Teams & Riders Transfers and Rumours 2019 > 2020

[Salvarani]

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Good teams for Bennet are CCC, Katusha and Dimension Data

I think he would get to ride the races he wants to

Not really "good teams" though

Katusha is the best choice:
Alex Dowsett - an animal to work in the plan;
Jenthe Bierman - TOP10 in a GIRO stage, working man;
Viacheslav Kuznetsov - rapid men to work;
Mads Würtz Schmidt - An athlete who had good potential did nothing at Katusha but could be one of Bennett's launcher.
Marco Haller - Very important man for the various sprint that passed through Katusha, will continue to be, TOP10 in the German classic that precedes the GIRO;
Jens Debusschere - was part of the Lotto convoy for years;
Rick Zabel - Very good launcher for anyone, winner of a stage in Yorkshire.

Yeah, good riders on paper. It doesnt seem to be a very good environment though. The team dont have that much success.

Bora seems to be a good environment for him and that could be hard to find on a new team. Grass isnt always greener, but if he is just after a big contract and being the number one sprinter on a team then he should go for it. Hopefully he will continue to win races.

 

[del1962]

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Good teams for Bennet are CCC, Katusha and Dimension Data

I think he would get to ride the races he wants to

Not really "good teams" though

Good teams have lots of different goals though that would get in the way, I guess its the big fish in a small pond or small fish in a big pond conundrum

 

[Koronin]

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https://mobile.twitter.com/inrng/status/1131448350430105601?s=19

Viviani to Bora, Bennett to Movistar/Ineos.

I think it impossible Viviani in Bora. Bennett needs a team to his side in the sprint, thing that INEOS and MOVISTAR can't give to him.

Ineos definitely can, Owain Doull, Luke Rowe, Filippo Ganna, Leo Basso, Chris Lawless & Gianni Moscon would be a great leadout. Substitute one or two of them for a couple of GC guys as it's a great one week stage racing team

Ineos can put a team out there for a sprinters if they want to. Movistar on the other hand doesn't have a sprint leadout at all. A sprinter there is more or less left on his own. Then again Movistar also doesn't exactly have many riders signed past this season.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

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https://mobile.twitter.com/inrng/status/1131448350430105601?s=19

Viviani to Bora, Bennett to Movistar/Ineos.

I think it impossible Viviani in Bora. Bennett needs a team to his side in the sprint, thing that INEOS and MOVISTAR can't give to him.

Ineos definitely can, Owain Doull, Luke Rowe, Filippo Ganna, Leo Basso, Chris Lawless & Gianni Moscon would be a great leadout. Substitute one or two of them for a couple of GC guys as it's a great one week stage racing team

Ineos can put a team out there for a sprinters if they want to. Movistar on the other hand doesn't have a sprint leadout at all. A sprinter there is more or less left on his own. Then again Movistar also doesn't exactly have many riders signed past this season.

He would only need Roelandts

 

[42x16ss]

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https://mobile.twitter.com/inrng/status/1131448350430105601?s=19

Viviani to Bora, Bennett to Movistar/Ineos.

I think it impossible Viviani in Bora. Bennett needs a team to his side in the sprint, thing that INEOS and MOVISTAR can't give to him.

Ineos definitely can, Owain Doull, Luke Rowe, Filippo Ganna, Leo Basso, Chris Lawless & Gianni Moscon would be a great leadout. Substitute one or two of them for a couple of GC guys as it's a great one week stage racing team

Ineos can put a team out there for a sprinters if they want to. Movistar on the other hand doesn't have a sprint leadout at all. A sprinter there is more or less left on his own. Then again Movistar also doesn't exactly have many riders signed past this season.

Yeah, but they've proven over the years that they generally don't.

If I was Sam Bennett I'd be gunning for Cav's spot at DD. If Viviani moves, he's a fool unless Don Patrick can't afford him.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Good teams for Bennet are CCC, Katusha and Dimension Data

I think he would get to ride the races he wants to

Not really "good teams" though

Katusha is the best choice:
Alex Dowsett - an animal to work in the plan;
Jenthe Bierman - TOP10 in a GIRO stage, working man;
Viacheslav Kuznetsov - rapid men to work;
Mads Würtz Schmidt - An athlete who had good potential did nothing at Katusha but could be one of Bennett's launcher.
Marco Haller - Very important man for the various sprint that passed through Katusha, will continue to be, TOP10 in the German classic that precedes the GIRO;
Jens Debusschere - was part of the Lotto convoy for years;
Rick Zabel - Very good launcher for anyone, winner of a stage in Yorkshire.

Yeah, good riders on paper. It doesnt seem to be a very good environment though. The team dont have that much success.

Bora seems to be a good environment for him and that could be hard to find on a new team. Grass isnt always greener, but if he is just after a big contract and being the number one sprinter on a team then he should go for it. Hopefully he will continue to win races.

He has been a one team guy in his pro career. He came up with Bora, improving as they did. It will be sad to see him leave - he is along with riders like Benedetti, Muhlberger and Konrad one of the team’s long standing core. But they just aren’t going to offer him a calendar that a really top tier sprinter can accept at this point in his career, unless something weird happens like Sagan pulling a Boonen and deciding that he doesn’t want to do bunch sprints any more.

As for what team to go to, I don’t think it really matters how strong that team is as a whole. What matters to a sprinter is if they can offer him a lead out and a sizable number of strong big lumps in any race he wants to target. A generally bad team that can do that might even be preferable to a generally strong team where other leaders will split the support.

 

[Koronin]

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https://mobile.twitter.com/inrng/status/1131448350430105601?s=19

Viviani to Bora, Bennett to Movistar/Ineos.

I think it impossible Viviani in Bora. Bennett needs a team to his side in the sprint, thing that INEOS and MOVISTAR can't give to him.

Ineos definitely can, Owain Doull, Luke Rowe, Filippo Ganna, Leo Basso, Chris Lawless & Gianni Moscon would be a great leadout. Substitute one or two of them for a couple of GC guys as it's a great one week stage racing team

Ineos can put a team out there for a sprinters if they want to. Movistar on the other hand doesn't have a sprint leadout at all. A sprinter there is more or less left on his own. Then again Movistar also doesn't exactly have many riders signed past this season.

He would only need Roelandts

Except Roelandts only has a 1 year contract. No guarantee he'll be resigned. Currently only Soler and Verona are under contract past this season. Now they never say who they are or aren't negotiating with until after they have a signed contract.

42x16ss, very true. They can but don't. I agree that Bennett should be looking at DD as a good option.

One other thing about going to Movistar, he would need to learn Spanish.

 

[Koronin]

According to some reports/rumors Nairo Quintana is in talks to possibly to go the Pro Conti team Arkea-Samsic next year.

The article is in Spanish. Here's the link: http://www.ciclismointernacional.com/nairo-quintana-en-negociaciones-avanzadas-con-un-equipo-pro-continental/

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Except Roelandts only has a 1 year contract. No guarantee he'll be resigned. Currently only Soler and Verona are under contract past this season. Now they never say who they are or aren't negotiating with until after they have a signed contract.

42x16ss, very true. They can but don't. I agree that Bennett should be looking at DD as a good option.

One other thing about going to Movistar, he would need to learn Spanish.

I can think of few teams less likely to sign an expensive anglophone big bunch sprinter. It might work. Certainly they could do with someone other than Valverde who would bring in regular wins. But I find it hard to imagine them going for it.

 

[Koronin]

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Except Roelandts only has a 1 year contract. No guarantee he'll be resigned. Currently only Soler and Verona are under contract past this season. Now they never say who they are or aren't negotiating with until after they have a signed contract.

42x16ss, very true. They can but don't. I agree that Bennett should be looking at DD as a good option.

One other thing about going to Movistar, he would need to learn Spanish.

I can think of few teams less likely to sign an expensive anglophone big bunch sprinter. It might work. Certainly they could do with someone other than Valverde who would bring in regular wins. But I find it hard to imagine them going for it.

I agree with your entire comment. Here's the crazy part. The team it's self knows they are too overly reliant on Valverde and still haven't done anything to address that. It's extremely evident this year where Valverde is having a majorly off year for him. (Yes his contract is also up at the end of this season, however, he's stated he's currently in contract negotiations with the team for a new 2 year contract.)

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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According to some reports/rumors Nairo Quintana is in talks to possible to go the Pro Conti team Arkea-Samsic next year.

The article is in Spanish. Here's the link: http://www.ciclismointernacional.com/nairo-quintana-en-negociaciones-avanzadas-con-un-equipo-pro-continental/

What on earth

 

[Koronin]

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According to some reports/rumors Nairo Quintana is in talks to possibly to go the Pro Conti team Arkea-Samsic next year.

The article is in Spanish. Here's the link: http://www.ciclismointernacional.com/nairo-quintana-en-negociaciones-avanzadas-con-un-equipo-pro-continental/

What on earth

Great question. I was surprised when I read that one. The rumors of CCC or UAE make sense.

 

[PedroMonteiro]

At this moment the athletes who are without contract with the teams are the following:

Neste momento os atletas que estão sem contrato com as equipas são os seguintes:

AG2R La Mondiale:
Alexis Gougeard
Clément Venturini
François Bidard
Gediminas Bagdonas
Hubert Dupont
Julien Duval
Larry Warbasse
Nico Denz
Samuel Dumoulin
Stijn Vandenbergh
Tony Gallopin

Astana:
Andrey Zeits
Artyom Zakharov
Daniil Fominykh
Dario Cataldo
Davide Villella
Dmitriy Gruzdev
Hernando Bohórquez
Hugo Houle
Jakob Fuglsang
Jan Hirt
Laurens de Vreese
Luis León Sánchez
Magnus Cort
Merhawi Kudus
Nikita Stalnov
Omar Fraile
Pello Bilbao
Rodrigo Contreras
Yevgeniy Gidich
Zhandos Bizhigitov

Bahrain-Merida:
Andrea Garosio
Antonio Nibali
Chun Kai Feng
Domen Novak
Domenico Pozzovivo
Kristijan Koren (provisionally suspended since 15 May on suspicion of contravention of the anti-doping regulation)
Luka Pibernik
Meiyin Wang
Sonny Colbrelli
Valerio Agnoli
Vincenzo Nibali - Interest of Trek-Segafredo
Yukiya Arashiro

Bora-Hansgrohe:
Andreas Schillinger
Christoph Pfingsten
Davide Formolo
Leopold König
Michael Schwarzmann
Peter Kennaugh
Rüdiger Selig
Sam Bennett - Interest of Katusha-Alpecin
Shane Archbold

CCC:
Amaro Antunes
Francisco Ventoso
Jakub Mareczko
Jonas Koch
Kamil Gradek
Laurens ten Dam
Lukasz Owsian
Lukasz Wisniowski
Pawel Bernas
Riccardo Zoidl
Víctor de la Parte

Deceuninck-QuickStep:
Davide Martinelli
Dries Devenyns
Elia Viviani
Enric Mas
Eros Capecchi
Fabio Sabatini
Florian Sénéchal
Iljo Keisse
James Knox
Maximiliano Richeze - Interest of UAE
Michael Morkov
Petr Vakoc
Philippe Gilbert
Pieter Serry
Rémi Cavagna
Tim Declercq
Zdenek Stybar

Dimension Data:
Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
Ben King
Bernhard Eisel
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Enrico Gasparotto
Jaco Venter
Jay Robert Thomson
Jacques Janse van Rensburg
Julien Vermote
Lars Bak
Louis Meintjes
Mark Cavendish
Mark Renshaw
Nic Dlamini
Ryan Gibbons
Scott Davies
Steve Cummings
Tom-Jelte Slagter

EF Education First:
Alex Howes
Daniel McLay
Joe Dombrowski
Lachlan Morton
Lawson Craddock
Logan Owen
Matti Breschel
Mitchell Docker
Nathan Brown
Sacha Modolo
Tanel Kangert
Taylor Phinney
Tejay van Garderen
Tom Scully

Groupama-FDJ:
Benjamin Thomas
Daniel Hoelgaard
Ignatas Konovalovas
Mickaël Delage
Ramon Sinkeldam
Tobias Ludvigsson
William Bonnet
Georg Preidler (expelled after confessing use doping)

Jumbo-Visma:
Bert-Jan Lindeman
Danny van Poppel
Floris De Tier
Maarten Wynants
Neilson Powless
Paul Martens
Tom Leezer

Katusha-Alpecin:
Ian Boswell
Ilnur Zakarin - Interest of CCC
José Gonçalves
Matteo Fabbro
Marcel Kittel
Marco Haller
Nathan Haas
Pavel Kochetkov
Ruben Guerreiro
Simon Spilak
Steff Cras
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Willie Smit

Lotto Soudal:
Adam Blythe
Adam Hansen
Bjorg Lambrecht
Enzo Wouters
Frederik Frison
Jasper de Buyst
Jelle Vanendert
Jens Keukeleire
Lawrence Naesen
Maxime Monfort
Tiesj Benoot
Victor Campanaerts

Mitchelton-Scott:
Brent Bookwalter
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Daryl Impey
Jack Bauer
Johan Esteban Chaves - Interest of UAE
Matteo Trentin
Michael Albasini
Michael Hepburn
Mikel Nieve

Movistar:
Alejandro Valverde
Andrey Amador
Antonio Pedrero
Carlos Barbero
Carlos Betancur
Daniele Bennati
Eduard Prades
Eduardo Sepúlveda
Héctor Carretero
Imanol Erviti
Jaime Castrillo
Jasha Sütterlin
Jorge Arcas
José Joaquín Rojas
Jürgen Roelandts
Lluís Mas
Mikel Landa - Interest of Bahrain-Merida
Nairo Quintana - Interest of Arkia Samcin / UAE
Nelson Oliveira
Rafael Valls
Richard Carapaz
Rubén Fernández
Winner Anacona

Sky / Ineos:
Ben Swift
Chris Lawless
Christian Knees
David de la Cruz
Diego Rosa
Dylan van Baarle
Eddie Dunbar
Kenny Elissonde
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Leonardo Basso
Michal Golas
Owain Doull
Sebastián Henao
Vasil Kiryienka
Wout Poels

Sunweb:
Asbjorn Kragh Andersen
Chad Haga
Jan Bakelants
Johannes Fröhlinger
Lennard Kämna
Louis Vervaeke
Martijn Tusveld
Max Walscheid
Michael Matthews
Michael Storer
Nicolas Roche

Trek-Segafredo:
Alex Frame
Edward Theuns
Fabio Felline
Fumiyuki Beppu
Gianluca Brambilla
John Degenkolb
Julien Bernard
Kiel Reijnen
Michael Gogl
Nicola Conci
Niklas Eg
Peter Stetina
Ryan Mullen
Toms Skujins

UAE Team Emirates:
Alexander Kristoff - Interest of Total Direct Energie
Alexandr Riabushenko
Daniel Martin
Edward Ravasi
Kristijan Durasek (provisionally suspended since 15 May on suspicion of contravention of the anti-doping regulation)
Manuele Mori
Marco Marcato
Roberto Ferrari
Rory Sutherland
Rui Costa
Simoni Consonni
Simoni Petilli
Sven Erik Bystrom
Valerio Conti

It's too early to think about the market yet. But it is sure to be buzzing and interesting.

A lot of good names in PRO CONTI, but the main ones are:

Brandon McNulty (Rally UHC Cycling)
Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept-B&B Hotels)
Davide Cimolai (Israel Cycling Academy)
Jesús Herrada (Cofidis)
José Herrada (Cofidis)
Lilian Calmejane (Team Total Direct Energie)
Matthias Brändle (Israel Cycling Academy)
Mikkel Bjerg (Hagens Berman Axeon)
Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis)
Óscar Rodríguez (Euskadi-Murias)
Sergei Chernetski (Caja Rural)
Timothy Dupont (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
Ben Hermans (Israel Cycling Academy)
Niccolò Bonifazio (Team Total Direct Energie)
Mattia Cattaneo (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec)
Guillaume Boivin (Israel Cycling Academy)
Fausto Masnada (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec)
Enrique Sanz (Euskadi-Murias)
Jhonatan Restrepo (Manzana Postobon)
Jan-Willem van Schip (Roompot - Charles)

 

[Nirvana]

Ganna is working with the support of the team and Pinarello towards Tokyo, for sure he isn't out of contract (but staying in Sky also new signing Sosa is at least on two year deal, probably longer).

Also amongst the CCC names there is someone likely on two years deal considering they never reveal the length of contracts, and on the other hand there could be someone thought to be on two years only on one.

 

[PedroMonteiro]

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Ganna is working with the support of the team and Pinarello towards Tokyo, for sure he isn't out of contract (but staying in Sky also new signing Sosa is at least on two year deal, probably longer).

Also amongst the CCC names there is someone likely on two years deal considering they never reveal the length of contracts, and on the other hand there could be someone thought to be on two years only on one.

You have official information about this?

 

[RedheadDane]

Georg Preidler (expelled after confessing use doping)

Pretty sure he basically retired. And even if not, he'd still be banned.

 

[CTQ]

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Ganna is working with the support of the team and Pinarello towards Tokyo, for sure he isn't out of contract (but staying in Sky also new signing Sosa is at least on two year deal, probably longer).

Also amongst the CCC names there is someone likely on two years deal considering they never reveal the length of contracts, and on the other hand there could be someone thought to be on two years only on one.

You have official information about this?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ivan-sosa-signs-three-year-deal-with-team-sky-and-could-ride-2019-giro-ditalia/

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/filippo-ganna-set-sign-team-sky-2019-season-391533 not clear but i think he signed for at least 2 years (same kind of contract like Viviani)
The idea is that Team Sky will help him build towards a world championship time trial gold medal and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where Ganna wants to help Italy in the team pursuit.

 

[PedroMonteiro]

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Ganna is working with the support of the team and Pinarello towards Tokyo, for sure he isn't out of contract (but staying in Sky also new signing Sosa is at least on two year deal, probably longer).

Also amongst the CCC names there is someone likely on two years deal considering they never reveal the length of contracts, and on the other hand there could be someone thought to be on two years only on one.

You have official information about this?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ivan-sosa-signs-three-year-deal-with-team-sky-and-could-ride-2019-giro-ditalia/

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/filippo-ganna-set-sign-team-sky-2019-season-391533 not clear but i think he signed for at least 2 years (same kind of contract like Viviani)
The idea is that Team Sky will help him build towards a world championship time trial gold medal and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where Ganna wants to help Italy in the team pursuit.

changed!! thank you

 

[Koronin]

Valverde and Movistar are in contract negotiations and it would be a total shock to everyone if they don't end up with a new contract at some point. Movistar never says anything about who they are negotiating with until after the contract is signed and they announce. Valverde is the one who's said he's currently negotiating a new 2 year contract with Movistar.

 

[Movitrain]

Movistar is gonna be interesting, they have next to no riders signed past this season. There are a few core riders I don't see leaving (Rojas, Amador, Valverde) but the roster could get quite the overhaul, they need young talent and spanish cycling doesn't offer much thereof aside from Enric Mas. Fortunately guys like Pedrero and Carretero now look like - at least - servicable domestiques. With Landa and Quintana likely out the door, re-signing Carapaz would seem to be priority #1, i'm interested to see where the rest of their budget goes beyond that.

 

[pastronef]

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Movistar is gonna be interesting, they have next to no riders signed past this season. There are a few core riders I don't see leaving (Rojas, Amador, Valverde) but the roster could get quite the overhaul, they need young talent and spanish cycling doesn't offer much thereof aside from Enric Mas. Fortunately guys like Pedrero and Carretero now look like - at least - servicable domestiques. With Landa and Quintana likely out the door, re-signing Carapaz would seem to be priority #1, i'm interested to see where the rest of their budget goes beyond that.

where would Landa sign?

 

[Ricco']

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Movistar is gonna be interesting, they have next to no riders signed past this season. There are a few core riders I don't see leaving (Rojas, Amador, Valverde) but the roster could get quite the overhaul, they need young talent and spanish cycling doesn't offer much thereof aside from Enric Mas. Fortunately guys like Pedrero and Carretero now look like - at least - servicable domestiques. With Landa and Quintana likely out the door, re-signing Carapaz would seem to be priority #1, i'm interested to see where the rest of their budget goes beyond that.

where would Landa sign?

Bahrain, replacing Nibali, according to news from April.

 

[Alex47]

Gazzetta today :

Ballerini ——— > Quick Step
Vlasov ————- > Astana

 

[PedroMonteiro]

Gazzetta today :

Ballerini ——— > Quick Step
Vlasov ————- > Astana

Ballerini have contract with Astana for 2020 and Vlasov have contract with Gazprom for 2020.

 

[PedroMonteiro]

Re:

Movistar is gonna be interesting, they have next to no riders signed past this season. There are a few core riders I don't see leaving (Rojas, Amador, Valverde) but the roster could get quite the overhaul, they need young talent and spanish cycling doesn't offer much thereof aside from Enric Mas. Fortunately guys like Pedrero and Carretero now look like - at least - servicable domestiques. With Landa and Quintana likely out the door, re-signing Carapaz would seem to be priority #1, i'm interested to see where the rest of their budget goes beyond that.

Mas go to Movistar for lead the team in GIRO and VUELTA. Carapaz lead on TOUR.