Transfers and Rumours 2016 > 2017

[Hgriffiths2606]

Thomas is almost certain to stay at Sky as are Henao, Viviani and Swift, Matthews and Rosa are almost certain for Sky, Nibali is going to Bahrain, Boonen to Lotto-Soudal and apparently Tinkoff are folding with Sagan considering Ettix, BMC and Sky, Maijka is considering Lampre, Ettix, BMC or Sky and apparently König is 50:50 could go back to Bora and Gilbert is almost certain for Lotto-Soudal apparently Mollema will stay after TRS realised they weren't going to sign Nibali, Dutch press are reporting that Boom might go to Lotto NL Jumbo

Yeah sure, Gilbert & Boonen, the two best paid Belgians, are going to LTS

Quite alot of bs in that one, very long sentence.

I was imagining all these Dutch "GT" talents in one team.
Kruijswijk, Mollema, Ten Dam, Gesink, Kelderman. Poels, Dumoulin. Throw in Terpstra for some drama. Rabobank will return and they will go 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 on L'Alpe d'huez in 2017!

Firstly Wen did I talk about all of those Dutch GT talents going to Lotto Jumbo? Secondly I've seen those rumours (granted they're all rumours) in the press so I've hardly made it up

 

[Gloin22]

Thomas is almost certain to stay at Sky as are Henao, Viviani and Swift, Matthews and Rosa are almost certain for Sky, Nibali is going to Bahrain, Boonen to Lotto-Soudal and apparently Tinkoff are folding with Sagan considering Ettix, BMC and Sky, Maijka is considering Lampre, Ettix, BMC or Sky and apparently König is 50:50 could go back to Bora and Gilbert is almost certain for Lotto-Soudal apparently Mollema will stay after TRS realised they weren't going to sign Nibali, Dutch press are reporting that Boom might go to Lotto NL Jumbo

Yeah sure, Gilbert & Boonen, the two best paid Belgians, are going to LTS

Quite alot of bs in that one, very long sentence.

I was imagining all these Dutch "GT" talents in one team.
Kruijswijk, Mollema, Ten Dam, Gesink, Kelderman. Poels, Dumoulin. Throw in Terpstra for some drama. Rabobank will return and they will go 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 on L'Alpe d'huez in 2017!

Firstly Wen did I talk about all of those Dutch GT talents going to Lotto Jumbo? Secondly I've seen those rumours (granted they're all rumours) in the press so I've hardly made it up

You have to realise press makes up rumours to make stories hence money. Don't believe in everything there's written, most of its ***.

 

[Oliwright]

Imagine Froome, Kwiatkowski and Sagan all in the same team.

it won't happen

Don't write it off

If you know anything about cycling, it won't happen.
Team Sky have leaders for the classics for net season and they are a stage racing team. They haven't taken a sprinter to the tour since EBS. Sagan would be much more successful elsewhere.
It just doesn't make any sense.
Neither does he links to Etix as again they have too many riders who would stop him having opportunities.

 

[Oliwright]

Thomas is almost certain to stay at Sky as are Henao, Viviani and Swift, Matthews and Rosa are almost certain for Sky, Nibali is going to Bahrain, Boonen to Lotto-Soudal and apparently Tinkoff are folding with Sagan considering Ettix, BMC and Sky, Maijka is considering Lampre, Ettix, BMC or Sky and apparently König is 50:50 could go back to Bora and Gilbert is almost certain for Lotto-Soudal apparently Mollema will stay after TRS realised they weren't going to sign Nibali, Dutch press are reporting that Boom might go to Lotto NL Jumbo

Yeah sure, Gilbert & Boonen, the two best paid Belgians, are going to LTS

Quite alot of bs in that one, very long sentence.

I was imagining all these Dutch "GT" talents in one team.
Kruijswijk, Mollema, Ten Dam, Gesink, Kelderman. Poels, Dumoulin. Throw in Terpstra for some drama. Rabobank will return and they will go 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 on L'Alpe d'huez in 2017!

Firstly Wen did I talk about all of those Dutch GT talents going to Lotto Jumbo? Secondly I've seen those rumours (granted they're all rumours) in the press so I've hardly made it up

You have to realise press makes up rumours to make stories hence money. Don't believe in everything there's written, most of its ******.

In cycling rumours are never complete ***. They are ever started by the agent or a team. If they don't report quotes, it's because it is off the record.
What are examples of rumours which were proven to be completely false?

 

[Krokro]

If all rumours are only bs, why dedicating em an entire topic ? I find it okay to debate every rumour here, unless it's Armstrong signing to Astana for 2018

 

[Breh]

Calling these rumours bs is debating aswell.

 

[LaFlorecita]

What are examples of rumours which were proven to be completely false?

August 2015 - Alberto Contador is secretly preparing to race la Vuelta a España.

 

[Red Rick]

What are examples of rumours which were proven to be completely false?

August 2015 - Alberto Contador is secretly preparing to race la Vuelta a España.

Isn't Spanish April fools not in that period?

 

[staubsauger]

The rumor that BMC and IAM gonna merge while Ochowitz strikes new big American sponsorship wasn't true so far!-

 

[Breh]

That's late december I believe.

 

[TMP402]

Apparently there is Italian speculation that Cannondale, destroyer of teams, will merge with Drapac.

They already announced they would form a development team together. (http://cyclingtips.com/2016/04/what-does-drapacs-partnership-with-cannondale-mean-for-its-existing-team/). Maybe the "merger" is that Drapac will be Cannondale's development team?

 

[TMP402]

And the other thing is: if there was a full merger between Cannondale and Drapac, who would Cannondale choose to carry over/sign from Drapac?

 

[StryderHells]

Re:

And the other thing is: if there was a full merger between Cannondale and Drapac, who would Cannondale choose to carry over/sign from Drapac?

I'm fairly certain that the merger is only about forming a development team and not an actual merger of the "senior" teams. But just for kicks the carry over rider from Drapac would be Brendan Canty, Lachlan Norris and Brenton Jones, the best of the rest are Will Clarke, Peter Koning and Gavin Mannion.

 

[robin440]

Brendan canty will go to a world tour squad sooner or later anyway,!!! Hitter

 

[StryderHells]

Re: Re:

Don't you think he'll go to the Riis team? If Tinkoff are folding, what would be the point of Riis' team if not to build around one of the two Tinkoff stars?

I don't think the Riis project is happening, at least not this year. And I'm not sure the point of the team is to pick up where Oleg left off anyway, I think Alberto wants some certainty for next season, and a new project doesn't offer that. Who else would they be able to sign, will they get a WT license etc.?

Well Riis has announced the signing of Mick Rogers as the CEO of the project so if it ready to go for 2017 I would expect to see a few ex Tinkoff riders riding for the team, also we do know that Bertie and Teflon Mick get along well.

Of course this is cycling so the chances of the team getting up and running are 50/50, let's hope this is not another Alonso and we hear about it every year for the next 5 years without an actual team happening

 

[StryderHells]

Re:

Brendan canty will go to a world tour squad sooner or later anyway,!!! Hitter

No doubt about it, the guy has serious game

 

[Hgriffiths2606]

Imagine Froome, Kwiatkowski and Sagan all in the same team.

it won't happen

Don't write it off

If you know anything about cycling, it won't happen.
Team Sky have leaders for the classics for net season and they are a stage racing team. They haven't taken a sprinter to the tour since EBS. Sagan would be much more successful elsewhere.
It just doesn't make any sense.
Neither does he links to Etix as again they have too many riders who would stop him having opportunities.

I genuinely don't understand why people in this forum resort to 'if you know anything about cycling' everyone clearly does of else they wouldn't be posting on what is a very obscure and nerdy site in the cycling news forum, I happen to know a lot about cycling and while I doubt Kwito and Sagan could live in the same team especially considering it's sky I think Sagan could be good at the Tour with Sky because he needs very little support and can climb very well, but as I say I doubt it and resorting to personal insults is very boring

 

[claude cat]

Re:

Brendan canty will go to a world tour squad sooner or later anyway,!!! Hitter

For sure.
I was hoping that OGE would pick him up to provide more climbing support for Chaves and the Yates; and let him develop .

 

[StryderHells]

Re: Re:

Brendan canty will go to a world tour squad sooner or later anyway,!!! Hitter

For sure.
I was hoping that OGE would pick him up to provide more climbing support for Chaves and the Yates; and let him develop .

I think he is better in the Drapac set up right to develop in PCT races as he is still learning the ropes, also looking at the OGE list I just don't see where he fits in at the moment.

 

[claude cat]

Re: Re:

Brendan canty will go to a world tour squad sooner or later anyway,!!! Hitter

For sure.
I was hoping that OGE would pick him up to provide more climbing support for Chaves and the Yates; and let him develop .

I think he is better in the Drapac set up right to develop in PCT races as he is still learning the ropes, also looking at the OGE list I just don't see where he fits in at the moment.

Fair call.

 

[janraaskalt2]

Re: Re:

Don't you think he'll go to the Riis team? If Tinkoff are folding, what would be the point of Riis' team if not to build around one of the two Tinkoff stars?

I don't think the Riis project is happening, at least not this year. And I'm not sure the point of the team is to pick up where Oleg left off anyway, I think Alberto wants some certainty for next season, and a new project doesn't offer that. Who else would they be able to sign, will they get a WT license etc.?

Well Riis has announced the signing of Mick Rogers as the CEO of the project so if it ready to go for 2017 I would expect to see a few ex Tinkoff riders riding for the team, also we do know that Bertie and Teflon Mick get along well.

Of course this is cycling so the chances of the team getting up and running are 50/50, let's hope this is not another Alonso and we hear about it every year for the next 5 years without an actual team happening

The Riis-Seier project has a wider scope than just a pro cycling team. Besides, everyone including me wants to have a World Tour team. You need money first. That was also Riis' problem some time ago, even with Saxo Bank as a partner.

How is Hushovds WT team panning out?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

[quote="

Thomas is almost certain to stay at Sky as are Henao, Viviani and Swift, Matthews and Rosa are almost certain for Sky, Nibali is going to Bahrain, Boonen to Lotto-Soudal and apparently Tinkoff are folding with Sagan considering Ettix, BMC and Sky, Maijka is considering Lampre, Ettix, BMC or Sky and apparently König is 50:50 could go back to Bora and Gilbert is almost certain for Lotto-Soudal apparently Mollema will stay after TRS realised they weren't going to sign Nibali, Dutch press are reporting that Boom might go to Lotto NL Jumbo

Yeah sure, Gilbert & Boonen, the two best paid Belgians, are going to LTS

Quite alot of bs in that one, very long sentence.

I was imagining all these Dutch "GT" talents in one team.
Kruijswijk, Mollema, Ten Dam, Gesink, Kelderman. Poels, Dumoulin. Throw in Terpstra for some drama. Rabobank will return and they will go 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 on L'Alpe d'huez in 2017!

Firstly Wen did I talk about all of those Dutch GT talents going to Lotto Jumbo? Secondly I've seen those rumours (granted they're all rumours) in the press so I've hardly made it up[/quote]

You have to realise press makes up rumours to make stories hence money. Don't believe in everything there's written, most of its ******.[/quote]

In cycling rumours are never complete ****. They are ever started by the agent or a team. If they don't report quotes, it's because it is off the record.
What are examples of rumours which were proven to be completely false?[/quote]
oh god where to start.....

 

[IndianCyclist]

Thomas is almost certain to stay at Sky as are Henao, Viviani and Swift, Matthews and Rosa are almost certain for Sky, Nibali is going to Bahrain, Boonen to Lotto-Soudal and apparently Tinkoff are folding with Sagan considering Ettix, BMC and Sky, Maijka is considering Lampre, Ettix, BMC or Sky and apparently König is 50:50 could go back to Bora and Gilbert is almost certain for Lotto-Soudal apparently Mollema will stay after TRS realised they weren't going to sign Nibali, Dutch press are reporting that Boom might go to Lotto NL Jumbo

Yeah sure, Gilbert & Boonen, the two best paid Belgians, are going to LTS

Quite alot of bs in that one, very long sentence.

I was imagining all these Dutch "GT" talents in one team.
Kruijswijk, Mollema, Ten Dam, Gesink, Kelderman. Poels, Dumoulin. Throw in Terpstra for some drama. Rabobank will return and they will go 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 on L'Alpe d'huez in 2017!

For the dutch talent, it is only possible to go 6-7-8-9-10-11-12

 

[Red Rick]

Thomas is almost certain to stay at Sky as are Henao, Viviani and Swift, Matthews and Rosa are almost certain for Sky, Nibali is going to Bahrain, Boonen to Lotto-Soudal and apparently Tinkoff are folding with Sagan considering Ettix, BMC and Sky, Maijka is considering Lampre, Ettix, BMC or Sky and apparently König is 50:50 could go back to Bora and Gilbert is almost certain for Lotto-Soudal apparently Mollema will stay after TRS realised they weren't going to sign Nibali, Dutch press are reporting that Boom might go to Lotto NL Jumbo

Yeah sure, Gilbert & Boonen, the two best paid Belgians, are going to LTS

Quite alot of bs in that one, very long sentence.

I was imagining all these Dutch "GT" talents in one team.
Kruijswijk, Mollema, Ten Dam, Gesink, Kelderman. Poels, Dumoulin. Throw in Terpstra for some drama. Rabobank will return and they will go 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 on L'Alpe d'huez in 2017!

For the dutch talent, it is only possible to go 6-7-8-9-10-11-12

Have you been living under a rock for the past 2 weeks?

 

[Krokro]

Poels LBL, Dumoulin as a TT beast and allrounder in progress, Kruijswijk leading Giro, Weening in Norway (okay i just added that one for the record. You can't be serious.. Mollema is a disappointment but still they got great talent pool.