Asian races. Dyball is a nice little climber who was the first non Irainian home (and we all know about the Irainians) on the Mt Fuji stage of the Tour of Japan this year.

Kerrison has a ton of speed, but this year he couldn't even get to the finish of flat stages. He had one single top 10 all season (a 9th place).

What usually happens with guys like that is that they have to lose so much weight and trade so much speed for stamina just to get to the finish in any condition to sprint, that they end up not being particularly good sprinters as pros.

He had 5 top 10's this season with 11 DNF's from 36 race days but I get your point, it might also have something to do with his first season in Europe so next season will be more telling.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Two Australians, Jesse Kerrison and Ben Dyball to Dynamo Cover, the later moving from Avanti.

Both solid signings, Kerrison is only 21 and done well in our NRS and won stages in some Asian races. Dyball is a nice little climber who was the first non Irainian home (and we all know about the Irainians) on the Mt Fuji stage of the Tour of Japan this year.

Kerrison has a ton of speed, but this year he couldn't even get to the finish of flat stages. He had one single top 10 all season (a 9th place).

What usually happens with guys like that is that they have to lose so much weight and trade so much speed for stamina just to get to the finish in any condition to sprint, that they end up not being particularly good sprinters as pros.

He had 5 top 10's this season with 11 DNF's from 36 race days but I get your point, it might also have something to do with his first season in Europe so next season will be more telling.

I'm afraid I don't know about those top10s. Are you talking about non-UCI races?

 

[TMP402]

And a third Australian, Ben Hill goes to Dynamo.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-40th-edition-of-giro-del-trentino-dedicated-to-nerino-ioppi/

 

[StryderHells]

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Two Australians, Jesse Kerrison and Ben Dyball to Dynamo Cover, the later moving from Avanti.

Both solid signings, Kerrison is only 21 and done well in our NRS and won stages in some Asian races. Dyball is a nice little climber who was the first non Irainian home (and we all know about the Irainians) on the Mt Fuji stage of the Tour of Japan this year.

Kerrison has a ton of speed, but this year he couldn't even get to the finish of flat stages. He had one single top 10 all season (a 9th place).

What usually happens with guys like that is that they have to lose so much weight and trade so much speed for stamina just to get to the finish in any condition to sprint, that they end up not being particularly good sprinters as pros.

He had 5 top 10's this season with 11 DNF's from 36 race days but I get your point, it might also have something to do with his first season in Europe so next season will be more telling.

I'm afraid I don't know about those top10s. Are you talking about non-UCI races?

Yeah they were lower class races but shows the season wasn't a complete wash https://cyclingdatabase.com/rider/jesse-kerrison/68466

 

[TMP402]

Grega Bole to Nippo.

 

[postmanhat]

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And a third Australian, Ben Hill goes to Dynamo.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-40th-edition-of-giro-del-trentino-dedicated-to-nerino-ioppi/

They should change their name again to "We Are New South Wales"

 

[TMP402]

Gasparotto and Napolitano renew with Wanty.

 

[Christian]

Leopard Continental Team will announce a new signing today, "hint: this rider was already part of the Leopard family".

Fabio Silvestre comes to mind, who announced he would sign with a new team, although rumour was that it would be a portuguese continental team.

In case it's him it would be a bit of a shame, Leopard is nowhere near the continental team it used to be, since they have no affiliation with Trek anymore. Their program is way reduced, and they don't participate in big races like Volta a Portugal anymore.

The only other realistic possibilities (non-retired riders) are: Jesus Ezquerra (ActiveJet), Joel Zangerlé (Cult), Dennis Coenen (Vastgoedservice)

 

[janraaskalt2]

Leopard Continental Team will announce a new signing today, "hint: this rider was already part of the Leopard family".

Fabio Silvestre comes to mind, who announced he would sign with a new team, although rumour was that it would be a portuguese continental team.

In case it's him it would be a bit of a shame, Leopard is nowhere near the continental team it used to be, since they have no affiliation with Trek anymore. Their program is way reduced, and they don't participate in big races like Volta a Portugal anymore.

The only other realistic possibilities (non-retired riders) are: Jesus Ezquerra (ActiveJet), Joel Zangerlé (Cult), Dennis Coenen (Vastgoedservice)

The previous hint was that this rider was part of the World Tour before. Leaves only Silvestre.

 

[StryderHells]

Leopard Continental Team will announce a new signing today, "hint: this rider was already part of the Leopard family".

Fabio Silvestre comes to mind, who announced he would sign with a new team, although rumour was that it would be a portuguese continental team.

In case it's him it would be a bit of a shame, Leopard is nowhere near the continental team it used to be, since they have no affiliation with Trek anymore. Their program is way reduced, and they don't participate in big races like Volta a Portugal anymore.

The only other realistic possibilities (non-retired riders) are: Jesus Ezquerra (ActiveJet), Joel Zangerlé (Cult), Dennis Coenen (Vastgoedservice)

The previous hint was that this rider was part of the World Tour before. Leaves only Silvestre.

Pliuschin is eligible to ride again, has been WT and ridden for Leopard CT

 

[Christian]

Ah, I had missed the first hint! Pliuschin does seem possible too - but maybe less likely

 

[Gloin22]

Its Silvestre anyway, why would they hire a doper. Confirmed on offcial site.

 

[Christian]

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Its Silvestre anyway, why would they hire a doper. Confirmed on offcial site.

Yes - thanks for the confirmation

http://cycling.leopardnatural.com/fabio-silvestre-returns-leopard-development-team

At least Fabio was able to find a decent team - now let's hope they can give him a decent program, too. He killed it on the continental circuit three years ago, I'm sure he could do it again.

 

[StryderHells]

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Its Silvestre anyway, why would they hire a doper. Confirmed on offcial site.

Yep it's Silvestre but as to the question 'why would they hire a doper'. Riders who have served a doping ban get hired all the time so it wouldn't of been surprising if they had hired Pliuschin

 

[Gloin22]

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Its Silvestre anyway, why would they hire a doper. Confirmed on offcial site.

Yep it's Silvestre but as to the question 'why would they hire a doper'. Riders who have served a doping ban get hired all the time so it wouldn't of been surprising if they had hired Pliuschin

Sure, but it's a development CT team, its not really a typical CT team. I've never ever seen a development team sign former doper ( but I guess i am wrong )

 

[Libertine Seguros]

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Its Silvestre anyway, why would they hire a doper. Confirmed on offcial site.

Yep it's Silvestre but as to the question 'why would they hire a doper'. Riders who have served a doping ban get hired all the time so it wouldn't of been surprising if they had hired Pliuschin

Sure, but it's a development CT team, its not really a typical CT team. I've never ever seen a development team sign former doper ( but I guess i am wrong )

Dekker @ Chipotle Slipstream

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Dekker @ Chipotle Slipstream

Sure, but that was more or less explicitly a trial run and decontamination period before he moved to the grown up team. Not really a decision by a development team that they were going to sign a suspended rider for their own reasons. He was at Chipotle for half a season.

I can see a development team that functions as a feeder team for a WT team providing that sort of service for their adult team again. But it's hard to see an independent development team signing someone who is just back from a suspension for their own purposes. Old and known to be dirty doesn't fit the demographic and it doesn't fit the image such a team needs to project.

Lots of riders who have served suspensions get hired by lots of teams, but it's a big disadvantage as compared to the employment prospects of a rider of the same level who hasn't served one. Pliuschin isn't a Valverde. He isn't even a Dekker. He's a 28 year old who had already failed to cut it at WT and PCT level prior to his two year holiday. He may still be able to get a ride, this is cycling after all, but only at the kind of Conti team that doesn't have to pay the slightest attention to its clinic reputation. He's my prediction to win the Presidential Tour of Turkey this year.

 

[Stilletto]

Vegard Breen has found himself a new team
Fortuneo- Vital
http://www.tv2.no/2015/11/17/sport/7656570

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Dynamo Cover signs another Irish kid, Ryan Reilly. Reilly won't actually start with the team until the Spring, when he finishes in university.

At this rate the Irish domestic scene will consist of just the old lads and the juniors, because everyone between 18 and 30 will be on a Conti team somewhere. This isn't meant as a criticism of Reilly. I've no idea how good he is, and he appears to have followed the old school route for a young Irish rider, heading off to the French amateur scene last year (AC Bisontine). But looked at in total, it seems pretty unlikely to me that there's been a sudden leap in the quality of Irish amateurs in general of a sort that would justify bucketloads of them getting Conti rides.

Not that I'm really complaining. A few of them will hopefully become decent pros. And even if most of them end up back riding the Suir Valley Three Day in a year or two, they'll have been improved by the experience of getting brutalised in a load of Belgian and French .2s.

 

[Christian]

Joel Zangerle also back to Leopard.

 

[TMP402]

Madison-Genesis announcements. Two from the front page: Firstly Cavendish will "mentor" riders on the team. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cavendish-to-mentor-madison-genesis-team/

Secondly the main man at Madison, Roger Hammond, is also going to be a DS at Dimension Data. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hammond-joins-dimension-data-as-sports-director/

Is this Madison-Genesis becoming a feeder team for Dimension Data?

As for contracts, M-G renew Cronshaw, Holmes, Evans, Horton, Northey, Robbins, Rowsell and Stewart. They release McLaughlin, Jelfs and Irvine (the latter two race for Ireland, why hasn't We Aren't Wales signed them?) and Holohan, who moves to WIGGINS. They sign English (JLT Condor), Gunman (Avanti), Lewis (ex Team UK Youth) and Blain (Marseille 13).

 

[lemon cheese cake]

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Madison-Genesis announcements. Two from the front page: Firstly Cavendish will "mentor" riders on the team. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cavendish-to-mentor-madison-genesis-team/

Secondly the main man at Madison, Roger Hammond, is also going to be a DS at Dimension Data. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hammond-joins-dimension-data-as-sports-director/

Is this Madison-Genesis becoming a feeder team for Dimension Data?

As for contracts, M-G renew Cronshaw, Holmes, Evans, Horton, Northey, Robbins, Rowsell and Stewart. They release McLaughlin, Jelfs and Irvine (the latter two race for Ireland, why hasn't We Aren't Wales signed them?) and Holohan, who moves to WIGGINS. They sign English (JLT Condor), Gunman (Avanti), Lewis (ex Team UK Youth) and Blain (Marseille 13).

Alexander Blain back from his native french teams to ride for a british it looks like. He road for Raleigh GAC a couple of years ago.

As for M-G becoming a feeder team, I think the continental version of D-D is that.

 

[TMP402]

Serpa leaves Lampre.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Jelfs and Irvine (the latter two race for Ireland, why hasn't We Aren't Wales signed them?)

Irvine is, I think, ditching the road for the moment to concentrate fully on his track ambitions. Which rarely makes sense for anyone, but probably does in Olympic year for a guy who has never accomplished much on the road but has a gold and silver at a track worlds. Most of his income will be state Olympic money anyway, not whatever pittance Madison Genesis were paying him.

Jelfs, I know nothing much about, but in this year when every Irishman with a bike, a functioning pump and a couple of pairs of bibs seems to be getting a ride, presumably he'll surface somewhere.