Transfers and Rumours 2016 > 2017

[May0maniac]

Gran Fondo "talent" Stefano Cecchini (age 38), son of you-know-who, is apparently in talk with a WT team after he clocks a time just short of Nibali's at Passso Giau,

http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/2016/12/...-fondo-amatore-luigi-cecchini-ansano-cecchini

Tell me if I am wrong to post in this forum instead of the clinic.

I don't think that a single legit WT team would sign a 80 years old Gran Fondo guy with no kind of pro experience.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Gran Fondo "talent" Stefano Cecchini (age 38), son of you-know-who, is apparently in talk with a WT team after he clocks a time just short of Nibali's at Passso Giau,

http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/2016/12/...-fondo-amatore-luigi-cecchini-ansano-cecchini

Tell me if I am wrong to post in this forum instead of the clinic.

:lol:

He should be signed immediately.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Tom Van Asbroeck to Cannondale is confirmed by Vaughters in recent podcast.

Kind of weird that the team still didn't mention it anywhere so far (website, twitter etc).

That is weird. Good signing though.

 

[el chava]

Gran Fondo "talent" Stefano Cecchini (age 38), son of you-know-who, is apparently in talk with a WT team after he clocks a time just short of Nibali's at Passso Giau,

http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/2016/12/...-fondo-amatore-luigi-cecchini-ansano-cecchini

Tell me if I am wrong to post in this forum instead of the clinic.

UK article about mini-Luigi's chances of going pro:

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/italys-strava-king-stefano-cecchini-pro-at-38-303172

 

[Lexman]

Tom Van Asbroeck to Cannondale is confirmed by Vaughters in recent podcast.

Kind of weird that the team still didn't mention it anywhere so far (website, twitter etc).

That is weird. Good signing though.

Hope he can develop some more this year....but at cannondale

 

[Anderis]

Hope he can develop some more this year....but at cannondale

There are some riders that are developing well at Cannondale. Look at Bettiol for example.

 

[Guybrush]

Rolland fulfill his potential at Cannondale thank to the 21-century training methods

 

[roundabout]

Gran Fondo "talent" Stefano Cecchini (age 38), son of you-know-who, is apparently in talk with a WT team after he clocks a time just short of Nibali's at Passso Giau,

http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/2016/12/...-fondo-amatore-luigi-cecchini-ansano-cecchini

Tell me if I am wrong to post in this forum instead of the clinic.

UK article about mini-Luigi's chances of going pro:

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/italys-strava-king-stefano-cecchini-pro-at-38-303172

ok, I'll be the first. What's up with his power for the linked segments?

 

[MatParker117]

http://www.velonews.com/2016/12/news/tj-sports-uncertain-2017-worldtour-future_425854

TJ Sport might be another Sony Ericsson.

 

[staubsauger]

Saronni's gonna handle the situation. And if he calls up Benetton, Mapei or Mercatone Uno to join forces with Lampre for one year only to save the team and it's employee's. I'm confident he still finds a solution!

 

[StryderHells]

Gran Fondo "talent" Stefano Cecchini (age 38), son of you-know-who, is apparently in talk with a WT team after he clocks a time just short of Nibali's at Passso Giau,

http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/2016/12/...-fondo-amatore-luigi-cecchini-ansano-cecchini

Tell me if I am wrong to post in this forum instead of the clinic.

UK article about mini-Luigi's chances of going pro:

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/italys-strava-king-stefano-cecchini-pro-at-38-303172

ok, I'll be the first. What's up with his power for the linked segments?

Seeing as he's not using a power meter it's a Strava guesstimation so it all depends on what he's entered as his weight and the weight of his equipment, yeah it looks odd but not knowing what he's done with that information we can't work out what's going on with the low power guesstimation. I also noticed that he's using the Strava iPhone app which can give false speeds so I wonder if he's going up these climbs at the speeds claimed.

 

[Jancouver]

Rebellin to leave CCC Sprandi Polkowice for Kuwait continental team. Stefan Schumacher also signed for the same team

"Stefan Schumacher will race for the Spanish-Kuwaiti Continental squad Kuwait-Cartucho.es in 2017, the team has announced. It was rumoured earlier this week that the German would join alongside former teammate Davide Rebellin."

 

[Guybrush]

Surprisingly Amets Txurruka is without a contract for 2017. He was a key element in the Chaves 2nd place at the Giro, in my opinion one of the highlights of the season was the Agnello climb when Plaza and him destroyed a +100 peloton in 100 meters.

 

[Der Effe]

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Surprisingly Amets Txurruka is without a contract for 2017. He was a key element in the Chaves 2nd place at the Giro, in my opinion one of the highlights of the season was the Agnello climb when Plaza and him destroyed a +100 peloton in 100 meters.

According to Copeland he was one of the names Bahrain looked at but he signed for Caja-Rural already. Haven't heard anything since though..

 

[Guybrush]

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Rebellin to leave CCC Sprandi Polkowice for Kuwait continental team. Stefan Schumacher also signed for the same team

"Stefan Schumacher will race for the Spanish-Kuwaiti Continental squad Kuwait-Cartucho.es in 2017, the team has announced. It was rumoured earlier this week that the German would join alongside former teammate Davide Rebellin."

other four signed riders are: Axel Costa (Massi-Kuwait), Andreas Keusser (Massi-Kuwait), Jose Manuel Gutierrez (Rias Baixas) and Fernando Grijalba (MMR-Inteja).

 

[yaco]

There is a big difference going up a climb quickly, but doing it after you've ridden 150 to 200 kms beforehand, is a different story.

Strava data is a fantastic resource for amateurs, but not so for pro riders.

 

[Nirvana]

Re: Re:

Surprisingly Amets Txurruka is without a contract for 2017. He was a key element in the Chaves 2nd place at the Giro, in my opinion one of the highlights of the season was the Agnello climb when Plaza and him destroyed a +100 peloton in 100 meters.

According to Copeland he was one of the names Bahrain looked at but he signed for Caja-Rural already. Haven't heard anything since though..

Caja Rural finalised the roster some weeks ago, there is no space for him with them.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/caja-rural-seguros-rga-mix-experience-with-youth-in-2017/

One rider who will not be on the team in 2017 is Amets Txurruka. He rode for the team for three seasons before spending 2016 with Orica BikeExchange. There had been speculation that the rider could be on his way back to the Caja Rural but this was ruled out on Saturday when the squad was contacted by Cyclingnews.

 

[el chava]

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Surprisingly Amets Txurruka is without a contract for 2017. He was a key element in the Chaves 2nd place at the Giro, in my opinion one of the highlights of the season was the Agnello climb when Plaza and him destroyed a +100 peloton in 100 meters.

Also surprising that Paul Voss hasn't found a team yet.

 

[jens_attacks]

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There is a big difference going up a climb quickly, but doing it after you've ridden 150 to 200 kms beforehand, is a different story.
Strava data is a fantastic resource for amateurs, but not so for pro riders.

The guy is owning the italian gran fondos.

Level there as high as in world tour almost.

 

[May0maniac]

Re: Re:

There is a big difference going up a climb quickly, but doing it after you've ridden 150 to 200 kms beforehand, is a different story.
Strava data is a fantastic resource for amateurs, but not so for pro riders.

The guy is owning the italian gran fondos.

Level there as high as in world tour almost.

Yes and usually the egos of the top guys are at Riccò level.
Many of those races have brutal routes and the level of the top guys is crazy high, but rest of the discussion a should probably take part in the clinic.

 

[GP Blanco]

Franco Pellizotti to Bahrain-Merida. Hell, the team looks even more like an old people's home than Trek the last couple of seasons.

http://www.direttaciclismo.it/news/ciclomercato-2017/bahrain-merida--con-franco-pellizotti-e-chiuso-l-organico-18969.php#.WEkwWIWcGM8

 

[Anderis]

They only have 3 riders over 34. Trek had 7 riders over 35 this year.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Franco Pellizotti to Bahrain-Merida. Hell, the team looks even more like an old people's home than Trek the last couple of seasons.

http://www.direttaciclismo.it/news/ciclomercato-2017/bahrain-merida--con-franco-pellizotti-e-chiuso-l-organico-18969.php#.WEkwWIWcGM8

“He was third overall in the 2009 Giro and he won the polka dot jersey in Paris as the best climber of the Tour de France in 2009,” the Bahrain-Merida team announced in a press release.

Not shady at all.

 

[Stilletto]

Twitter says that TJ Sport goes down to PCT level
Meintjens to DDD
Rui Costa to Katusha
Even possible fears of not making PCT, bubble burst ??

 

[MatParker117]

Re:

Twitter says that TJ Sport goes down to PCT level
Meintjens to DDD
Rui Costa to Katusha
Even possible fears of not making PCT, bubble burst ??

TJ Sport will pull out next week apparently.