Teams & Riders Transfers and Rumours 2019 > 2020

[Stilletto]

Matteo Fabbro confirmed to Bora

 

[gerundium]

Piotr Havik to Riwal.

Piotr Havik maakt profdebuut bij Riwal-Readynez

Riwal-Readynez blijft zich op de Nederlandse rennersmarkt begeven. Piotr Havik is namelijk de volgende die voor de Deense ProContinental-formatie gaat rijden, weet WielerFlits. De 25-jarige Zuid-Hollander hikt al jaren tegen zijn profdebuut aan, maar steeds bleef het er maar bij. In dienst van...

www.wielerflits.nl

 

[Stilletto]

Bahrain adds
Rafa Valls ex Movi
Scott Davies ex DD
Pello Bilbao ex Astana
Marco Haller ex Katusha
Eros Capecchi ex Deceuninck
Kevin Inkelaar ex FDJ CT.

all confirmed to 2021

 

[Roku]

Norman Vahtra and Alexis Renard will Join Israel Katusha for 2020 according to cyclingfever. Vahtra is an interesting signing but i wonder if he will have an impact on WT.

I am curious what riders will be retained from both teams. Nothing is clear except a few confirmations from ICA and Pollitt & Mads Wurtz from Katusha. I hope they keep Boivin & Sbaragli (though i guess the latter would easily find a spot in PCT Italian teams since he would be very valuable for Ciclismo Cup) and i would love a few others (Van Winden, Dunne, Avila, Jensen, Dempster to find at least a decent team in CT or PCT)

 

[LaFlorecita]

Bahrain adds
Rafa Valls ex Movi
Scott Davies ex DD
Pello Bilbao ex Astana
Marco Haller ex Katusha
Eros Capecchi ex Deceuninck
Kevin Inkelaar ex FDJ CT.

all confirmed to 2021

Inkelaar! Another ex-Kometa to WT

 

[b.broadhurst]

Been a few days since I posted this!

Ineos only at 22 riders for next year, what is going?

Basso, Henao & Kiryienka all unsigned so I'm guessing they will be extended now.

Amador & Dennis are rumoured so 27, is that it?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Inkelaar! Another ex-Kometa to WT

Yeah, but they didn't resign Pozzovivo after his injury.

 

[Joomla10]

Movistar officially announced this today.

It' 23 for next season is it?

They need few more... Looks like it will be hard season for Movistar.

 

[Anderis]

As I correctly predicted a couple of weeks ago- Taylor Phinney retires:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1184537850550861824

View: https://twitter.com/EFprocycling/status/1184537850550861824

 

[JRanton]

It' 23 for next season is it?

They need few more... Looks like it will be hard season for Movistar.

Definitely looks like a transitional season but I have high hopes for Soler and Mas and the good news is that Valverde still doesn't appear to be slowing down.

 

[Koronin]

It' 23 for next season is it?

They need few more... Looks like it will be hard season for Movistar.

They still need to sign 2-3 more riders to be at minimum rider numbers.
Yes it's a transition year next year. They finally did what I expected them to do about 2-3 years ago which is to start a almost full rebuild of the team. I also have some high hopes for Soler and Mas. Plus Valverde is still there and so far he hasn't shown any real signs of age yet. He looked good in the Italian fall classics and those races showed signs that the hunger he lost while wearing the rainbow jersey was coming back.

 

[JRanton]

They still need to sign 2-3 more riders to be at minimum rider numbers.
Yes it's a transition year next year. They finally did what I expected them to do about 2-3 years ago which is to start a almost full rebuild of the team. I also have some high hopes for Soler and Mas. Plus Valverde is still there and so far he hasn't shown any real signs of age yet. He looked good in the Italian fall classics and those races showed signs that the hunger he lost while wearing the rainbow jersey was coming back.

Carapaz is the departure that hurts the most. Next year's Tour route looks great for him and he probably won't even ride it yet alone be there as a leader. Just a crazy situation...

 

[jaylew]

Carapaz is the departure that hurts the most. Next year's Tour route looks great for him and he probably won't even ride it yet alone be there as a leader. Just a crazy situation...

Agreed. I really hated that transfer.

 

[Koronin]

Carapaz is the departure that hurts the most. Next year's Tour route looks great for him and he probably won't even ride it yet alone be there as a leader. Just a crazy situation...

Agreed. And that entire situation is what caused team management to blacklist that specific agent.

 

[liamito]

Been a few days since I posted this!

Ineos only at 22 riders for next year, what is going?

Basso, Henao & Kiryienka all unsigned so I'm guessing they will be extended now.

Amador & Dennis are rumoured so 27, is that it?

Brandon Rivera.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Brandon Rivera.

Carlos Rodriguez

 

[MatParker117]

Team Ineos emerge as favourites to sign Rohan Dennis

CCC Team still holding out hope but Movistar's chances fade

www.cyclingnews.com

More reports that Dennis will head to Ineos. Looks like they've put the best package together in terms of money and equipment.

 

[cmason]

I agree about Carapaz, he'll spend next season being a gregare for bernal, froome and even Thomas. can't blame him for taking the money but him and valverde could have shared the races between them next year.

 

[perico]

I agree about Carapaz, he'll spend next season being a gregare for bernal, froome and even Thomas. can't blame him for taking the money but him and valverde could have shared the races between them next year.

Movi should just bite the bullet and sign BAlarcon

 

[Mayomaniac]

I agree about Carapaz, he'll spend next season being a gregare for bernal, froome and even Thomas. can't blame him for taking the money but him and valverde could have shared the races between them next year.

After winning the Giro he could have earned a seven figure paycheck from a lot of teams, probably also from Movistar with both Quintana and Landa leaving. We aren't talking about Diego Rosa who got over 1M per year.
I get that he wants to provide for his family, but after a certain point it's so much money that you should also look at other factors.

 

[Red Rick]

After winning the Giro he could have earned a seven figure paycheck from a lot of teams, probably also from Movistar with both Quintana and Landa leaving. We aren't talking about Diego Rosa who got over 1M per year.
I get that he wants to provide for his family, but after a certain point it's so much money that you should also look at other factors.

I really bet he signed before that Giro

 

[Koronin]

After winning the Giro he could have earned a seven figure paycheck from a lot of teams, probably also from Movistar with both Quintana and Landa leaving. We aren't talking about Diego Rosa who got over 1M per year.
I get that he wants to provide for his family, but after a certain point it's so much money that you should also look at other factors.

I really believe part of Movistar's reason for blacklisting that agent is because Carapaz had signed with Ineos before the Giro ever started.

 

[Red Rick]

I really believe part of Movistar's reason for blacklisting that agent is because Carapaz had signed with Ineos before the Giro ever started.

Good catch. I'd believe that. Perhaps Movistar didn't even get a chance to make a counter offer

 

[Anderis]

Guerreiro to EF confirmed:

Guerreiro "comes home" at EF Education First - EF Pro Cycling

Ruben Guerreiro will join EF Education First Pro Cycling in 2020. The Portuguese rider calls the move to the American team a "homecoming"

www.efprocycling.com

 

[42x16ss]

Team Ineos emerge as favourites to sign Rohan Dennis

CCC Team still holding out hope but Movistar's chances fade

www.cyclingnews.com

More reports that Dennis will head to Ineos. Looks like they've put the best package together in terms of money and equipment.

Hmm. I really can't see this going well for either party. I just have a gut feeling that each of them have different expectations from this signing.