Transfers and Rumours 2017 > 2018

[tristecsinamigos]

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Goga Ruiz-Sandoval‏Verified account @BiciGoga 2h2 hours ago
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Hay que agaracederle a @MovistarCo su apoyo al ciclismo a través de los 7 años que sostuvieron al equipo @Movistar_Team2 en Colombia, ojalá que algún patrocinador pueda recuperar esta valiosa estructura y recursos humanos.

movi to dismand their colombian structure?

Movistar Team América was operated by Titán Sports, not Abarca. Apparently they ran out of money for the team because of a 600 million USD fine by the Government against Movistar Colombia

 

[rashadabd]

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Goga Ruiz-Sandoval‏Verified account @BiciGoga 2h2 hours ago
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Hay que agaracederle a @MovistarCo su apoyo al ciclismo a través de los 7 años que sostuvieron al equipo @Movistar_Team2 en Colombia, ojalá que algún patrocinador pueda recuperar esta valiosa estructura y recursos humanos.

movi to dismand their colombian structure?

Movistar Team América was operated by Titán Sports, not Abarca. Apparently they ran out of money for the team because of a 600 million USD fine by the Government against Movistar Colombia

It's all relative isn't it? They're definitely stronger, but I'm not sure I would call them really strong yet. Sky is REALLY strong, Quickstep is still pretty strong, Sunweb has a great GC leader and is getting deeper, Orica has a fairly strong lineup as well, but they'll need to force those GC guys to race together with one clear leader if they want to challenge the likes of Sky. UAE is in the mix now too, but not at the top IMO.

 

[RedheadDane]

Minor transfer news: Kragh Andersen to Virtu. I'll post a link when/if I find an English language one.











(Asbjørn, obviously. Søren already extended with Sunweb.)

 

[huge]

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It was already a done deal, but now they have a strong team, Dan Martin and Kristoff for the Tour and various one day races, Aru for Giro, Vuelta and the Italian Autumn races, overall a really strong team.

I think Aru is going to be the team leader for TdF, not the Giro.

Today Vino complaining about Aru's move to UAE.
He said Aru disappointed him as never said he wanted to leave Astana everytime he was asked. He had another year option with them and left without saying anything. They were totally in the dark and discovered of the change only yesterday from the newspapers. Difficult for them to find a strong GC guy at this point.

What a huge pile of bullshits!
Even the stones knew Aru wasn't happy about the way things went this year and was planning to leave and move to UAE.

 

[pastronef]

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It was already a done deal, but now they have a strong team, Dan Martin and Kristoff for the Tour and various one day races, Aru for Giro, Vuelta and the Italian Autumn races, overall a really strong team.

I think Aru is going to be the team leader for TdF, not the Giro.

Today Vino complaining about Aru's move to UAE.
He said Aru disappointed him as never said he wanted to leave Astana everytime he was asked. He had another year option with them and left without saying anything. They were totally in the dark and discovered of the change only yesterday from the newspapers. Difficult for them to find a strong GC guy at this point.

What a huge pile of ******!
Even the stones knew Aru wasn't happy about the way things went this year and was planning to leave and move to UAE.

I say hire Jani Brajkovic again and send him to the same Nibali´s acupuncturist who won him the Giro in 2016

 

[May0maniac]

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It was already a done deal, but now they have a strong team, Dan Martin and Kristoff for the Tour and various one day races, Aru for Giro, Vuelta and the Italian Autumn races, overall a really strong team.

I think Aru is going to be the team leader for TdF, not the Giro.

Today Vino complaining about Aru's move to UAE.
He said Aru disappointed him as never said he wanted to leave Astana everytime he was asked. He had another year option with them and left without saying anything. They were totally in the dark and discovered of the change only yesterday from the newspapers. Difficult for them to find a strong GC guy at this point.

What a huge pile of ******!
Even the stones knew Aru wasn't happy about the way things went this year and was planning to leave and move to UAE.

I say hire Jani Brajkovic again and send him to the same Nibali´s acupuncturist who won him the Giro in 2016

if you want Jani to become great again you'd probably have to send him to his old friend Bruyneel...
Yeah, it's bs, they knew that he wouldn't resign since the Tour.
Still with the same amount of money they managed to sign Hirt, Cort, Fraile and probably also Villella.
With the cobbles in the Tour I'd keep Miguel Lopez away from the Tour, let him ride the Giro with Hirt and Fuglsang (he'll love the cobbles) should be the teamleader at the Tour with Kangert as a superdomestique and a strong squad with rouleurs and big engines who can climb/a few climbers.

 

[liamito]

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It was already a done deal, but now they have a strong team, Dan Martin and Kristoff for the Tour and various one day races, Aru for Giro, Vuelta and the Italian Autumn races, overall a really strong team.

I think Aru is going to be the team leader for TdF, not the Giro.

No don't think so, Dan Martin wouldn't have signed with them if he wasn't assured TdF leadership.

 

[pastronef]

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if you want Jani to become great again you'd probably have to send him to his old friend Bruyneel...

I wouldn´t dislike that, but it won´t happen I know

 

[Anderis]

Two years extension for Nathan Brown with Cannondale--->EF.

http://slipstreamsports.com/brown-contract-renewal/

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

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It was already a done deal, but now they have a strong team, Dan Martin and Kristoff for the Tour and various one day races, Aru for Giro, Vuelta and the Italian Autumn races, overall a really strong team.

I think Aru is going to be the team leader for TdF, not the Giro.

No don't think so, Dan Martin wouldn't have signed with them if he wasn't assured TdF leadership.

They both knew each other was going to be signed with assurances of major goals that they wanted. Martin for tour and Aru for Giro.

 

[RedheadDane]

Bjerg to Axeon.

While I probably would have preferred - because I totally have a say in this matter... - that he'd stayed at home for another year, Axeon seems like a good team for developing talents, and I can see advantages of going to a small foreign team; getting used to being away from the familiar, while not having the pressure of riding on a big team.

 

[Frankschleck]

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Minor transfer news: Kragh Andersen to Virtu. I'll post a link when/if I find an English language one.



How would you rate Asjborn compared to Soren.
Wasn't he as good in the youth ranks?

 

[RedheadDane]

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Minor transfer news: Kragh Andersen to Virtu. I'll post a link when/if I find an English language one.

How would you rate Asjborn compared to Soren.
Wasn't he as good in the youth ranks?

I think they were about equally good in the youth ranks, but Asbjørn had some troubles on DELKO, basically he didn't really fit in with the environment of the team.
Probably didn't help that he got a knee injury.

 

[Squire]

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Minor transfer news: Kragh Andersen to Virtu. I'll post a link when/if I find an English language one.

How would you rate Asjborn compared to Soren.
Wasn't he as good in the youth ranks?

I think they were about equally good in the youth ranks, but Asbjørn had some troubles on DELKO, basically he didn't really fit in with the environment of the team.
Probably didn't help that he got a knee injury.

In the youth ranks it certainly helped Asbjørn being more than two years older than his brother. I'd say Søren is by far the bigger talent.

 

[May0maniac]

Rodolfo Torres resigns with Androni fro 2 more years, not many climbing domestiques left on the market.
Source: http://www.tuttobiciweb.it/2017/10/19/106023/androni-rodolfo-torres-biennale-tuttobiciweb

 

[Anderis]

Craddock stays with Cannondale --> EF.

https://twitter.com/lawsoncraddock/status/921005089036390401

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Unexpected one now, Sérgio Samitier to Euskadi-Murias. He had been seen as nailed on to Movistar. Don't know if they've therefore got something else up their sleeve that precludes them from promoting him - the last couple of years they've promoted two a season from Lizarte, and with Castrillo he's been the obvious standout prospect. With Sessler already accounted for, it suggests that unless they decide to bolster the rouleur corps with Zhygunou they're going with only one neo-pro this year and perhaps have another established name mooted since they have 8 names leaving and just 5 coming in. The rumour mill has Alarcón, so de la Parte would be comprehensively one-upped in the lolworthiness stakes if that were to come to pass. Though of course they may well bring Samitier back in to the fold a few years down the line if he delivers for Murias.

The Basque team have also bolstered their first ProConti squadron with two signings from Caja Rural, Edu Prades and Héctor Sáez. Prades has been fairly consistent over rolling to hilly terrain along similar lines to other Caja Rural alumni such as Omar Fraile and Pello Bilbao, but at 30 is probably squeezed out of the development roles at Caja Rural as his results are not high profile enough to make him a must-keep, while Sáez is a 23-year-old who has been reasonable as a baroudeur of late and has some potential.

 

[Ruudz0r]

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Unexpected one now, Sérgio Samitier to Euskadi-Murias. He had been seen as nailed on to Movistar. Don't know if they've therefore got something else up their sleeve that precludes them from promoting him - the last couple of years they've promoted two a season from Lizarte, and with Castrillo he's been the obvious standout prospect. With Sessler already accounted for, it suggests that unless they decide to bolster the rouleur corps with Zhygunou they're going with only one neo-pro this year and perhaps have another established name mooted since they have 8 names leaving and just 5 coming in. The rumour mill has Alarcón, so de la Parte would be comprehensively one-upped in the lolworthiness stakes if that were to come to pass. Though of course they may well bring Samitier back in to the fold a few years down the line if he delivers for Murias.

The Basque team have also bolstered their first ProConti squadron with two signings from Caja Rural, Edu Prades and Héctor Sáez. Prades has been fairly consistent over rolling to hilly terrain along similar lines to other Caja Rural alumni such as Omar Fraile and Pello Bilbao, but at 30 is probably squeezed out of the development roles at Caja Rural as his results are not high profile enough to make him a must-keep, while Sáez is a 23-year-old who has been reasonable as a baroudeur of late and has some potential.

Unzue had to choose between Samitier and renewing Quintana if I read this correctly: http://www.ciclismointernacional.com/noticias-breves-del-peloton-50/ (scroll a little down). Samitier hoping to make the step to WT in 1-2 years.

 

[mariposa]

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Unzue had to choose between Samitier and renewing Quintana if I read this correctly: http://www.ciclismointernacional.com/noticias-breves-del-peloton-50/ (scroll a little down). Samitier hoping to make the step to WT in 1-2 years.[/quote]

Reading between the lines it sounds a bit like that but not stated directly. Sergio sounds a bit disappointed which is understandable. He thought that he was going to Movistar and as a result didn't look at other options. Plan is to see how things go and join Movistar in a year or two. He says that he isn't angry with Eusebio but their ideas differ. Doesn't sound like a particularly good base for wanting to join the team later on to me but who knows. Seems a shame that he hasn't joined the team now although he will of course get some good experience at pro conti level first.

 

[Anderis]

Paweł Franczak to CCC.

 

[pastronef]

Kiryienka re-ups with SKY for 2018

yeppa!

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Matthias De witte (Cibel) to Verandas-Willlems-Crelan.

 

[sprints n stones]

Anyone know any information about why Teklehaimanot has not been offered a new contract by Dimension Data?
Seems strange to be cut loose at the end of the season when few places are left in WT teams.

 

[mariposa]

http://www.biciciclismo.com/es/pello-bilbao-seguira-dos-anos-mas-en-astana-22-10-2017

Pello Bilboa extends for two years with Astana

 

[fauniera]

Trofimov tries his luck in Portugal. Radio Popular Boavista is his new team.