Transfers and Rumours 2016 > 2017

[GenericBoonenFan]

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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.

That's a shame

 

[HelloDolly]

What about Ben Swift ..? Do you think Dave could squeeze him back in the train ....He has the readies to employ him justt to ride MSR & Tour of Yorkshire & Tour fo Britian
And Attapuma ? Back to BMC ? ...
And Ulissi ? Bahrain Merida ???

And the others

Doen;t look good....some bull about transfering money from China
Hope something can be done ....lots of jobs lost

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

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What about Ben Swift ..? Do you think Dave could squeeze him back in the train ....He has the readies to employ him justt to ride MSR & Tour of Yorkshire & Tour fo Britian
And Attapuma ? Back to BMC ? ...
And Ulissi ? Bahrain Merida ???

And the others

Doen;t look good....some bull about transfering money from China
Hope something can be done ....lots of jobs lost

I can see Hilaire take back Marco to wanty

 

[deValtos]

Sucks most for the Lampre doms. The big boys will get teams, albeit on a lower wage.

 

[Jancouver]

The Lampre situations sucks, but again, it is not the Chinese fault.

its the ASO & UCI "business model" as they are the only two financially benefiting from cycling.

While Tinkov has a big mouth, he was 100% correct about the broken system. Unfortunately, as long the riders, sponsors and team owners will tolerate this situation, things will never change.

 

[Breh]

If its true, I guess Koshevoy will be happy he didn't get a renewal at lampre.

 

[Stilletto]

Romain Lemarchand ex Stölting apparently to Delko . Marseille

 

[staubsauger]

Edith should've refreshed cyclingnews.com instantly!

 

[el chava]

well finally some good news:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/new-sponsor-set-to-save-tj-sport-team-after-problems-with-chinese-backers/

 

[TMP402]

The Trump effect...

 

[laarsland]

Strong roleur Truls Korsæth will sign for Astana shortly,

Could be useful for Lutsenko/Valgren in the Ardennes, though he comes even more into his own on the cobbles - big powerhouse.

 

[postmanhat]

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If its true, I guess Koshevoy will be happy he didn't get a renewal at lampre.

Koshevoy has joined Wilier apparently. Could do very well at that level

 

[MatParker117]

Still no word on TJ Sport from the UCI, Androni are confirmed for PC.

 

[postmanhat]

Update on the UK domestic scene. NFTO almost certain to fold after failing to find a replacement sponsor.

ONE's drop to conti means that all the rider's contracts are void. So National crit champ Chris Lawless has joined Axeon Hagens Berman. Is it too late for the others such as Dion Smith and Tom Stewart? ONE previously cited Factor bikes moving to AG2R as the reason for their problems. But Factor have now said they were willing to supply both teams...

 

[TMP402]

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Update on the UK domestic scene. NFTO almost certain to fold after failing to find a replacement sponsor.

ONE's drop to conti means that all the rider's contracts are void. So National crit champ Chris Lawless has joined Axeon Hagens Berman. Is it too late for the others such as Dion Smith and Tom Stewart? ONE previously cited Factor bikes moving to AG2R as the reason for their problems. But Factor have now said they were willing to supply both teams...

Is it usually the case that contracts become void upon a change of division? What happened to Europcar back when they left the WT for instance?

 

[yaco]

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Update on the UK domestic scene. NFTO almost certain to fold after failing to find a replacement sponsor.

ONE's drop to conti means that all the rider's contracts are void. So National crit champ Chris Lawless has joined Axeon Hagens Berman. Is it too late for the others such as Dion Smith and Tom Stewart? ONE previously cited Factor bikes moving to AG2R as the reason for their problems. But Factor have now said they were willing to supply both teams...

Thanks for your post - This clarifies my earlier post asking whether One Pro-cycling will be around in 2017 - So it means that contracts are voided if you drop a level - So One could still lose some riders.

 

[staubsauger]

Yesterday was the scheduled d-day for TJ Sports. Still, there ain't no news this morning. It ain't looking good at the moment. Such a shame.

 

[PeterB]

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Is it usually the case that contracts become void upon a change of division? What happened to Europcar back when they left the WT for instance?

Don't know if this matter is contract-specific or general rule applies but nothing of relevance happened to Europcar in that regard since they had no riders whom any other team would want at the WT level anyway so they were probably happy at EUC whether they were WT or Pro-conti and did not seek to use any exit options if such existed...

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Is it usually the case that contracts become void upon a change of division? What happened to Europcar back when they left the WT for instance?

Don't know if this matter is contract-specific or general rule applies but nothing of relevance happened to Europcar in that regard since they had no riders whom any other team would want at the WT level anyway so they were probably happy at EUC whether they were WT or Pro-conti and did not seek to use any exit options if such existed...

They had more riders with the necessary level to ride in the WT than ONE have riders who will find it easy to get another PCT contract. They had lots of "anonymous Frenchman on a French team" filler, but they had a core of good riders.

 

[staubsauger]

Europcar was like a family. Anyone happily stayed, because Bernadeau really got a strong tie with his riders. I bet Rolland wishes he'd just done the same again last year.

 

[yaco]

According to the latest article on Cycling News, Rolland seems happy at Cannondale - Though not too happy about the riding in the TDF.

 

[Alexandre B.]

TJ Sport becomes UAE Abu Dhabi and got a WT license.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

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TJ Sport becomes UAE Abu Dhabi and got a WT license.

I don't know if this is worse or better than the original plan.

 

[Brullnux]

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TJ Sport becomes UAE Abu Dhabi and got a WT license.

I don't know if this is worse or better than the original plan.

Worse probably, gives even more power and importance to oil barons.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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TJ Sport becomes UAE Abu Dhabi and got a WT license.

Woo hoo but - what will this mean for the Lampre magenta