Teams & Riders Transfers and Rumours 2019 > 2020

[RedheadDane]

Is it absolutely 100% certain that they are moving up? Are we talking something akin to Nibali(s) to Trek? Everyone knew, we just weren't allowed to know.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

not really, on paper maybe, but CCC in 2015 basically just had Grega Bela for a couple of Top 15s and Gazprom was rescued by Foliforov going ballistic the year after.

If Epowers really can get someone like Brambilla (or Pozzovivo) and a somewhat decent sprinter (which should be no problem, there are enough of those on the market - Modolo, Pasqualon, Battaglin, Lobato, Sbaragli, Guardini...), they are at least on level with this.

That’s much too generous to this collection of semi pros. Look down that list. There are about three guys with significant pro experience and it isn’t as if the Conti guys are big espoir successes.

2015 CCC also had Rebellin on their books but (a) he was five years younger than he will be in 2020 and (b) he wasn’t welcome at the Giro as he presumably still isn’t. More relevantly they had Szmyd, Paterski, Bole, a young Jan Hirt and crucially pretty much everyone on their books was a reasonably experienced pro. They weren’t a bunch of complete randoms rounded up from Colpack and whatever Pannon Cycling Team is.

It’s not even as if they are trying to get into the Vuelta and their team would get most of a season in the pro ranks first. We are talking about sending a load of guys straight from Italian or Central European .2s to the Giro in support of Darwin Atapuma?

CCC and Rusvelo were absolutely dodgy selections but if this lot get in, the Italian PCT teams will spontaneously combust.

 

[ciranda]

What that team needs is some Kreder or several Kreders and some Australian guys straight from the Asiatic race calendar. Maybe a really really tall guy as well.

 

[Anderis]

I don't get why people say CCC or Gazprom were bad selections- they didn't do worse than what some of the Italian teams usually do in the Giro (or Cofidis at TdF) and had riders who were absolutely on fire and among the best PCT performers that year- Paterski won a Catalunya stage, Tour of Croatia, was 2nd in Volta Limburg Classic and top10 in Brabantse Pijl and Amstel Gold Race in the spring prior to 2015 Giro. Firsanov won Settimana Coppi e Bartali, Giro dell'Appennino and was 4th in Trentino in the spring priot to 2016 Giro. They were two outstanding PCT riders deserving a chance to show themselves in a GT as much if not more than any rider of some local PCT teams that often get invited.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

What that team needs is some Kreder or several Kreders and some Australian guys straight from the Asiatic race calendar. Maybe a really really tall guy as well.

Lol still whining and yapping about Aquablue? Nine of that team’s initial 16 riders had WT experience and three of the remnant had been PCT pros. Only four were espoirs or semi pros. In their second year the only riders on their team who hadn’t at least a year of pro riding under their belts were Eddie Dunbar and Casper Pedersen, two of the best espoirs of the previous season and now highly regarded young WT riders. The more common complaint about them at the time was that they had too many solid but unremarkable pros and not enough in the way of unknowns. Of course Aquablue didn’t get a Giro invite and were never seriously considered for one.

By contrast this outfit has three pro riders signed, the best of them a 52 year old clinic resident who has been long forbidden from riding the Giro anyway. Almost nobody on this team has ever participated in even the most minor WT race before and you think they are a reasonable Giro wildcard?

That’s not to say that there shouldn’t be a Hungarian PCT team. There are guys like Pelikan (who they’ve signed) and Valter (who they haven’t) who look like decent pro prospects. It’s just that putting what is essentially a Conti team in terms of background and experience directly into the Giro is absurd and can only be the result of pay to play antics.

 

[jaylew]

According to homepage:

Groenewegen re-signs through '23.
Debusschere to Vital Concept.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

According to homepage:

Groenewegen re-signs through '23.
Debusschere to Vital Concept.

I wonder what they’ve promised Groenewegen in terms of calendar. For him to sign that kind of extension they must have guaranteed the Tour, right?

 

[yaco]

I suspect that some of the leading sprinters will do the Giro/Vuelta double - Giro always offers sprinters a chance while the Vuelta starts in Holland.

 

[Anderis]

while the Vuelta starts in Holland.

No, it starts in Utrecht and Noord-Brabant.

 

[Koronin]

There's only two wildcards with Cofidis and Arkea moving up remember, would they get in ahead of the Italian teams?

Arkea doesn't meet the requirements to move up. So it's not a guarentee they will. Cofidis is very close if they don't fully meet the requirements so it's much more likely they will move up. There is nothing that says they have to allow 2 Pro Conti teams to move up, esp if they don't meet the requirements.

 

[RedheadDane]

Okay, I'm really confused by all the signings ICA are doing. Most recently Sutherland (wasn't he retiring?)
Meanwhile Harry Tanfield has revealed that he doesn't know what's gonna happen with him in the future. However, Tanfield is a neo-pro. Doesn't the new leadership have an obligation to honour the various neo-pro contracts?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

I seriously doubt Valter will sign with Epowers, CCC have him locked. He will either ride another year with the PCT-squad or he will move up.

 

[search]

yes, Attila Valter is on a two-year contract with CCC Devo Team and he said it's the perfect environment for him. He doesn't want to step up yet

 

[Roku]

Pfingsten completes Jumbo-Visma roster according to De Telegraaf & Wielerfits.

Chernetskiy and Sthrakov complete Gazprom-Rusvelo roster. They've made some interesting signings with three russian quality riders and good italian PCT cyclists but lose their leader (Vlasov) and a couple of good riders too (Shilov and Arslanov, the latter surprisingly retiring)

 

[JRanton]

Kiryienka extends with Ineos for 2020:

Kiryienka extends for 2020 season | The INEOS Grenadiers

Vasil Kiryienka is motivated to continue his cycling career after signing a new deal for the 2020 season.

www.teamineos.com

 

[b.broadhurst]

Henao renews with Ineos for 2 years

 

[Lexman]

DQS signs U23 Ian Garrison, timetrial specialist...

Lefevere is trots met Deceuninck-Quick Step opnieuw nummer 1 te zijn en strikt alwéér een jong talent: “Klassementen liegen niet”

Voor het tweede jaar op rij sluit Deceuninck-Quick Step het wielerseizoen af als nummer 1 in de ploegenranking. “Klassementen liegen niet. Een ploeg die van januari tot oktober wint, is echt de beste van de wereld”, reageert een trotse teammanager Patrick Lefevere.

www.nieuwsblad.be

 

[Escarabajo]

Henao renews with Ineos for 2 years

Here is the article from Mundo Ciclistico.

https://www.revistamundociclistico....nde-su-contrato-hasta-2021-con-el-team-ineos/

He was a no brainer. He is one of those domestiques that can help out t the Giro and other small races. Sky is one of those teams with too many chiefs for the races and not enough indians.

 

[Akuryo]

DQS signs U23 Ian Garrison, timetrial specialist...

Lefevere is trots met Deceuninck-Quick Step opnieuw nummer 1 te zijn en strikt alwéér een jong talent: “Klassementen liegen niet”

Voor het tweede jaar op rij sluit Deceuninck-Quick Step het wielerseizoen af als nummer 1 in de ploegenranking. “Klassementen liegen niet. Een ploeg die van januari tot oktober wint, is echt de beste van de wereld”, reageert een trotse teammanager Patrick Lefevere.

www.nieuwsblad.be

Last year everyone thought Asgreen was "just a time trialer" ...

 

[RedheadDane]

Last year everyone thought Asgreen was "just a time trialer" ...

Asgreen is a timetrial specialist, though. He's just got a few more tricks up his sleeves.
Maybe Garrison can find a few as well.

Bit of a difference between timetrial specialist and just a time trialer. Dumoulin is a timetrial specialist, I wouldn't call him just a time trialer.

 

[Earns1985]

Ackermann´s sprint train extends with Bora (Selig, Schillinger, Schwarzmann) for two years.
https://www.radsport-news.com/sport/sportnews_117673.htm

 

[Lexman]

Vanendert (Jelle) leaves Lotto Soudal for Wallonie Bruxelles

Jelle Vanendert vertrekt na 11 jaar bij de Lotto-ploeg | sporza

Jelle Vanendert verlaat Lotto-Soudal na elf seizoenen. Dat heeft de Belgische WorldTour-ploeg vandaag bekendgemaakt op haar sociale media.

sporza.be

And
Julien Vermote from Dimension to Cofidis

Vermote kiest voor Cofidis: "Veel helpen, maar af en toe eigen kans gaan" | sporza

Julien Vermote (30) heeft na zijn afscheid van Dimension Data een nieuwe uitdaging gevonden bij Cofidis, dat volgend seizoen een WorldTour-ploeg is. "Ik heb veel energie en motivatie", zegt hij.

sporza.be

 

[Akuryo]

Asgreen is a timetrial specialist, though. He's just got a few more tricks up his sleeves.
Maybe Garrison can find a few as well.

Bit of a difference between timetrial specialist and just a time trialer. Dumoulin is a timetrial specialist, I wouldn't call him just a time trialer.

I dont know, to me the word "specialist" suggests a one trick pony. Like he is special in that one aspect but not much more. But maybe that is just me.

 

[Anderis]

Carthy had already had a deal for 2020, but he decided to extend with EF through 2021.

Carthy re-signs with EF Education First Pro Cycling - EF Pro Cycling

Hugh Carthy started the year strong taking third on the general classification (GC) at the Tour Cycliste International du Haut Var

www.efprocycling.com

 

[F_Cance]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1187719704619749377

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